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Networking o'clock! Our audience and panel interact in the room, as our members approach fab folk from @CassavaRepublic @Influxpress @JacarandaBooks @3ofCupsPress + @OWNITLDN - absolutely BRILLIANT panel tonight @ideastores #LWNPublishers #jointheNetwork
Bibi on the the relationship between small presses and bigger publishers:
In the culture industries, there will always be indies who are at the vanguard as tastemakers while the mainstream platforms then popularise them.
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"We as small independent publishers are at the vanguard, we are the tastemakers. The big publishers do not create taste, they popularise what the independents have discovered. We own that!" Bibi Bakare of @CassavaRepublic #LWNPublishers @STWevents
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf's advice for authors:
1a. Ask yourself 'Why do you think your voice is so important that 1000 people need to hear it?"
1b. Read 'For the sake of a single poem' every day before submitting.
2. Grow your network!
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Our founder @valrey reminds the audience of our #TwentyIn2020 - if you are a Black British writer you have until August 31st 2018 to apply. We are looking for fiction, non-fiction & poetry aimed at an adult audience https://t.co/VWpDlcYVOc
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Advice to authors from our publishers include: READ the submissions policies, be mindful of deadlines - don't miss fab opps, ie #Twentyin20 @JacarandaBooks, be aware of who you're submitting to - do the research!, get in touch - be brave + APPLY for open calls etc #LWNPublishers
All the publishers agree- authors must follow submission guidelines! If a writer hasn't, it suggests that they will be difficult for writers to work with. #LWNPublishers
Gary Budden makes an effort to pay attention to emerging voices published in zines and other platforms. #LWNPublishers
@valrey: Back in the day, authors were allowed to grow their craft. We are dedicated to developing and honing authors across multiple books. #LWNPublishers
Is it better to have a specific focus as a publisher or a broader approach? Our panel ponder on this @ideastores tonight #LWNPublishers @JacarandaBooks @CassavaRepublic @Influxpress @OWNITLDN @3ofCupsPress
The panel say that they find publishers through every means possible. "To find new voices you often need to look in new, alternative spaces away from the norm." #LWNPublishers
"We need to put the business of publishing into perspective. The reality is often only a few authors are really making money & providing opportunities for others. Authors shouldbe encouraged to get informed of how publishing really works" Bibi of @CassavaRepublic #LWNPublishers
Bibi: When you think of author earnings, you have to think of them as a collective. The reality is often one author is bankrolling many others. #LWNPublishers
"I agree with @Soc_of_Authors that publishing is exploitative, but it is not just exclusive to publishing but to the arts. At @OWNITLDN have a 50/50 split with our authors and artists after recouping costs," comments @CrystalMMorgan #LWNPublishers
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf: Literature is a jealous industry, people have to focus only on reading so it has less consumers than the visual arts #LWNPublishers
. @valrey of Jacaranda Books, Gary Budden of @Influxpress and @CrystalMMorgan of @OWNITLDN agree that big publishers are looking to the small press for inspiration... and for authors to steal! #LWNPublishers
Our wonderful @clarebot is also on this panel! Follow along with #lwnpublishers https://t.co/zbatDOKDdP
We are in Whitechapel with our founder @valrey and a host of independent publishing stars for an open, frank & informative discussion on independent publishing organised by @STWevents. Follow hashtag #lwnpublishers
"If you are going to cut down trees and damage the environment it should be for something of the utmost quality" Bibi Bakare started @CassavaRepublic the raise the level of quality and the reach and diversity of African literature
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Fascinating to hear each panel member describe their voyage into #publishing and the focus + hard work they all do @Influxpress @JacarandaBooks @CassavaRepublic @3ofCupsPress @OWNITLDN #LWNPublishers
. @valrey began @JacarandaBooks to fill a need. There was so much desire for a publisher like ours willing to publish diverse voices that finding works was easy. Our #TwentyIn2020 project aims to continue to meet that need & demand" #LWNPublishers
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