Debut author Sarah J. Sover talks about finding the perfect home for her comedic fantasy novel Double-Crossing the Bridge with the indie publisher The Parliament House. The post Breaking In: Fantasy author Sarah J. Sover on Finding Home at a Small Press by Cassandra Lipp appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2019-08-15 14:00:43 UTC ]
English entrepreneur and ZE Records cofounder Michael Zilkha has launched ZE Books, a new small press that will publish "literary mix-tapes from visionary writers, artists, and musicians." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
In light of the Reflecting Realities report, Katrina Gutierrez explains how the industry can better support small presses working to increase representation in children's books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attendance continues to grow at the MoCCA Arts Fest 2018, an annual celebration of indie, small press, and self-published graphic novels, held at the Metropolitan Event Space on the Westside of Manhattan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The small press in Green Bay, Wisc., which specializes in true crime and survivor stories, is moving in new directions with the launches of a children’s imprint and an imprint focusing on books with religious themes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The South Dakota Historical Society Press is hoping that lightning will strike twice at BookExpo: this year, the small press is promoting "Pioneer Girl Perpectives: Exploring Laura Ingalls Wilder," edited by Nancy Tystad Koupal, 150 years after Wilder’s birth on February 7, 1867. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waldorf Publishing refuses to accept such terms as “boutique” or “small press” as descriptive nomenclature for the company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Heat-Moon, author of the bestselling 1982 travel memoir 'Blue Highways,' struck a deal with small New York press Three Rooms to publish his first novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Joanna Penn—known as The Creative Penn in the self-publishing community—takes a step made by many strong self-publishers: launching a small press. The post ‘The Outsider Becomes the Mainstream’: A Key UK Self-Publisher Opens a Small Press appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Brooklyn Arts Press is a one-man operation that, despite its scant resources, took home the National Book Award for Poetry this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Most of the nominees on this year's National Book Foundation's '5 Under 35' list are published by two of the country’s largest houses. Except for S. Li, whose tiny publisher has no distributor, or even a central office. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Long, unpaid hours, feelings of being overlooked, having one's work "disregarded"...there's reward in the trenches, yes, but also a lot of lonely labor. The post Candid Comments on What It Takes To Run a Small Press appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a small press first, Algonquin released a 45 to promote Ed Tarkington's debut novel, which is shot-through with ‘70s music. It features two original songs written and performed by Grammy-nominated country musician Will Hoge. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The surprise success of 'Pioneer Girl' has caused South Dakota Historical Society Press to change how it does business, from the number of titles it publishes to how it handles rights. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comic Arts Brooklyn, the small press and indie comics festival held each year in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, drew throngs of fans to see acclaimed artists like Jillian Tamaki and Dan Clowes alongside new artists and emerging publishers from New York and around the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Small press And Other Stories will produce no books by men in 2018 in answer to Kamila Shamsie’s call for direct action to beat gender bias in publishingSmall press And Other Stories has answered author Kamila Shamsie’s provocative call for a year of publishing women to redress “gender bias” in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The small press is hoping Mark Zuckerberg's selection of Eula Biss's short work will lead to a sales bump, and renewed interest, in the title. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A wave of mainstream media attention shines a spotlight on David Christian, a leading proponent of "big history" and author published by academic press Berkshire Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
“A small press with a big reach” is how founder and publisher Barbara Ras describes Trinity University Press, the San Antonio, Tex., house that is celebrating its 10th publishing anniversary this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The gap between what a small press, a large publisher, and someone self-publishing is getting narrower. Do you have a preference for one over another? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]