KENSINGTON, MD — Leave it to me for waiting a good four months before reacting to this news. Sometimes, as Bob Dylan warbles, “it takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry,” and it takes way too much time for startling industry news to penetrate this thick skull of mine and shatter [...]
BRANT BEACH, N.J. — When people ask me what I do for a living and I answer, “publish books,” the sensible follow-up question I often get is “what kind of books?”. It’s here I usually stumble for my best choice of answers. If I simply say, “fiction,” it pushes me down the rabbit hole of [...]
Our Summer Interns Have to Wear Shades
KENSINGTON, MD — Atticus Books, an independent press dedicated to discovering new writers, has announced its summer internship selections for 2010.
College graduates Stephanie Castellano of Takoma Park, Md., and Libby Kuzma of Kensington, Md., were awarded the two part-time slots and began their shared roles and responsibilities of the [...]
NEW YORK CITY – Tribal people, listen up. Whether you prefer the company of none, the companionship of many or the intimacy of few, however you like to roll, whatever your hobby or guilty pleasure, wherever you call home, there exists a tribe for you. In Seth Godin’s encouraging vision of today’s often fragmented world, [...]
IBPA Article: A Sterling Justification of a Publisher’s Existence
In these evergreen days of rampant self-publishing, when everyone and his brother has decided that they don’t need no stinkin’ publisher to publish their book, it’s gratifying to know that publishers still are valued, and indeed necessary to the equation. Steve Piersanti, president and publisher at Berrett-Koehler [...]
When: September 19-24, 2010
Where: Northern Virginia, D.C., and Maryland
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