From Muslim Indian women’s lives to a Danish time looper, all six contenders for the £50,000 prize are from independent presses, as translator Sophie Hughes earns an unprecedented third nominationHiromi Kawakami and Solvej Balle have made this year’s International Booker prize shortlist, which... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-04-08 13:00:18 UTC ]
Independent presses keep up the good fight in a fall season full of bold and inventive offerings. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
At the June 11 ceremony honoring LGBTQ literature, Catherine Lacey and Bryan Washington took home top prizes in an evening otherwise dominated by small and independent presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
Depending on which corners of literary social media you frequent, yesterday’s breaking news that SPD (Small Press Distribution) was going under was either an enormous surprise or a predictable tragedy, but the suddenness of the news was a shock to everyone. Effective immediately, the 55-year-old... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-03-29 13:17:08 UTC ]
Frustrated by their experiences trying to find printing time during the height of the pandemic, independent press publishers Keith Riegert and Alyson Forbes were determined to find a more efficient and reliable way for independent presses to work with printers. Their answer is Perfect Bound. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
From upstarts to stalwarts, independent presses are stocking the upcoming season with unconventional and adventurous books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Small press of the year award shortlists 48 presses that are ‘reaping the rewards from inspirational publishing’, says British book awards chair of judgesSmall presses across the UK and Ireland have had a “year of exceptional sales and profit growth in the face of Brexit and escalating running... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-02-15 09:17:08 UTC ]
Spiracle will feature titles from independent presses, while last month, Spotify also began offering audiobooks to US customersA new audiobook platform which aims to create a “lovely, welcoming, independent bookstore kind of vibe” has launched, as audio giant Spotify also enters the fast-growing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-10-03 18:09:30 UTC ]
Many independent presses are reporting a mood of optimism after good 2020 sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-25 15:44:30 UTC ]
More than half of the titles in the running for the £30,000 Rathbones Folio Prize 2021 are published by independent presses, while the 20-strong longlist also features Douglas Stuart's Booker-winning debut Shuggie Bain (Picador). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 02:47:22 UTC ]
Just like the companies in the New York City and Minneapolis publishing hubs, independent presses in other parts of the country said that sales are starting to rebound after two months of declines, a 'PW' survey has found. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
The small indie press boom is among us. In both 2017 and 2018, a whopping 40% or more of the National Book Awards longlists included titles from university and independent presses. It’s an exciting time for small presses— never before have there been so many diverse books in the mainstream... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2019-08-29 11:00:48 UTC ]
James Griffiths of up and coming indie Panther Publishing and Ashley Drake, founder of industry stalwart Welsh Academic Press, discuss how their businesses have evolved. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Judges praise the 13 finalists – all but two published by indie houses – for ‘enriching our idea of what fiction can do’The “finest works of translation from around the world” are almost exclusively published by independent presses – at least according to the Man Booker International prize,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Open to UK and Irish publishers, the Republic of Consciousness Prize honors literary fiction produced by small, independent presses with no more than five full-time employees. The post The UK’s Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses Names its 2018 Shortlist appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Reni Eddo-Lodge are some of the authors in the running for the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, on a longlist of books published mostly by independent presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indies are leading the shortlist for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year, with five of the six books vying for the £5,000 prize hailing from independent presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thank you for telling us once again which books we need to read over the next 12 months (Book ahead, Review, 7 January). But how do you know? Presumably no one at the Guardian has read all these books, since they have not yet been published. Nor, it is fair to assume, have you read all the other... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Royal Society has revealed its six-strong shortlist for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2016, five of which are published by independent presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two independent presses are among those celebrating after eight authors were chosen as winners of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize. Jo Mazelis, published by Seren, and Carys Davies, published by Salt, were two of the eight authors who will each receive £5,000. The prize, set up to celebrate... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]