A publishing house built around the author
Authors keep their rights. The house runs editorial, design, distribution, audio, and the launch as one program, for business owners, speakers, and consultants whose book has a job to do.
2005
year founded
87%
of our new releases become bestsellers
8
Wall Street Journal bestselling titles
67
award-winning books published
From the keynote stage to the bookshelf
Made for Success began as an idea between New York Times bestselling author Chris Widener and Bryan Heathman: take the keynotes of the world's top speakers and turn them into products sold everywhere books are sold. The audio catalog grew into one of the largest personal-development audio libraries in the market.
Print publishing started in 2014. The Made for Success imprint is designed for business owners, speakers, and professionals whose book has a job: book the stage, raise the fee, and create a legacy.
Four jobs a book can do
Stimulate demand for speaking
The book that gets you booked, and booked at a better number.
Personal branding
Your thinking, on the record, in your own voice.
Raise a corporate profile
A calling card that outworks any brochure the company has printed.
Tell a story that lasts
Some books are legacy work. Those get the same craft.
Everything a book needs, under one roof
Book Publishing
Full-service hybrid publishing. Editorial, design, distribution, and a bestseller campaign under one roof, with your rights intact.
Explore PublishingChildren’s Books
Illustration matching, picture-book production, distribution, and launch, with the author keeping the rights.
Explore Children’s BooksWrite a Book
A guided manuscript intensive. We interview you, structure the argument, and shape your thinking into a finished draft in your own voice.
Explore Write a BookEditing
Developmental, line, and copy editing from editors who respect the book you meant to write.
Explore EditingAudiobooks
Professional narration, studio mastering, and release to Audible, Apple, Spotify, and libraries.
Explore AudiobooksBook Marketing
Bestseller campaigns, Amazon optimization, media appearances, social campaigns, and speaking placements.
Explore Book MarketingA small house, senior hands
BH
Bryan Heathman
AK
Alice Kirkwood
TH
Trisha Hoss
HH
Holly Hoyt
AT
Amy Taricco
LI
Luna Infante
EE
Evan Ebert
MW
Megan Waltrip
EH
Emma Hughes
Books we have brought to market
Born to Win
Cornerstone title
Relentless Success
WSJ Bestseller
Persuade
Bestseller
The Success Lie
Gold Literary Award · Amazon Bestseller
Winning Through Failure
Amazon Bestseller
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The Money Puzzle
Amazon #1 Bestseller
How to Master the Art of Selling
Bestseller
How to Master the Art of Selling 2