About Us

The Rural Publishing Company publishes books for rural, regional and remote authors and business owners!

Our Story

The Rural Publishing Company, Founded in 2022, is led by the entrepreneurial dynamic duo – Sarah Walkerden & Toby Billing – based near Ballarat, in regional Victoria.

Sarah, Founder of The Rural Copywriter, is a multi award-winning Copywriter & Marketing Specialist, plus a Best Selling Author.

Toby is Founder of Billing Metals & Manufacturing supplying specialty metals and elements to schools and universities across Australia.

Sarah & Toby have a huge passion for supporting rural, regional and remote businesses through their suite of businesses and brands.

Sarah & Toby are expertly assisted by their two children, Sophie (10) and Oliver (13). (And yes, the photo on the right is a tad old!)

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Our Philosophy & Mission

Our Mission is to enable MORE rural, regional and remote authors to get published, as easily and quickly as possible.

 

Our Company Values:

  • Courage (to be bold)
  • Driven (to succeed)
  • Honesty (for an open, two-way conversation)
  • Results (that propel rural authors and businesses forward)
  • Fun (‘Cause life and business should be)
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Helping Authors & Business Owners to Achieve their Dreams

Writing and publishing books can be a dream for many. And yet too few, actually end up achieving that dream.

We want to change that, by empowering our fellow rural and regional business owners and aspiring authors with the tools they need to succeed – regardless of their budget.

 

What We Offer

Free Authors Resource Hub

Lots of free resources, templates and more.

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Publishing Packages

Done for you self-publishing services, where you retain all rights and royalties.

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Book Services

Individual book production services, such as editing, cover design, typesetting and more.

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What Our Authors are Saying

Writing a chapter in this book has been both rewarding and challenging – thankyou Sarah for the opportunity. To work along side a wonderful group of strong, motivating rural women has been an absolute pleasure.

I am proud to be involved in writing a business book alongside these amazing rural business women. The opportunity to share my own story and to help others is truly an honour. If the reader can identify with our stories and take away something that will help them in their business and their lives then we have done our job.

I am really grateful for the opportunity presented by Sarah to participate in co-authoring the ‘Rural Business Women’ book! It came together really well and I learnt a lot about contributing a chapter in a book and getting published! Thanks Sarah!