speeding up
I have no idea what's happened lately but things haver certainly sped up. The recession hasn't hit Shadow Archer Press, thats for sure. I've sold more books in January than I ever do and so many this week, I can't make them fast enough to meet orders. I'm also trying to finish my How To Start a Small Press book. These are all the How To books. Still have to figure out how to market the short story anthologies and poetry books. I have to find an office or studio. I'm shifting so many machines around to use the dining room tab le (just read that Virginia and Leonard Wolf ran their press (Hogarth) on their dining room table to so I'm in good company, but haven't had time to evne look at prospective places.
This week I'm applying up for an SAN number and then will be able to put ISBN numbers on the books which have the most promise (to start with). Also will have vinyl signs made for the truck, professional business cards designed and hoefully win at least one or two of the type sets for the foil printer on e-bay. They go fast and high.
Then last night, spent at least two hours on the phone with Frank in NJ. It's as if ten years hadn't gone by and he plans to come visit very soon (we're looking for weekends for First Fridays and some good concerts, maybe meet up for VAST in Charleston) and when I go visit him in NJ, we'll hit some gallery openings in Soho (yay - he's psyched about eh gallery openings) and he's already promised to come for the release date party (which will be two issues of Fissure by then and at least 4 new books from various authors, hopefully more). On Feb. 23rd and 24th I have the South Carolina Book Festival in Columbia. Research trip this time but will be an exhibitor next year.
So now I shall be up all night printing books which must be shipped tomorrow.
This week I'm applying up for an SAN number and then will be able to put ISBN numbers on the books which have the most promise (to start with). Also will have vinyl signs made for the truck, professional business cards designed and hoefully win at least one or two of the type sets for the foil printer on e-bay. They go fast and high.
Then last night, spent at least two hours on the phone with Frank in NJ. It's as if ten years hadn't gone by and he plans to come visit very soon (we're looking for weekends for First Fridays and some good concerts, maybe meet up for VAST in Charleston) and when I go visit him in NJ, we'll hit some gallery openings in Soho (yay - he's psyched about eh gallery openings) and he's already promised to come for the release date party (which will be two issues of Fissure by then and at least 4 new books from various authors, hopefully more). On Feb. 23rd and 24th I have the South Carolina Book Festival in Columbia. Research trip this time but will be an exhibitor next year.
So now I shall be up all night printing books which must be shipped tomorrow.