There’s an independent publisher that recently opened its doors in Winston-Salem and also launched a blog. Press53’s website can be found here, and their blog can be found there.
Looks like they’re having a launch party on January 27, 7 p.m. at the Borders on Stratford Road in Winston-Salem. Hopefully Celeste and I will have the chance to get out there and say hi, especially since that Borders is such a frequent date location when we need to get out of the house. On top of that I’d love to see a little cottage publishing industry get going in this little city. There’s a surprising number of artists in this town and I’d love to see them supported by local companies, and maybe even bring a little balance to the ready-to-explode local biotech industry.
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Jon,
Thanks for the kind note. Hope you can make it to the launch party. We’re going to need lots of support since there are two English majors running this company.
Kevin Watson
Press 53
Is it only me who sees the irony of an indy publisher celebrating in a store responsible for the death of the the indy book store?
Kevin,
Best of luck and hopefully we’ll see you there on the 27th although I think my wife and I have a prior commitment.
FS,
Yep, it is pretty “ironical” but you gotta go where the people are. As far as I know this particular Borders is the closest thing W-S has to a literary hang-out place (lots of people dressed in black, smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee and contemplating/debating their navels), which says something in and of itself.