Publishing

Life of an indie publisher

To hire good artists is to invest in the full potential of a story – I commissioned 171 illustrations last year – but aesthetics have economic weight. To keep a book accessible is to risk eroding margins. To price it profitably is to restrict its reach. And then there is the unease. I have woken up at 2 am and stopped the press because I dreamt I had missed a comma. In a founder-led setup, there is no buffer between editorial…