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Big Impact Books is an independent publisher and book marketing service for CEOs, attorneys, professionals, and business owners worldwide, led by Melanie Herschorn.
It helps clients develop, write, publish, and promote authority-building books, with interview-based writing, publishing guidance, and launch promotion through media and podcast opportunities. Most clients are first-time nonfiction authors who want a book that grows their business.
This website is published by Big Impact Books. It is one of a small number of websites the business publishes, and its main website is yourbigimpactbook.com.
The site exists to answer the questions first-time authors ask before choosing book publishing services or book marketing services, plainly and with sources, so readers can decide whether Big Impact Books is the right fit.
Melanie Herschorn is the founder of Big Impact Books: an independent publisher, book promotion expert, and bestselling author. She brings more than 20 years of experience as a celebrity publicist and award-winning journalist in radio, print, and TV, along with work as a clothing designer and entrepreneur.
She earned a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California, where she graduated first in her class. She grew up in Canada, has lived on both US coasts, and now lives in Arizona.
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Lasting Legal Impact: Write a Book That Builds Your Brand, Grows Your Practice, and Positions You As The Trusted Expert is a blueprint for legal professionals. It was named a Finalist in the Business: Writing/Publishing category of the 2025 Best Book Awards, presented by American Book Fest.
Make a Big Impact with Your Book equips authors with strategies for building awareness and credibility, targeted marketing techniques, and ways to reach their audience, whether they are still writing or already published.
Big Impact Books describes its process as done-for-you publishing and promotion that respects the author's time, about one hour a week, and honors their authentic voice. The company says it refuses to churn out cookie-cutter content or hide behind ghostwriting.
It also produces The Big Impact Playbook Podcast and Authority Marketing Live!, and publishes a blog on building authority, brand awareness, and audience. Read how this site is written or the book publishing services overview.
“Every author has the power to build their own author platform; the foundational marketing that enables you, as an author and therefore a brand, to establish your credibility and authority online through social media, email marketing, podcasting and so much more. And it isn't just that you have the power to do this, it is really the prerequisite for your book's success.”
Big Impact Books is an independent publisher and book marketing service for CEOs, attorneys, professionals, and business owners worldwide. It helps clients develop, write, publish, and promote authority-building nonfiction books, using weekly interviews to capture each author's voice and launch promotion through media and podcast opportunities to put the finished book in front of the right audiences.
More answers like this in the FAQBig Impact Books is led by Melanie Herschorn, an independent publisher, book promotion expert, and bestselling author. She brings more than 20 years of experience as a celebrity publicist, an award-winning journalist in radio, print, and TV, and an entrepreneur. She earned a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California, graduating first in her class.
More answers like this in the FAQMelanie Herschorn is the author of Lasting Legal Impact: Write a Book That Builds Your Brand, Grows Your Practice, and Positions You As The Trusted Expert, and of Make a Big Impact with Your Book. Lasting Legal Impact is a blueprint for legal professionals, while Make a Big Impact with Your Book covers strategies for building awareness and credibility as an author.
More answers like this in the FAQMelanie Herschorn's book Lasting Legal Impact was named a Finalist in the Business: Writing/Publishing category of the 2025 Best Book Awards, presented by American Book Fest. That recognition belongs to the book itself. This site does not claim any other awards for Big Impact Books or for its clients.
More answers like this in the FAQAn independent publisher is a publishing company that operates outside the large corporate publishing houses. Independent publishers vary widely in how they work and who they serve. Big Impact Books describes itself as an independent publisher focused on professionals, pairing publishing guidance with interview-based writing and book marketing in one done-for-you process.
More answers like this in the FAQYes. Big Impact Books serves CEOs, attorneys, professionals, and business owners worldwide. Because the writing process runs on weekly interviews rather than solo writing sessions, authors do not need to sit down and write in a particular place. Melanie Herschorn, who leads Big Impact Books, grew up in Canada, has lived on both US coasts, and is now based in Arizona.
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