A Bit of a State of the Publishing Biz

Hopefully, this is good sign not only for Writ Large Press, but for the book business in general (okay, especially for Writ Large Press) and all of those writers out there with manuscripts ready/almost ready.

The Biz Is Alright – 12/15/2008 – Publishers Weekly:

The bad news just keeps on coming: the layoffs, the cutbacks, the raise and bonus and pension freezes. It’s grim out there, all right—and that grimness is just about all anybody in Bookland is talking about.

And yet… as sure as there has been some lashing, there is now, of course, some backlashing. Just scroll through our headlines on the PublishersWeekly.com Web site this past week, and you’ll see small signs that all is not lost.

(Via Publishers Weekly.)

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Published on January 5, 2009 ~ 11:43 AM

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WLP interviewed on BlogTalkRadio

Writ Large Press was interviewed by Stacey Mangiaracina and Roy Johnston of “Between the Sheets,” a show on BlogTalkRadio. They wanted to know what our process has been in launching a small literary press and we read some of the poems from Kim’s collection.

The two hosts were really great, generous and supportive, and we’re looking forward to speaking to them again.

Come on in! We’re open!

Okay. It’s a bit rough around the edges, but we have finally opened our (virtual) bookstore.

Here’s the entrance. Come on in.

Once inside, you will see our entire catalog of books. Don’t freak out when you see only one title in this catalog, because we all know that it’s going to grow into something incredible.

We have the Proof

It’s here. It’s beautiful. And we’re excited as all freakin’ hell. Yesterday, we received the proof copy of Who’s to Say What’s Home from Lightning Source.

We spent a good amount of time going through the pages, checking for errors, and mostly staring at it from all angles. To paraphrase our dear friend Michelle in New York, it is beautiful and perfect. (Okay, there was one slightly misaligned page that we instantly corrected, but still perfect!)

LAUNCH DATE SET – Friday 5/2!!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Friday, May 2nd, 7 pm on. The Writ Large Press Launch. Kim Calder book release.

We just talked to a manager at La Cita and he says it’s a go. We’re going to have our launch and release party there on May 2nd. So mark your calendars and plan on joining us.

They’re letting us have the back patio of the bar at no cost, other than all the booze that people will be buying and drinking, on a Friday night. It will start at 7 and we’ll start wrapping up around 10′ish.