Midpoint Inks Distribution
Deal with Mark Joseph
Media personality
Mark Joseph has signed a
distribution deal with
Midpoint for to release
titles from his newly formed
imprint, Bully! Pulpit
Books.
New
York Center for Independent
Publishing Looks for New
Direction
A meeting of the
NYCIP advisory council in
late June discussed a number
of ideas to move the NYCIP
forward. The organization
for indie presses has been
floundering since executive
director Karin Taylor left
in February and a number of
council members resigned.
Bleak
House Moving Forward As
Founder Moves On
By Claire
Kirch
Bleak House founder
Ben LeRoy is starting a new
house, while Big Earth
Publishing will continue to
release new titles under the
Bleak House imprint.
Booksellers Celebrate
Independents Week
By Claire
Kirch -
Rainy Day Books and
Anderson's Bookshop are two
of many bookstores with
events marking Independents
Week.
Vertical Inc. Is Still Here
by Calvin
Reid
Although Vertical
Inc., a New York City
publisher specializing in
translations of contemporary
Japanese prose literature
and manga, has struggled
during the economic
downturn, the house has
secured a new investor,
hired a new marketing
manager and plans to make
adjustments to its list
beginning in 2010.
Reorg
at Harvard University Press
Eliminates Six Positions
By Jim
Milliot
Harvard University
Press has eliminated six
jobs as part of an overall
cost reduction plan
implemented by the university.
Delay
in Honorarium Payments
Newest Rift Between NYCIP,
GSMT
By Jim
Milliot
The lack of
honorarium payments to
speakers at the New York
Center for Independent
Publishing's April writers'
conference led to a e-mail
exchange between the event's
organizer and the General
Society of Mechanics and
Tradesmen over when payment
can be expected.
Chelsea Green Sets Up Wish
List for Librarians
By Judith
Rosen
Online wish list will
let patrons buy Chelsea
Green titles to contribute
to local library.
Stay
Thirsty Lures Veteran
Writers
by Edward
Nawotka
Shamus Award–winning
mystery writer David Fulmer
first heard about Stay
Thirsty Press when a friend
sent him an e-mail. “It was
a notice from Craigslist
that a publisher was looking
for original works to
publish as e-books,” said
Fulmer. “I'd had this book,
The Last Time, that had
technically been shopped
around by my agent, but it
was different from all my
other work an...
