Welcome readers! I’m L.A. Times books editor Carolyn Kellogg with this week’s newsletter. THE BIG STORY It’s not easy starting a publishing house; it’s even harder if you try to do it outside typical distribution channels, including Amazon. But that’s what J.C. Gabel has done with his L.A.-based... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quirk began publishing graphic novels this May and the indie publisher has plans to steadily add more books in formats over the next few years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The indie publisher, where all staff are paid the same salary and are co-directors of the company, has posted its best-ever figures as it enters a fifth decade. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Through a unique donation program, Melville House plans to provide every U.S. Congress member a copy of its book 'A Citizen's Guide to Impeachment.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
I’ve attended BookExpo (formerly BEA) ten to twelve times since I started working in book publishing in 2000. I always go Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2017-06-04 15:22:33 UTC ]
Thanks to digital initiatives and a strong list of titles, 50-year-old UK book publisher Kogan Page is growing its business, despite more competition. The post An Indie Publisher at 50: Kogan Page’s International Language of Business appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The U.K. indie publisher, founded by a young married couple in a kitchen in Cyprus three decades ago, only began releasing fiction only in 2009. Since then, it's won two Man Booker Prizes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The indie publisher, working with the Harvard Bookstore, will release a book of the farewell speeches of the former President and First Lady on March 28. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Best known for publishing nonfiction books in such areas as alternative medicine, the indie publisher is trying its hand at fiction after acquiring the rights to five novels by James Misko. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The indie publisher has high hopes for a recently released memoir by U.S. Olympic swimmer Anthony Ervin after he unexpectedly became the oldest individual swimmer to win a gold medal in Rio. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicago-based press Curbside Splendor will operate Curbside Books & Records inside the National, a 24,000-foot food hall opening in the Windy City this July. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Art-book publisher Lund Humphries has relaunched as an independent publishing company after splitting from the Ashgate Publishing Group earlier this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attorneys for the Salinger Literary Trust argue that a copyright suit filed by indie publisher, The Devault-Graves Agency is without merit and should be tossed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Serpent’s Tail is to bring out a novel by Karen Joy Fowler, Sister Noon, which appeared in the US in 2002 but which has never been published in the UK before. The indie publisher had success last autumn with Fowler’s Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel We Are All Completely Beside... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arcadia Books has signed a second novel from Norwegian writer Tore Renberg. The indie publisher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
For an indie publisher to launch its first line with a $300 art book takes guts and vision, but that’s what Ammo Books’ founders Paul Norton and Steve Crist did in 2006 when they published 3,000 copies of Gonzo by Hunter S. Thompson and sold out in less than a year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 09/08/2011 - 13:45 An independent bookshop to be run by an indie publisher will host an interactive website and offer home delivery when it opens in London next month. Belgravia Books, launched by publisher Gallic Books, will first welcome... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]