Independent publishers: How do they survive?

"For some years I’ve wondered how on earth publishers survive in this less than literary country. Perhaps the one or two bestsellers like Spud can make up for the years of publishing books which won’t necessarily do as well. Then I began to think about independent publishers. How on earth do they manage to make ends meet when they have no back-up or a large stable of books to carry them through the tough times? I decided to ask a few of this country’s most indomitable publishers how they kept going."

– Janet van Eeden

• Interview with Gary Cummiskey of Dye Hard Press.

• Interview with Colleen Higgs of Modjaji Books.

• Interview with Robert Berold of Deep South publications.

• Interview with Mindy Stanford, Mariss Stevens and Crystal Warren of Aerial Publishing, a community publisher.
  
  

• Interview with Moira Richards and Norman Darlington, joint proprietors of Darlington Richards Press.

• Interview with Robin Malan, sole proprietor of Junkets Publisher.