When every US agent & editor I queried turned down THE SMOKING MIRROR, Australian publisher @IFWGPublishing made it their flagship publication for entering the US market.
It won a Pura Belpré Author Honor & was for a time my most successful book, helping the press expand.
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The small press at Lamar University shepherded my books FLOWER, SONG, DANCE: AZTEC AND MAYA POETRY & BORDER LORE, unusual projects that found an audience & made me proud. Publisher Jerry Craven also released my poetry book SHATTERING AND BRICOLAGE through his micropress. 3/
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I'm also very delighted to be working with
@tubooks (an imprint of POC-run@LEEandLOW) - they published my Spanish translation of Guadalupe García McCall's SUMMER OF THE MARIPOSAS, and this fall they'll release my YA graphic novel CLOCKWORK CURANDERA. 4/Prikaži ovu nit -
And I'm also so happy to be working with
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But I also work with imprints of two of the Big Five (HarperCollins & Penguin Random House, both making some strides toward the equity we need). The chapter-book division HarperChapters made a point of launching with my series about three Chicanx cousins--one an Afrolatina. 6/
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Kokila at PRH is doing AMAZING work with authors from communities of color, & I can't wait to reveal something cool about all that, heh .... But also the bigger
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The publishing industry *IS* broken, like I said in my NYT piece. But lots of folks are trying to fix it, and I wanted to tell them I appreciate the work they're doing. Make Me a World Versify Salaam Reads Rick Riordan Presents Denene Millner Books & the rest: keep it up! 8/
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I really wish there was some kind of government grants that'd help small presses out a bit. But the US doesn't spend on art it seems.
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Look to regional grants for support of small presses. Literary Arts Oregon has a small press grant. Your state, city or region might have the same.
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Can I also just put in a plug for small publishers as far as reaching out to
#DiverseBookBloggers as well? I get so many more who are invested in their authors & follow up with emails about reviews The big time guys are so big, they don't bother to even send books out sometimesHvala. Twitter će to iskoristiti za poboljšanje vaše vremenske crte. PoništiPoništi
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