by Samantha Donisi-Hamm | Mar 24, 2015 | Interviews, Publisher's Thoughts
Editor’s note: Samantha Donisi-Hamm is a graduate student at the University of Houston – Victoria, where she is working on her M.S. in Publishing. She recently asked Atticus Books publisher Dan Cafaro to respond to a series of questions for a research paper she...
by Dan Cafaro | Nov 21, 2014 | Publisher's Thoughts
MADISON, NJ — Black Lawrence Press last month withdrew its commitment to publish Elizabeth Ellen’s novella from a forthcoming anthology because it found an unrelated essay she had written on rape “objectionably pernicious.” I believe the Black...
by Dan Cafaro | Mar 22, 2014 | Booksellers, Of Literary Interest, Publisher's Thoughts
When I first opened Chapters Revisited, a used bookstore in Doylestown, Pa., in 1995, I was completely unaware of the nuances of selling books, particularly books that may be considered valuable because they were out of print. I also was unaware of how much money I...
by Dan Cafaro | Jan 29, 2014 | Creative Non-Fiction, Publisher's Thoughts
0:09 “Now nod to Biden, John. Wink too. Keep the old kook guessing. Your tie rocks. His blows. You got this, John. You got this.” 01:31 “Ok, John, the Prez talked against China. Clap but don’t stand. Remember which party he represents....
by Dan Cafaro | Jan 25, 2014 | Of Literary Interest, Publisher's Thoughts
MADISON, NJ — For too many years I lived in towns that either were too small, too remote, or too whitebread, cookie-cutter suburban to boast an independent bookstore. I made a point to end this trend last year when I returned to my home state of New Jersey after...
by Dan Cafaro | Dec 20, 2013 | Of Literary Interest, Publisher's Thoughts, Writing
Writer Ned Vizzini took his life yesterday at the age of 32. News of this tragedy fills my Facebook newsfeed. The writer community I engage with reacts in the only way it knows how, groping for words to make sense of the senseless, offering heartfelt condolences, and...
