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Sunday, September 22, 2002

Publish Independently or Perish

In a move that seems calculated to upset the large publishing concerns that helped his first book rocket to the top of the bestseller lists, Eggers is by-passing the party animals and self-publishing the highly anticipated Velocity.

Small independent publishers like the Double Dragon are not surprised to hear Eggers has eschewed the normal publishing route taken by writers of his stature. Only a chosen 100 independent bookstores are allowed to carry his new novel. So Velocity is not coming to a bookstore near your city.

Czech out what is coming to booksalons & bloggs near you in September.

Finally, just another travelling author elaborating on his odyssey through a poetic nation & dysfunctional relationship