Publisher Guide

How Bestseller Lists Work

Writing a banger will only get you so far

Mar 22 • 

Daniel Lisi

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Problems with Book Publishing

And How We Might Hope to Solve Them

Mar 11 • 

Daniel Lisi

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February 2025

Preview: A Book About Books

Available everywhere books are sold March 11, 2025

Feb 10 • 

Daniel Lisi

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3

November 2023

What does a publisher do, exactly?

Learning about the book trade and "the chain" of business

Nov 5, 2023 • 

Daniel Lisi

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April 2023

How to Publish a Book

A guide for the budding author

Apr 27, 2023 • 

Daniel Lisi

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1

January 2023

Role playing in video games made us good writers

An interview with Gabi Abrao, aka Sighswoon

Jan 26, 2023 • 

Daniel Lisi

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2

Books? Full time? In this economy?

We're talking about money; royalties & breakdowns on margins across the book trade.

Jan 14, 2023 • 

Daniel Lisi

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2

April 2022

An eternal archive

Print-on-demand, supply chain, and Ingram Industries

Apr 27, 2022 • 

Daniel Lisi

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The spirit of traditional publishing

“I found that literature, like all religions, is also a business.” – Jason Epstein

Apr 1, 2022 • 

Daniel Lisi

5

March 2022

Self-publishing is actually pretty cool

Millions of books are published each year in the United States with Bowker reporting over four million published titles in 2019.

Mar 22, 2022 • 

Daniel Lisi

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