What are the benefits and drawbacks of starting an indy publishing company for my books? Preferably just a DBA I live in the county so I'm not required to register. (Free) In CA an LLC cost $800 a year just to have it. I do use a UPS mailing service to avoid putting my home address out there. And do you need a business bank account to be paid by Amazon if you are listed as the owner? I have ISBN's in my name, would i be able to transfer those to my publishing company or would I be required to purchase more?

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Hi everyone, where do you go to legitimately research facts? If I put anything into Google, it's AI that automatically responds, which, as we know, isn't always correct... Thank you in advance 😇

I am going to try to get back into the swing of life after a rough September. I just wrote this blog about Ai and I believe, everyone in this room would relate to it. https://www.rogermagalhaes.com/using-ai-without-losing-your-voice/

I published 2 books on Ingram as paperback, hardcover and ebook. All 6 of these items were "enabled for distribution." Unfortunately, the Perfect Keto paperback and hardcover were later disabled for distribution. No notice for this was sent to me. I discovered the problem as I went to order books. A link provided gave 9 reason this might occur. I had violated none of these rules and challenged the disabling using their online form (#1-form-sent.png). I received an email to wait 15 business days. I figured this was a simple fix. So I bought 100 copies of both books in paperback. I waited 17 business days then sent #2-my-email-#1.png through the regular customer support system. I received #3-email-from-Ingram-#1.png saying "your titles do not meet the standards and expectations of our retailers." I then sent #4-my-email-#2.png asking why and what to do to fix this. The exchange finished with (#5-email-from-Ingram-#2.png) saying they will not tell me why the print versions of Perfect Keto were disabled for distribution. Note that the ebook, which is identical in content, remains enabled for distribution. The three versions of Our Universe also remain enabled for distribution. So, the reason why Perfect Keto was removed from Ingram's catalog is a mystery. So far, with very little effort thus far, I have sold 7 copies of Perfect Keto to book stores. The owners, managers and others seem to like the book after skimming through it. I believe I know why this happened but lack evidence to support my theory. Any thoughts as to how I should proceed?