Buy Indie Press begins this week!
The idea for Buy Indie Press was created last year after it was announced that Egmont Publishing would be folding, the #BuyAnEgmontBook Twitter campaign was created by Robin Talley (Lies We Tell Ourselves), and I came across Katherine Locke (Second Position) proposing that the book community come together to show our support for and shed the spotlight on one indie each month.
The plan was to launch this last year however, in my call for support behind the scenes, not many reached out and then of course after I shared the way of things, I got flooded with many passionate opinions. Many of which were a great help though so, thank you! So, I held off to restructure. And now I think I’m ready to do this?
How This Will Work:
Each month, I encourage you to put the spotlight on and support any of the small presses detailed below while using the hashtag #BuyIndiePress. By no means is this a comprehensive list of the small presses out there. Three to four indies a month is the goal to be featured, or essentially one indie for each week of the year.
I personally plan to dedicate a week each month to Buy Indie Press, starting with a review everyday this week of titles from Algonquin Young Readers, Flux, SOHO Teen, and and Spencer Hill Press/Spencer Hill Contemporary. Stay tuned!
Note: The full schedule for the year is below and this will also be at the Buy Indie Press page which also details ways in which you can help authors, so be sure to visit that page! If you have a comment or idea for Buy Indie Press, please don’t hesitate to *kindly* reach out via email, Twitter, or a comment here.
2016 Schedule:
January:
Flux
Spencer Hill Press/Spencer Hill Contemporary
SOHO Teen
February:
Algonquin Young Readers
Zest Books
Peachtree Publishers
March:
Tu Books
Sky Pony Press
Quirk Books
April:
Orca Book Publishers
Chronicle Books
Carina Press
May:
Abrams Kids
Candlewick Press
Graywolf Press
June:
Self Published Authors
August:
Annick Press + Albert Whitman Teen + Running Press
September:
Diversion Books + Medallion Press + Sourcebooks
October:
Self Published Authors
November:
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Carolrhoda Lab
Clean Teen Press
December:
Self Published Authors