Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press

What Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press does

Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press, Inc. was a private, founder-owned independent book publisher founded in 2014 by Jesse Krieger in Las Vegas and operated until its closure in June 2022. The company offered full-service publishing support to authors, encompassing manuscript guidance, professional editing (3-4 month process), custom cover design, print and electronic layout, marketing strategy, and worldwide distribution. Its core technology stack was a standard independent publishing configuration leveraging Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, a distribution relationship with Ingram Publisher Services (signed 2018), crowdfunding campaign infrastructure managed by a dedicated Head of Crowdfunding, and a website-based author portal. There is no proprietary technology, API, or mobile application referenced.

The business model was a professional-services, author-funded publishing model in which prospective authors submitted proposals and the LE Press team evaluated each on the merits of the author, their community, and the idea's potential. Authors and/or their backers financed production through a collaborative model that often incorporated crowdfunding campaigns, giving the publisher a working-capital-light revenue profile. The company also generated ancillary revenue from author-training sub-brands including the $10K Before Launch program, the Transformational Author Marketing Method course, and the Best Seller Summit Online summit, and from the annual Bestseller Summit Live event held in Los Angeles in 2015, 2016, and 2017.

Customer segments were organized by vertical: entrepreneurs using books as business-development assets (primary), health and wellness professionals, and self-help/spirituality authors. Go-to-market relied heavily on founder Jesse Krieger's personal brand via podcast appearances, social media, content marketing, live events, and a 'Readers are Leaders' Facebook community. The company grew to roughly 9 named team members spread across the United States and Europe, published dozens of titles including multiple #1 Amazon bestsellers, and remained entirely self-funded after an attempted $50,000 outside investment in 2014 did not materialize. The website remains live as a static archive following the June 2022 cessation of operations.

Name

Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press

Legal name

Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press, Inc.

Website

https://lifestyleentrepreneurspress.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press was a private, founder-owned independent book publisher (founded 2014, closed June 2022) offering full-service author-funded publishing, editing, design, and global distribution to entrepreneurs, health and wellness experts, and self-help authors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Book Publishing Services

NAICS

Book Publishers (51313)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Personal Finance & Careers Trade Publishing (MPAJAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Lifestyle, Travel & Leisure Books Publishing (MPAJAAAH), Spirituality & Personal Growth Publishing (Mindfulness, Contemplative, New Age) (MPAJAHAH)

Keywords

• Book publishing services
• Author publishing support
• Book cover design
• Manuscript editing services
• Book distribution services

Headquarters

HQ city

Las Vegas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Publishing Services (Author-Funded): The company finances books through a method that considers the author, their community, and the potential of the idea. Authors submit proposals and work with the LE Press team through the full publishing process (manuscript, editing, cover design, layout, marketing, distribution). Authors and/or their communities/backers fund the production, making it a collaborative financing model. The company also raised $50,000 in outside funding and signed a distribution deal with Ingram Publisher Services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press is a full-service independent book publishing house that guides authors from manuscript to worldwide distribution. Services include manuscript completion support, professional editing (rewriting, line-editing, copy-editing, proofreading), custom cover design, interior layout design for print and electronic formats, marketing strategy and pre-launch campaign support, and distribution via Ingram Publisher Services. Authors fund book production individually or through crowdfunding campaigns, and the company also offers supplementary author training programs.

Product overview

Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press is a full-service independent book publishing company offering comprehensive publishing support across the entire book creation process. The core offering is publishing services including manuscript guidance, editorial support, cover design, layout design, marketing strategy, and worldwide distribution. The company supplements its publishing with author training programs including the Transformational Author Marketing Method course and $10K Before Launch program. Additional offerings include the Best Seller Summit Online, video training resources, and crowdfunding support for new authors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Transformational Author Marketing: A comprehensive step-by-step playbook course for turning a book into a business building asset, presented by marketing and business experts.
• $10K Before Launch
• Best Seller Summit Online

Products and services

• Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press Publishing Services Full-service independent book publishing offering for authors, covering manuscript guidance, editorial support, custom cover design, layout design, marketing strategy, brand development, and worldwide distribution via Ingram Publisher Services.
• $10K Before Launch Program Pre-launch campaign training course teaching authors how to build excitement, generate revenue before book release, and deliver on campaigns to make $10,000 or more prior to launch.
• Transformational Author Marketing Method Course Comprehensive step-by-step playbook course for turning a book into a business building asset, designed by marketing and business experts.
• Best Seller Summit Online Online learning summit featuring 25+ top authors, entrepreneurs, and marketing experts teaching how to write and publish best-selling books.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple authors achieved #1 Amazon bestseller status
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Morgan James Publishing: Independent publisher offering author-friendly publishing services; directly comparable because Morgan James signed Jesse Krieger for the US release of 'Lifestyle Entrepreneur,' establishing it as a near-direct competitor in the entrepreneur-author services space.
• Greenleaf Book Group: Independent publisher providing full-service author publishing, editorial, design, and distribution with a similar entrepreneur/expert author target market. Operates in the same hybrid-publishing niche as LE Press.
• Hay House: Publisher focused on self-help, health & wellness, and spirituality — overlapping with two of LE Press's three core verticals (health & wellness and spirituality), and competing for the same author and reader audiences.
• BenBella Books: Independent publisher specializing in business, personal development, and popular nonfiction titles — directly comparable in genre mix (entrepreneurship/business + wellness/spirituality adjacent) and indie publishing philosophy.
• Balboa Press: Self-publishing imprint (a Hay House sister brand) that provides author-paid publishing services with distribution support — directly competitive with LE Press's author-funded service model and Ingram-based distribution approach.
• She Writes Press: Hybrid independent press serving expert and thought-leadership authors across nonfiction, including business and personal development — overlaps with LE Press's entrepreneur/expert author target segment and service offering.
• Sounds True: Multimedia publisher of spirituality, mindfulness, and personal growth content — overlapping with LE Press's spirituality/self-help vertical and the broader wellness-author audience.
• Wise Ink: Independent hybrid publisher offering editorial, design, and marketing services to nonfiction authors — directly comparable service stack and author-funded revenue model.

Emerging players

• Conscious Capitalism Press: Niche publisher focused on conscious business, leadership, and entrepreneur-authored books — competes for the same entrepreneur-author segment as LE Press but with a narrower ideological positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Archway Publishing: Self-publishing imprint backed by Simon & Schuster, offering full-service author publishing across all nonfiction genres. A scaled, broad-incumbent comparable that competes for the same entrepreneur/expert author demand with greater distribution leverage.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/jessekrieger
• Facebookfacebook.com/LifestyleEntrepreneursPress
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lifestyle-entrepreneurs-press
• Instagraminstagram.com/lepressbooks
• Pinterestpinterest.com/JesseKrieger
• Xx.com/lepressbooks

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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