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34 Books. Zero Press. Why I'm Starting Now.
A thirty-year catalog. No marketing. No agent. No press. Why starting now is both late and perfectly timed.
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Slave Labor: What One Dutch Family's Story Taught Me About Writing
My most-read book has no marketing behind it. It has 4.33 stars on Goodreads and zero press coverage.
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154 New Pieces of Life: Writing Shakespeare After Surgery
What happens when a surgeon rewrites Shakespeare's 154 sonnets as short stories from inside medicine?
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Why a Surgeon Writes: The Double Life of Dr. Joel Berman
Dr. Joel Berman has spent decades as both a practicing surgeon and a prolific author. Here's why both matter.
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34 Books Across 30 Years: What Joel Berman's Catalog Actually Contains
Murder mystery. WWII history. Literary fiction. Medical memoir. Poetry. Dark comedy. Here's the complete catalog.
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What Self-Publishing 34 Books Teaches You (The Hard Way)
Publish 34 books with no unified platform and no marketing strategy. Here's what Joel Berman learned.
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TRANQX: Writing Transgender Identity Before the Conversation Was Mainstream
Joel Berman's TRANQX tells the story of identical African American transgender twins in an intolerant world.
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