Is Making Books Still Worth It? Reflections on a Small Publishing Services Business, One Year In
One year ago, in September of 2025, Dirt Roads LLC was officially born. Eight months before, it hadn’t even entered my mind that I might be forging a new company in the near future.
The Glory Days of the American Booksellers Convention
The ABA Convention (rebranded as Book Expo America, the BEA, in 1995) was the event for book publishing in the United States, put on annually by the American Booksellers Association. I got to see it in its heyday.
Traditional Publishing Has Lost Its Soul
Traditional publishing made a deal with the devil as it gave up more and more control to Amazon over the last 30 years…it appears now it has lost its soul.
Holding It Together: Lessons in Book Binding
What’s the “magic” in the middle that holds a book together?
