“I had good relationships with stores. And I was like, "All right, I'll self-publish it. But I'm only going to do 1,000."” SelfStoresPublishGood Relationship Author:David Rees
“The way you make money is to do something you don't like to do. And that's how you know you're a virtuous person.” KnowsWayPersonsMaking MoneyVirtuous Author:David Rees
“I felt really conflicted about making money off stuff that's creatively satisfying.” FeltStuffMaking MoneySatisfying Author:David Rees
“I'm not sure running the press has changed how I write (though perhaps it has in ways I can't see), but it has certainly changed my relationship to how books get made.” WayWritingMadeI CanBookRunningChangedPressesNot Sure Author:Danielle Dutton
“I can be a fairly hands-on editor, and when I'm editing someone I feel intensely invested in that writer and her work. I love helping to shape a book, and I feel very privileged to get to do that with writers I'm excited about. I think doing that work for the past six years has changed me, and it better prepared me for the questions and suggestions.” ThinkingFeelsYearsI CanBookHelpingHandsPastChangedShapesSixPreparedExcitedEditorsEditingPrivilegedSuggestions Author:Danielle Dutton
“It's interesting, editing can be so immersive for me that I've noticed that the authors I edit have a pretty profound effect on how I hear language for a while.” LanguageInterestingEffectsProfoundEditingEdits Author:Danielle Dutton
“I suppose also that watching marketing and publicity stuff play out from behind the scenes, making those plans and seeing each piece fall into place or not, each year, for each book, has made me a little more tranquil about the process for my own book than I might otherwise be.” YearsLittlesMadeBookPlayMightFallStuffProcessMy OwnBehindsPiecesPlansSeeingSceneMarketingPublicityTranquilBehind The ScenesFall Into Place Author:Danielle Dutton
“It's so exciting when a book catches traction you didn't even expect (or completely did expect!), and so frustrating when a book never quite catches the traction you know it deserves. But either way it doesn't change the book, it doesn't change how much I love that book, or how thrilled I am to be publishing it.” KnowsWayBookDeserveExcitingPublishingFrustratingNever QuitTraction Author:Danielle Dutton
“As a publisher what you are trying to build is a long life for a book, to help it find its readers in many different ways, whether or not it made this list or got that review, etc. I'm sure some of that thinking has been useful to me as a writer as well.” ThinkingWayTryingWellsLongHas BeensMadeBookDifferentHelpingReaderListsDifferent WaysEtcReviewsPublishersLong Life Author:Danielle Dutton
“I'm interested in the structure of art and how it works. And the content is also interesting, but I don't want to keep the same structure and just plug in new content every week.” WantArtInterestingWeekStructurePlugs Author:David Rees