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.

Amazon Link

Cloud · 10-23-2007, 05:28 PM

cool!

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-24-2007, 12:44 AM

Yeah.

jester · 10-24-2007, 04:29 PM

congratulations

DanaC · 10-24-2007, 06:04 PM

Wow, that's so completely cool. How wonderful to be a part of something like that *smiles*

bluecuracao · 10-24-2007, 07:18 PM

That's fantastic, monster. I really want to read that book...

monster · 10-25-2007, 08:17 PM

Thanks, guys. I really highly reoommend the book, and I had a great time at the launch -topped off by the Dzanc founder introducing me to the author as a person he should thank because it was my email about getting so caught up in the stories that I let my lunch burn (we communicate by email mostly) which prompted them to take another look!

I never knew -I'd forgotten all about that email, but he knew what they were talking about, so it must have been passed on. I think they should have put it in the blurbs :"So good I burned my lunch" -monster, cellar.org

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

10-23-2007, 05:28 PM	#2
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	cool! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-24-2007, 12:44 AM	#3
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Yeah. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-25-2007, 08:17 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Thanks, guys. I really highly reoommend the book, and I had a great time at the launch -topped off by the Dzanc founder introducing me to the author as a person he should thank because it was my email about getting so caught up in the stories that I let my lunch burn (we communicate by email mostly) which prompted them to take another look! I never knew -I'd forgotten all about that email, but he knew what they were talking about, so it must have been passed on. I think they should have put it in the blurbs :"So good I burned my lunch" -monster, cellar.org __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-24-2007, 04:29 PM	#4
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	congratulations

10-24-2007, 06:04 PM	#5
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Wow, that's so completely cool. How wonderful to be a part of something like that smiles

10-24-2007, 07:18 PM	#6
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	That's fantastic, monster. I really want to read that book...

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