It was good recently to see that the publishing industry’s flagship trade magazine, Publisher’s Weekly, offered a brief but significant story on books about faith deconstruction. This term or phrase is new for so many and may appear to some as nothing more...
DIY publishing or self publishing means more than you might think. But you still could probably use some professional help. Remember when Home Depot first opened a store near you? In northern New Jersey in the mid-1990s, one of their home improvement superstores...
Friends, this Tuesday, July 12, marks a milestone for this new book imprint, Lake Drive Books, as our first book (not counting my own) will go live. So I wanted to take a moment to offer five thoughts on what this new venture, almost two years in the making, is about....
On a recent and rare shopping mall trip where I live in Michigan, I stuck my head into the attached chain bookstore. I often do this as a publishing person just to get an impression of the whole of the offerings to readers in religion and spirituality through a retail...
I often hear this from authors: “Back in the day, an author didn’t need a platform.” Authors, I’m here to tell you that you are right. That said, a book “back in the day” still had a platform. It was the publisher’s platform. One of the things that I try to focus on...
If you listen and watch carefully to what’s going on out there, you can figure a lot out, no matter where you are. So here are some interesting things I’ve heard and seen from where I am in my experience as a publishing executive and now publishing entrepreneur,...
