As a hybrid publisher dedicated to serving today’s foremost thought leaders, Amplify Publishing Group (APG) produces essential nonfiction that sparks conversations, impacts mindsets, and accelerates influence. Amplify Publishing Group is a leading independent hybrid publisher dedicated to amplifying voices, elevating brands, and supporting ideas that change minds and shape conversations. APG uses
more than twenty years of experience acquiring, producing, marketing, and distributing books to bring impactful ideas from leading CXOs, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and subject matter experts to market.
01/05/2026
New Year’s risk turning publishing your book into a checklist. Speed. Formats. Deadlines. Platforms.
But books don’t land in a vacuum. They land in people’s hands, minds, and conversations.
As we begin 2026, it’s worth slowing down long enough to ask a harder question before worrying about logistics or launch plans.
Because once a book is out in the world, it carries weight whether the author intended it to or not.
What question do you think authors avoid asking too often before publishing?
01/02/2026
Some projects stay about the book. Others become about the relationship. Working with Lanny Davis has definitely been the second kind.
“Finding the Third Way” came out of decades of lived experience inside American politics and a real desire to talk about civility without pretending the answers are simple.
We’re grateful for the opportunity to publish voices like Lanny’s, authors who care deeply about ideas, history, and the responsibility that comes with putting them into the world.
If you’re curious what it’s like to work with Amplify, you can hear directly from our authors and partners on our website.
12/29/2025
Everyone keeps asking what’s coming in 2026. Honestly?
Most of the “trends” are just noise. What is changing is how seriously people are taking the work.
Authors aren’t trying to ship faster. They’re trying to ship smarter. They’re asking better questions before they ever write page one. They want fewer shortcuts, fewer gimmicks, fewer regrets later.
We’re seeing more care. More attention to the stuff that actually matters once the book is out in the world. That shift makes the difference between a book that fades… and one that sticks.
If a book is on your 2026 list, this is the moment to slow down and do it right.
Curious: What’s changed in how you’re thinking about writing or publishing going into 2026?
12/23/2025
As the 2025 year comes to a close, we just want to say thank you.
To the authors who trusted us with their stories. To the partners who helped bring those stories into the world. And to the readers who showed up with curiosity, care, and support.
Books take courage. Publishing takes patience. And impact takes community. We’re grateful to be part of work that matters.
Wishing you a peaceful holiday season and a strong start to the year ahead! 🌟
12/18/2025
“Greed to Do Good” by Dr. Charles LeBaron has been named one of Best Indie Books of 2025!
This book doesn’t tiptoe around the opioid crisis. It goes straight into the system, the decisions, and the unintended consequences that shaped it, through the eyes of someone who was inside it.
That kind of honesty doesn’t always get recognized. This time, it did.
Huge congratulations to Dr. LeBaron.
We’re proud to stand behind a book that challenges narratives, asks harder questions, and refuses to oversimplify a deeply human issue. This is exactly the kind of work we believe deserves a bigger stage.
12/17/2025
Some authors come to us with an incredible story. Others come with a sharp idea. But the books that truly land? Those come from writers who understand the difference between who they are and what their book is trying to do for the reader.
That gap, Identity vs. Intent, is where many manuscripts drift off course. We see this every day in development: Strong voice, powerful experience… but the reader’s takeaway is fuzzy. Or the opposite: a clear promise, but no lived story anchoring it.
When those two elements snap into alignment, everything changes. The structure tightens. The message sharpens. And the book has a real chance at impact.
This is the part of the publishing process we care deeply about at APG: Helping authors shape work that connects and moves people forward.
So, if you’re thinking about writing a book in 2026, this is the question to start with: What do you want your reader to walk away believing, doing, or understanding?
Get that right, and the rest of the work becomes far more focused and far more powerful.
12/15/2025
Working with RealClearPolitics has always felt natural for us.
Real conversations and a shared commitment to putting thoughtful ideas into the world. So when the executive editor, Carl Cannon, shared his note about our partnership, it meant a lot.
Our team pours it all into every book we produce, and it’s encouraging to hear that the care, the craft, and the consistency show up on their end, too.
At Amplify, we try to be the kind of publishing partner that makes authors feel supported, informed, and proud of the final product, whether they’re writing about civic discourse, leadership, or anything else with real stakes.
If you want to see what other authors and partners have said about working with our team, their words are on our website.
12/12/2025
We’re proud to share that “Greed to Do Good” by Dr. Charles LeBaron has been longlisted for The Procedure Awards 2026!
This new award celebrates books that challenge how we think about medicine and invite us to see healthcare through a more human, imaginative lens. It’s designed for work that pushes past conventional narratives, and Dr. LeBaron’s book does exactly that.
“Greed to Do Good” is a rare, unfiltered account from inside the CDC, told by someone who spent nearly three decades on the front lines of epidemic control.
Through personal stories, from treating patients in Appalachia to his own near-fatal experience with high-dose opioids, Dr. LeBaron exposes how a flawed strategy inside the nation’s top public health agency helped fuel a crisis that has taken more than a million American lives. It’s courageous. It’s deeply informed. And it’s exactly the kind of book The Procedure Awards were created to recognize.
