Show Notes
In this episode we take a tour of the publishing landscape in the English speaking world.
Check out the biggest to the smallest traditional publishers to see where your book might fit in.
We discuss the following publishing companies, with stories of how they operate, which ones use their own sales representatives and which use distribution companies.
Examples of books and publishing within these companies are given from our own experience. The Big Five - histories and who runs them here in Australia Independent companies Small boutique presses University Presses
Find links to all the companies mentioned by clicking through to the show notes on the website.
Also discussed are: Australian Society of Authors is www.asauthors.org Australian Publishers Association is www.publishers.asn.au
We discuss the impact of COVID on sales of books here in Australia, and the downsides of that and then the more recent contraction of the publishing industry here.
Buy Going Under In Australia: Going Under is available in bookshops and online stores in Australia and on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/ In the USA: https://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/ In the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/ Going Under Audiobook: Going Under on Audible, narrated by Seana Smith, click here.
Jane Curry Links Jane Curry Advisory: www.janecurryadvisory.com Ventura Press: www.venturapress.com.au www.instagram.com/venturapress__
Seana Smith Links Seana Smith website: www.seanasmith.com Sober Journeys website: wwwsoberjourneys.com www.instagram.com/seanasmith
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