8June 25, 2023
MLS Publishing House
Manisha trembled with excitement as she prepared for the first publicity event of her new venture - MLS Publishing House.
Over the last few weeks, she had worked day and night to find the right business partners, negotiate terms, raise funding and ideate. She had been at her scrappy best - lurking around crowded places trying to find anyone in a suit who looked like a good source of business advice. She had travelled from college to college trying to lure temporary interns into handling logistical issues for the so-called 'next big thing in literature'. She used public transport, and much to the ire of the conductor, pestered every passenger for a validation of her idea, regardless of whether the passenger was in her target market or not. And it was i
