Publishing Lives Interviews with Independent Book Publishers by Jerome Gold ISBN 978-0930773-410 ISBN 978-0930773-403

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Publishers from 31 independent presses talk about how they came to publishing and why they stayed (or left), the mistakes they made, their relationships with authors, the problems of growth, definitions of success, why they do or do not seek grants, their relationships with distributors, bookstores, New York and Toronto, and each other.

More than just a directory, Publishing Lives presents these publishers as the spiritual heirs of the great nineteenth-century founders of the New York houses. It provides a picture of non-academic intellectual and literary life in North America at the end of the twentieth century.

"Interested in the independent publishing game? Then take note of these diverse--yet totally valid--observations by industry entrepreneurs."

            -- Publisher’s Weekly


". . . this hefty book should be required reading for anyone thinking about breaking into the publishing profession."

            -- The Bloomsbury Review