One of the many questions I field these days at events: Should I still try to publish X given the current administration? Will publishers still accept X? Etc. A lot depends on the sort of publisher we’re talking about, how they’re funded, and where they primarily sell books. Anne Trubek of Belt Publishing has an insightful article discussing what we might see unfold for four categories of publisher: nonprofit small presses, university presses, corporate publishers and large independent publishers, and for-profit small and medium-size presses. Read at Notes from a Small Press.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
