Female Brazilian Writers Talk About the Difficulties of Publishing in Brazil
Brazilian writer Marie Declercq published an article titled Escritoras brasileiras falam sobre as...
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A Few (by Luna Miguel)
In Friday’s edition of El Cultural published out of Madrid, Spain, writer Luna Miguel...
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Thank you for publishing poetry
The first question in an online interview with agent Anna Ghoush of Ghoush Literary from Poets and...
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Two Translation Talking Points
With the current climate and state of politics in our country today, reading books in translation is more important than ever. Looking south, writers from central and South America have a long history of writing in opposition to social and political events sprouting from totalitarian (usually military) governments, especially in the twentieth century.
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Publishing Genius Submissions Are Open
Publishing Genius is open for submissions this month. Rather than send your manuscript, just...
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Confeitaria is a dynamic Brazilian publisher
An interview with Confeitera, a website/magazine/collective/publisher based in Brazil, in which we discuss independent art, literature and publishing specifically in Brazil … but also more generally.
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Some thoughts on being “independent”
What does being “independent” mean to us? As publishers, writers, artists, musicians,...
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Talking Small Press with Joe Pan
The following is what I have so far (hopefully there will be more) of an interview/conversation...
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Some Things I Think I Think…
The following items are things that I have been thinking about lately but have not had enough time...
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What Is So Bright About the Sun? Working Toward a Definition of Small Press
For the last 3 months, Entropy magazine has been interviewing editors and publishers for their...
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APRIL 2015: A Report from the Book Fair
Last week, the fourth annual APRIL happened. APRIL is a festival of small press publishing that...
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Some Sites I Like and Find Useful…
For today’s beat, I want to take a break from my editorializing and instead highlight some...
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If I Worked for a Book Distributor…
In the comment section of my last beat, Adam asked the following: When I started to answer his...
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Scratching the Surface of Distribution
In the book industry, most of the Big 5 own their own distribution service or use one of the other...
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What Can We Learn from Amazon?
Amazon. It’s a company that needs no introduction. There are plenty of people that love it....
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Translate This
Bill Morris wrote an article titled “Why Americans Don’t Read Foreign Fiction”...
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A New Way of Thinking and an Idea for Independent Publishers of All Sizes
In last week’s beat, I promised to share an idea regarding a way that indie small presses...
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A Truth About Partnering with Amazon …
Continuing where last week’s beat A Harsh Truth About Poetry Publishing… (and the...
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A Harsh Truth About Poetry Publishing…
When I started The Scrambler in 2003, it was originally a zine that I handmade in my living room....
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Some Thoughts on the Writer as Artist
In the year 2015, are writers and publishers better off than in 1915? You are probably thinking of...
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