Indie & Small Press Book Marketing

RowReads1

Indie & Small Press Book Marketing | William Hertling

tpixie Cool. I didn‘t even know they had an ambassador š“•š“š“ 4w

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Kshakal

Indie & Small Press Book Marketing | William Hertling

A great morning with a great friend!! #shopindie

kspenmoll Wonderful picture of happy faces!!! 5mo

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Billypar

Indie & Small Press Book Marketing | William Hertling

I was blissfully unaware of how small press books were distributed, so I can't claim to contextualize this in any way, but it sounds fairly alarming š¬ :
https://lithub.com/the-small-press-world-is-about-to-fall-apart-on-the-collapse-...

Billypar (Image is by Madeline McMahon from this unrelated article on doomscrolling: https://www.nhmagazine.com/how-to-stop-doomscrolling-and-feel-better/) 8mo

Ruthiella What a sad story. š™ 8mo

Billypar @Ruthiella I know - the list of presses the article includes at the end is such a long one too š” 8mo

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Billypar #smallpress #supportsmallpress 8mo

vivastory I have no idea what has been going on with SPD for awhile now, but I used to follow them closely. There was a significant period of time when I read mostly poetry & a lot of what I read was distributed by SPD. In fact I used to receive their catalogs & it was always a highpoint to go through & then place my order. I recall that at that time the people at the top of SPD were themselves connected to the indie world, but again this was awhile ago. 8mo

vivastory What I can say, is that this is catastrophic for interesting lit. One year when I went to AWP the SPD booth was the largest & many of the others who were there with booths wouldn't have even been able to be there w/o having SPD as their distributors, It's such a shame. 8mo

Billypar @vivastory That's so interesting- I didn't even know distributors got involved in sending their own catalogues or attending book and writing-centric events like AWP. I'm in the opposite camp where I've only just discovered the wonders of small presses in the past couple of years. I had been looking forward to trying more and seeing if I could identify some favorites, but seems like many will be threatened by this, especially the smallest ones. 8mo

vivastory It's def strange because they when I received their catalogs they would also include a lot of indie presses. So you would see the new releases from publishers like (Copper Canyon, Graywolf, Archipelago) They'll survive this, but it's a shame to see all of the small presses lose distribution. I don't know if you ever listen to Mookse & Gripes podcast, but they often like to spotlight indie & small presses. 8mo

vivastory I *will* add that when I received their catalog it was not a given that certain established presses, esp Archipelago would make it. A lot of the indie presses have thrived thanks to breaking through to the mainstream with a few writers (Thinking of Graywolf w/ Percival Everett; Archipelago w/ Knausgard; Europa w/ Ferrante etc) 8mo

Billypar @vivastory I think a lot of the small press books I own fall into that 'big small' press category you mentioned since I buy so much of my collection from bookstores. Even those get far less shelf space than the big 5, and breakout authors, as you pointed out, probably make that possible in many cases. I definitely need to use that spd list to start introducing myself to more. 8mo

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mariaku21

Indie & Small Press Book Marketing | William Hertling

Happy Independent Bookstore Day!
Some stores are handing out limited edition goods today to celebrate and since I'm waiting for my store to open might as well share the link so anyone can find a shop to join the fun!

https://bit.ly/2HZCi4U

#indiebooksellers #litholidays #shopindie

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Jabberwocky

Indie & Small Press Book Marketing | William Hertling

Not technically book related but my local indie bookstore sells these cool prints and I‘m in love! šæš¦€š¦ #indiebookstore #art

398.2 Those are so cool! 7y

AmyG I love these type of prints. Beautiful. 7y

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MoniqueChristine

Indie & Small Press Book Marketing | William Hertling

pick

It's pretty easy to breeze through this book, but the desire to re-read it is strong. The little details of Booth's illustrations often brought a chuckle. Her crude style feels very organic and authentic, but may put some readers off. There's a lot of heart here and it's worth taking a look at, especially if you are a fan of Sarah Andersen or similar comics about young women and their day-to-day experiences. I got my copy from Retrofit Comics :)

MoniqueChristine I had to put this review under a different title as I didn't see a listing for it. 7y

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MoniqueChristine

Indie & Small Press Book Marketing | William Hertling

so-so

While Combed Clap of Thunder was nothing like I expected, it did do a great job in creating a strong sense of unease in its reader. I have no doubt that the work is carefully crafted and meant to be vague and open to interpretation. Its a very artsy comic, which I enjoyed, but that does make this hard to recommend to most readers.

#30Comics30Days #SmallPress

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MoniqueChristine

Indie & Small Press Book Marketing | William Hertling

pick

A book about a group of women, enjoying a sauna and having complicated conversations of gender, feminism, and sexual identity. Kenins brings up many important conversations and creates characters that feel imbued with strong personalities and views.

The art is crude, but lovingly created. Much of the comic is created using a very simple grid paneling, which I thought created a very in-the-moment feeling.

#30Comics30Days #SmallPress #NewIn

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