By the Book: Jamie McGarry at Valley Press

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Publisher's Diary: Last Week of 2023

A "Very Merry" December, with Susan Furber

Normal service has been resumed

Body talk, with Dr Charley Barnes

Three stories from the world of publishing

How to Design a Book Cover, Part One

Reflections on a disrupted week

Readers' questions: Up close and personal

Here's what I'm publishing this autumn

Small Press Publishing Software

Forward Prize mini-blog

On diving into a sea of subs

Book sales: Who gets the money?

Haunting lines, with Jeffrey Loffman

Readers' questions: Distribution & publicity

The Valley Press Author Contract

September submissions: a halfway Q&A

How to be a small press publisher

Why you should become a small press publisher

Springing forward, with Thomas Legendre

How to get a small press publishing deal (for authors)

On the opening of submissions; plus, blog review, one month in

A pause

The Valley Press Publishing Process

Seeking attention, with Emma Brankin

In a brain like this: the sequel

Who would live in a brain like this?

Readers' questions: Publishing 101

Emma Must on the Laurel Prize longlist

Vanishing magnificently, with Matt Riker

Finding new purpose (and acting on it), on a rainy Thursday in August

A new newsletter, blog, and community for Valley Press

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