Ken Eppstein/Nix ComicsHelp me fill the coffers to put out a new slate of Nix Comics publications and get a bargain in process!
The ONLY 500 Cents Sale: Buy any two items on the Nix Comics Website and get up to Five Bucks off!
For those of you who like the inside baseball kinda stuff: I did a halfway through the year update on Nix Comics.
https://www.nixcomics.com/post/nix-comics-2025-so-far-a-semi-annual-update
Nix Comics: 2025 so far! (A Semi Annual Update)
Phew! It's been a busy first half of 2025! (Well A little more than a half, I'm including everything that has happened up to and including the Columbus Public Library's Book Festival this weekend.) For those of you who are new to Nix Comics, or have stumbled on blog post through some quirky malfunction of a search engine or social media algorithm, my name is Ken Eppstein and my publishing imprint is named Nix Rock 'n Roll Comics. The themes in my comics are all tied to my years of being a re
Asteria PressOne happy result from book fair week is getting to meet Will Dady and the other members of the Indie Press Network. We're so happy to share that we have now officially joined the network and are listed on their website 🥳
As we've been largely going at this alone since the very beginning, we're really excited to be part of a new family of small presses and look forward to collaborating with them soon! 💙
#indiepress #indiepressnetwork #indiepublishing #smallpresspublishing
Catherine Lundoff2/2 #smallpresspublishing Given that, you have x number of contracted years to find an audience for an author’s book. Sometimes, that author feels that things aren’t moving fast enough and gets pissy about it. Sometimes, it doesn’t matter how hard you try, you just can’t sell that book. Sometimes, you have to throw in the towel for other reasons. But when things are chugging along and each year gets a bit better, no review or reward or recognition for that book is too “late.” Just saying.
1/2 Gonna climb up on my soapbox for a minute or two here about #smallpresspublishing. This is a long game, which is not the same as saying that you or I will win at it, but realistically, it’s a ton of energy and planning and money and work that often doesn’t pay off quickly (or sometimes, at all). It’s precarious and hard and easy to get derailed. Finding a book’s “people” can take years. Or it may never happen. It is not a game for the impatient, in short.
#Smallpresspublishing #Bookstores #Bookstodon So it’s a crappy system, one where all of us, including the authors who often really want to be on the shelves, get squeezed. But leading with “How fast can we get rid of this product that represents an immense amount of your time, money and energy and which in another industry we’d be expected to actually work on…selling?” Not great. And not every bookstore owner or manager is like this, but it’s not exactly rare, either. 🤷🏻♀️
#Smallpresspublishing #bookstores #Bookstodon A bookseller friend recently asked me why so many small presses were going direct to consumers via web stores and book tables and the answer is that if we don’t, print sales are either negligible or a complete loss. Most of us do better on ebook sales than we do on print by a wide margin.
If you liked our panel on #smallpresspublishing at #WisCon last night or wished you could have been there, I’m teaching a more detailed online workshop on what goes behind the scenes at small presses at the #RamboAcademy next Sunday 6/4! http://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/class-behind-the-curtain-nuts-and-bolts-of-small-press-publishing/
#smallpresspublishing So this week:
Monday - Queen of Swords Press was profiled in Publishers Weekly, along with other cool queer specfic presses
Tuesday - I was a guest on Write On! Radio on KFAI talking about our books.
Saturday - I’ll be teaching about book promotion and how to do it on a budget at the Rambo Academy.
Sunday - I’ll be a guest on the So I’m Writing a Novel Podcast
4 appearances, audiences in the thousands. Books sold so far in May: 15. Like our books? Tell someone! ❤️🩹
Monday - Queen of Swords Press was profiled in Publishers Weekly, along with other cool queer specfic presses
Tuesday - I was a guest on Write On! Radio on KFAI talking about our books.
Saturday - I’ll be teaching about book promotion and how to do it on a budget at the Rambo Academy.
Sunday - I’ll be a guest on the So I’m Writing a Novel Podcast
4 appearances, audiences in the thousands. Books sold so far in May: 15. Like our books? Tell someone! ❤️🩹
#smallpresspublishing 4/4 than any actual queer content. Yes, I think the writing is very pretty too, but… And I saw it on at least 3 lists. As with diversifying your reading so you’re not always reading books by straight white dudes, including small press and indie authors takes some effort. But if we’re only visible to you when we close up shop, that’s lost work, lost voices and missed opportunities and overall, does the field no favors.