Publication Day!

monster · 10-23-2007, 05:11 PM

About a year ago, I was asked to join the board of a new non-profit publishing company (Dzanc books). Our mission is to publish fantastic literary fiction which gets passed up by the big publishers and for-profits because it does not fit neatly into the marketing pigeonholes currently used in the industry.

Today, our first book is launched -"All Over" a collection of short stories by Roy Kesey. I'm off to the reading by the author (flown in from China, where he lives) in a few minutes.

I helped select this story collection -I trawled through the submissions -solicited and unsolicited. I helped choose the cover. I was the non-industry voice, the library-user who'll try anything, but it has to draw me in quickly. I was really only a very little part of the decision-making process, but I still feel like a tiny part of this project is mine. And I'm pleased with the results.

And now I need to see if I can remember how to put make-up on.

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10-23-2007, 05:11 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Publication Day! About a year ago, I was asked to join the board of a new non-profit publishing company (Dzanc books). Our mission is to publish fantastic literary fiction which gets passed up by the big publishers and for-profits because it does not fit neatly into the marketing pigeonholes currently used in the industry. Today, our first book is launched -"All Over" a collection of short stories by Roy Kesey. I'm off to the reading by the author (flown in from China, where he lives) in a few minutes. I helped select this story collection -I trawled through the submissions -solicited and unsolicited. I helped choose the cover. I was the non-industry voice, the library-user who'll try anything, but it has to draw me in quickly. I was really only a very little part of the decision-making process, but I still feel like a tiny part of this project is mine. And I'm pleased with the results. And now I need to see if I can remember how to put make-up on. Amazon Link __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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