(Welcome to the latest installment of The Path to Publishing, a series on starting a small press aimed either at the writer who wants to improve their stature or the editor who wants to run an independent publishing house. If you missed any of the prior posts, you can find them here.) by Gideon Marcus…
(Welcome to the latest installment of The Path to Publishing, a series on starting a small press aimed either at the writer who wants to improve their stature or the editor who wants to run an independent publishing house. If you missed any of the prior posts, you can find them here.) by Gideon Marcus…
(Welcome to the latest installment of The Path to Publishing, a series on starting a small press aimed either at the writer who wants to improve their stature or the editor who wants to run an independent publishing house. If you missed any of the prior posts, you can find them here.) by Gideon Marcus…
(Welcome to the latest installment of The Path to Publishing, a series on starting a small press aimed either at the writer who wants to improve their stature or the editor who wants to run an independent publishing house. If you missed the last two posts (on distribution and the factors going into the decision…
by Gideon Marcus Welcome back to “The Path to Publishing,” a series detailing all that we’ve learned in the last two years of running a small press. If you missed installment one, where we discussed our disenchantment with the traditional publishing process and why we founded our own press, you can find it here. There…
by Gideon Marcus We are now nearly two years into this enterprise we call Journey Press, and there’s no sign of stopping. Along the way, we’ve learned lots of lessons, made a few mistakes, and had a rollercoaster of a ride. As a member of the #writingcommunity, I see the thousands of aspiring and current…
When we launched Kitra, my YA space adventure, I feared the worst. After all, the launch date was April 1. 2020. Let’s face it — Nothing was happening in April 2020. We were all in lockdown, and the bookstores were all closed. So much for my debut title. Except, Kitra has been a consistent success…
One of the most gratifying things about running a publishing house is reading the reviews of the titles you produce. We have been fortunate enough (or perhaps good enough at our jobs) to collect a lot of good press. It occurred to us that you might enjoy reading what other folks are saying about our…
Long ago, in the before-time, one of my greatest joys was signing my books. Picture this: an intimate gathering at a bookshop or a huge, boisterous crowd at a microbrewery. I’ve just given a 30 minute talk on the women pioneers of space science or the state of science fiction in 1963. And then I…
Hello! Today, we are launching Tom Purdom’s timeless classic, I Want the Stars, now back in print after 56 years! Eight hundred years from now, Earth is a paradise. Humanity has faced its greatest challenges…and won. Every wish is fulfilled. Every need is met. But is that enough? Jenorden wants more, wandering the galaxy with…
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