Huge congratulations to Dr. LeBaron for this well-deserved honor.
12/10/2025
When Cynthia Gutierrez-White lost her job earlier this year, she did something most people don’t talk about out loud. She told the truth about what it feels like. And then she wrote her way through it.
Her new book, “Redefined,” is out now, and it’s written for anyone staring down job loss, AI disruption, market instability, or that quiet fear of what now?
She offers honesty, perspective, and a way to move forward with your confidence intact. Inside the book, readers will find:
→ Space to reflect without shame
→ Practical tools to reset and regain direction
→ Real stories from people rebuilding in real time
→ A grounded path toward whatever comes next
“Redefined” is the kind of book you pick up when your world shifts and you need a steady voice in the room.
So, get your copy today!
12/09/2025
The last month of 2025 is here! And so are five new stories that hit hard, stay with you, and speak to what people are really walking through right now.
Each one brings something needed into the world.
→ “Surviving Jonathan” by Jonathan Crawford follows a CEO who rebuilt his life after trauma, addiction, and self-destruction. An unfiltered look at what 360 degrees of resilience actually means.
→ “The Seismic Shift in You” by Michelle Johnston & Marshall Goldsmith of 100 coaches agency reveals seven shifts every leader must make to rebuild connection, strengthen trust, and create workplaces that actually function like teams again.
→ “Surrender” by Nick Komodina captures the seven stages of self-mastery through the lens of a mentor who learned that letting go is the only real path to leveling up.
→ “Dating Disability” by Emily Goodson shares fifteen deeply personal stories about identity, intimacy, confidence, and self-worth from a woman rewriting the narrative around disability and desire.
→ “Becoming EPIC” by Dr. Matthew R. Kutz offers a grounded, research-backed guide to living with excellence, perception, inspiration, and compassion so you can rise above mediocrity and lead a life that actually means something.
The APG team is proud to close out the year with authors who push conversations forward and write with purpose, honesty, and courage.
Explore all December releases here on our website!
12/05/2025
Leveling up sounds great...
Until you realize holding too tight is what’s holding you down.
In “Surrender,” Nick Komodina gets real about the work it takes to grow, the kind that forces you to look inward before you move forward. And Nick didn’t come from straight A’s or a perfect path. He built himself through grit, honesty, and the kind of letting go most of us avoid until life leaves us no choice.
This book is Nick walking readers through how he’s helped people at every level, from early-career workers, entrepreneurs, elite athletes, and senior execs to figure out where they’re stuck and what they need to release to finally move. A meaningful read for anyone in the middle of a big shift or stepping into a new chapter.
Pre-order your copy before it releases next week!
Thank you to Brian Mark, Jeremy Griffin, Chris O’Brien, and Aaron Abke for their praise.
12/03/2025
Twenty-plus years in publishing teach you a lot.
Technology races ahead, trends shift overnight, and AI reshapes how content gets made. But the part that hasn’t changed is the part that still drives everything we do at Amplify:
A real idea always wins. Not the flashy ones. Not the “optimized” ones. Not the ones built for algorithms.
The ones an author can stand behind. The ones built from lived experience. The ones that carry truth, not noise.
We’ve seen beautifully packaged books fall flat because the heart wasn’t there, and quiet, unassuming manuscripts rise because the message was honest, useful, and needed.
Tools evolve. Craft remains. And for us, that’s still the center of everything:
A clear, meaningful idea worth putting into the world.
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Amplify Publishing, an imprint of Mascot Books, is an independent hybrid publisher and book distributor dedicated to excellence in the business, politics, policy, and current affairs genres. Our team of experienced publishing professionals is passionate about ideas that change minds and shape industry landscapes. We’ve helped CEOs, entrepreneurs, professional athletes, and thought leaders put their knowledge in print, grow their brands, and expand their platforms.
After seven years as a corporate lawyer, Amplify Publishing founder and CEO Naren Aryal created a thriving publishing company from a single book. As the company grew, so did its reach, attracting more high-level authors with cutting-edge ideas. In 2018, it became clear that it was time for Mascot Books to expand and create its first imprint, designed to serve authors with big ideas and even bigger goals. Amplify Publishing is the culmination of fifteen years of experience acquiring, producing, placing, and marketing books that serve the unique missions of our authors.
Situated just outside the beltway, Amplify Publishing is uniquely positioned to help authors access the nation’s most critical discourse center: Washington, D.C. Business, politics, policy, and current affairs are high-demand book genres that require an extra level of editorial and marketing savvy that is rare outside the traditional publishing sphere.
The Amplify advantage is clear: creative control, total rights retention, and high royalty percentages that protect your bottom line. With our time-tested publishing process; in-depth knowledge of the business, politics, policy, and current affairs genres; and experienced team, Amplify Publishing has all the tools you need to put your ideas in print, grow your business, and cement your brand. All that’s missing is you.
