Support from presses of all sizes has been key to CI's success, but this year even more small presses than usual will be at the conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
While the five books presented at the BEA Selects: Children's panel session were from small presses, they all made a big impression on the audience. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publishers, small presses and zine-makers are primed to come together at the London Radical Book Fair, an event created to support the radical book trade and provide an organisational structure for the “reviving movement”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Republic of Consciousness prize has been launched by novelist Neil Griffiths, who intends to ‘guilt trip’ bestselling authors into contributingThe award-winning novelist Neil Griffiths is launching a new literary prize celebrating the “small presses producing brilliant and brave literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
On the final day of the show, small and university presses promoted their offerings to booksellers at a luncheon and closing reception. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Small Press Distribution has carved out an important role in the distribution landscape, filling spaces overlooked by the bigger players through its commitment to independent and small presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Winter Institute offers many ways for booksellers to interact with authors, with dozens participating in Tuesday evening’s author reception and Wednesday’s closing event with writers from small presses and university presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Finding authors from small presses might be getting easier.It's tough being an indie author. These writers lack the marketing resources of those working with big publishing houses, making it difficult to get their works on the shelves of bookstores and libraries. Readers, meanwhile, often have... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seven U.K. Small Presses have banded together to bring wider retail distribution and greater sales to their graphic novels in the U.S. comics market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, the chair of Irish PEN, outlines how Ireland continues to punch above its weight in the literary world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Germany's small press scene is thriving, with an eclectic mix of ambitious publishers seeking out new authors, experimenting with formats and finding audiences. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Submissions are open for SPX’s 2014 Ignatz Awards, which recognize outstanding comics and cartooning works by small presses and creator-owned projects. Deadline for submissions is June 7. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Startup Crowd the Book launched in March, is using selective, online marketing to try and 'create a wildfire around great books published by small presses.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Noel Young launched Santa Barbara–based Capra Press in 1969 and began to publish a literary who’s who of writers that included Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller, Raymond Carver, Lawrence Durrell, and Ursula K. Le Guin it was a vibrant time for independent bookstores and small presses, the beginning... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
For nearly a decade, some say even longer, people in the publishing industry have been decrying the death of the midlist. As the story goes, the industry consolidatedsmaller and midsize publishers were gobbled up and brought together into six large houses that themselves are small pieces of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]