Greenleaf Book Group is an independent book
publisher
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and
distributor
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, which was established by Clint Greenleaf in 1997. Greenleaf was a CPA and accountant at
Deloitte & Touche
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before writing his first book, ''Attention to Detail'', in 1997 and then founding the company over his parents’ garage.
The company is based on a business model where the author pays for the publishing under a selective imprint and retains all rights. It has been based in
Austin, Texas
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,
United States of America
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since 2004.
[Christopher Steiner, 2009-08-20]
"Book Publishing's Profitable Model"
Forbes
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. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
Clint Greenleaf moved to Chairman and Tanya Hall was appointed CEO in January 2014. Clint Greenleaf stepped down as Chairman in 2015 in order to focus on a new business startup, Home Plate Peanut Butter.
Austin Business Journal, 2016-03-16
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See also
* List of publishers
*List of book distributors
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* Publishing
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Companies based in Austin, Texas
Book publishing companies based in Texas
Publishing companies established in 1997
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