Julie Salisbury is the Founder of Influence Publishing, an independant publishing company based in the Cowichan Valley. Her approach to publishing is quite different, Salisbury comes from a place of being a first time author 7 years ago, and felt frustrated that the options for publishing are very restricted. This new model for publishing has all the advantages of a traditional publishing house but with the advantages of royalties up to 60% that you usually only see with vanity presses.

If writers are committed and willing to educate themselves on the new trends in publishing, there is a good chance Salisbury can help writers get published through Influence Publishing for business to business and educational books, or Life Journey Publishing, for other genres. She made eight of her authors best sellers in 2011 and she expects to publish 20 books in 2012.

To facilitate this education, she is the Founder and Facilitator of the Inspired Authors Circle and the Founder of InspireABook, a publishing mastermind workshop program which assists writers to transform their message into the platform of a book.