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Business: Brio is a contract book publisher that offers authors a variety of services from editing to design to distribution for a fee. Unlike conventional publishers, Brio does not take ownership of the author's work or collect royalties on its sales. And it differs from the vanity press, which typically does not offer a wide range of such services.
Founded: 2003
Headquarters: Minneapolis
Website: www.briobooks.com
Executives: Founders John Marino and William Reynolds
Employees: 8
2008 revenue: $1.8 million
Quote: "If we hadn't changed the business model when we did, we wouldn't be here today." -- Marino, discussing Brio's shift from a wide range of intensely competitive, lower-margin printing projects to a focus on the less-competitive book publishing business.
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