Annahid Dashtgard, Chelene Knight, and Léonicka Valcius have a nuanced and solution-based conversation about how the publishing industry cares for authors who share difficult truths in their work.
How do we shift from “gatekeeping” towards “spacemaking”: a process that solicits, supports, and develops the work of marginalized writers and professionals?
Léonicka Valcius and Anyka Davis interrogate and rethink in-house processes and assumptions that come before publication date, including acquisitions, audience identification, setting sales expectations and budgets, and more.
As the publication of diverse books moves from “latest trend” to business priority, sales reps, marketers, and retailers need tools and strategies to effectively sell these books.
