Here, you'll find a collection of essays and articles regarding independent publishing and writing. They are taken from a variety of sources, some from our own President, Cynthia Frank, some from Senior Editor John Fremont, and many from sources around the world and throughout the industry. Whenever possible, we'll provide contact information for the authors; and you can always email questions to cypresshouse@cypresshouse.com. Enjoy! CONSIDER SELF-PUBLISHING
By John Fremont

The perils of publishing are well known by writers who have labored long and hard only to see their manuscripts quietly rejected . . . Many successful and as-yet-unpublished authors have pursued self-publishing as an alternative to the arrogance of the Eastern publishing establishment.

COPY EDITORS: WHO THEY ARE AND WHY YOU NEED ONE
By Art Detman, Jr.

Few things are more satisfying than opening, for the very first time, your very own self-published book. In beautiful black ink on creamy white pages are your wise thoughts, your clever phrases, your contributions to society, your. . . YIPES, a typo!

DEALING WITH REJECTION: Rejection Letters (from Richard Kostelanetz’ Guest Editorial, Small Press Review, May 1993) One of the subsidiary pleasures of doing writing different from the fashionable norms is the receipt of rejection slips different from the common run. If only to authenticate my reputation as an avant-garde writer. . .I gladly reprint some of them, happily granting the authors the immortality they justly deserve.