The World of Independent Publishing

By:
Dr. Kate Gale
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The world of publishing in the United States thrives west of the Hudson. In fact, for the independent publishers on the other side of the Hudson, New York is a backwater, the publishing of books made into movies with expensive publishing practices established in another century. The new independents many of them with women editors, are taking strides forward, searching for literature, for books that will last rather than books that will sell. Part of what has allowed this movement is digital printing. For some it is an ugly secret, for others, the wave of the future. The future of independent publishing, the search to find the literature of the next century and then to capture the attention of the reviewers and critics that transform ordinary books into literature, is the subject of this conversation. Editing does not happen behind closed doors. It isn't childbirth; it's a job. Time for editors to come out of the closet and explain how publishing and editing work, where digital printing fits in and how publishing will be framed in this brave new world.


Keywords: Independent Publishing, Future of Publishing, Digital Printing
Stream: Publishing
Presentation Type: 60 minute Workshop Presentation in English
Paper: World of Independent Publishing, The

Dr. Kate Gale

Managing Editor, Managing Editor Red Hen Press
Editor Los Angeles Review
Director Los Angeles Summer Institute, Red Hen Press
Granada Hills, California, USA

Kate Gale is the Managing Editor of Red Hen Press and the Los Angeles Review and the Director of the Los Angeles Summer Institute. She is the President of PEN USA. She is the author of the libretto Rio de Sangre by composer Don Davis, www.riodesangre.com. She is also the author of five books of poetry, the latest by Tupelo Press. She has a novel, bilingual children's book and four edited anthologies. She lives in Los Angeles and is the curator of the Ruskin Poetry Series.

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