Co-founder, CEO
Bethany has 15 years of book publishing and business experience; formerly the Publishing Director at Morgan James Publishing in New York where she managed the release of 250 titles per year. With her thorough and unique understanding of publishing she creates and implements systems for optimal author experience. She is a 2019 Publishers Weekly honoree in the annual StarWatch program.
Head of Publisher Relations
Dr. Baucom has spent the last 3 decades helping individuals, organizations, and companies to thrive. Trained as a therapist, Dr. Baucom became frustrated by the limits of therapy in helping people to grow in positive ways. He trained as a coach and began to incorporate timeless principles of thriving. He is also a seasoned author, speaker, creator who has successfully launched and run numerous books, podcasts, coaching programs, trainings, products and services online.
Sean is a writer from Alexandria, Virginia currently based in Japan, where he’s been working as an English teacher for the past several years. Soon after graduating college in Fredericksburg, VA with a degree in English & Creative Writing, Sean began writing his first published work for Publishizer when it launched back in 2015, profiling authors who launched their books on the platform. After a move across the world, Sean rekindled his love of writing and storytelling, and is thrilled to once again be writing for Publishizer.
Sean's favorite Japanese word is kotodama: the “spirit of words”.
Publishizer Agent
Aidyn Olivia Crowe is a creative producer, stylist, writer, and entrepreneur whose career spans film, television, publishing, fashion, and experiential events across New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, London, and Paris.
Her experience includes production coordination, casting, costume design, wardrobe supervision, and freelance script coverage for Miramax and Tribeca Film Center. She has researched books and news stories for potential screen adaptation and styled authors, book covers, editorial shoots, celebrity appearances, and red carpets.
A former managing producer and stylist at StyleCaster, she combines creative direction with practical production expertise across fashion shows, brand launches, media gatherings, art pop-ups, and luxury events.
As founder of Peek World™, including Peek Tees™, and creator of Peek Bijoux™, she connects product development, commerce, advocacy, and community. Through her writing platform, LOOK CLOSER.™, she explores culture, power, survival, and reinvention, bringing a storyteller’s perspective to how ideas become products, experiences, and opportunities for connection.
Back Office
Hemant ensures our authors are paid and workflows from campaign to funds transfer runs smoothly. His work is non-client-facing and his day-to-day is made up of payment settlements, record maintenance, compliance, bookkeeping, and keeping our numbers in line. His favorite book is Dune by Frank Herbert.
As a technology platform and non-traditional approach to publishing deals, Publishizer gives up royalties to focus on data and pre-orders. We are avid book lovers who live by three values:
Educate - all authors about the publishing industry and what it takes to get their books out there to a niche readership.
Support - our customers during the book proposal writing and positioning process and during pre-order campaigns.
Innovate - the industry using technology to improve the way books are getting discovered by all types of publishers.
In our early days, the founding team lived and worked together in Bali and Peru. These days, Publishizer is headquartered in Amsterdam, with offices in New York and Virginia.
Publishizer started as a crowdfunding platform for books, and was soon accepted into the 500 Startups accelerator in Mountain View, California. Publishizer, Inc. was born on May 22, 2015.
We realized early on that authors were stuck between a rock and a hard place: traditional publishing rejected 96% of book ideas, but self-publishing was both insanely expensive and didn’t help great books get discovered. Publishers started taking notice of our authors, who were raising substantial amounts of money through pre-orders, and were able to offer authors a fairer deal. Our New York City office was opened in Brooklyn in 2017.
In 2018, Publishizer started landing traditional publishing deals for authors. With an injection of funding from Rockstart and Arches Capital in Netherlands, we opened our Amsterdam office. Publishizer BV was incorporated in March 2019.
Today, Publishizer is helping more books get published by publishers all over the world. We are passionate about book ideas and helping authors realize their dreams of publishing a book and sharing a message with the world. The publishing industry is a giant machine but lacks care for new and experienced authors. This is where Publishizer is working tirelessly to fill the gap. Join us!