Best of the Small Press 2012: Ron Kolm

1. Love Does Not Make me Gentle or Kind by Chavisa Woods (Unbearable Books/Autonomedia, 2012)

2. Backwards the Drowned Go Dreaming by Carl Watson (Sensitive Skin Press, 2012)

3. The Deceptive Smiles of Bredmeyer Deed by Susan Scutti (Ravenrock Publishing, 2012)

UPDATED:
4. Trust Fund Babies by Steve Dalachinsky (Unlikely Books, 2012)

 --Picks by Ron Kolm, author of The Plastic Factory (Autonomedia, 2010) and longtime bookseller and small press "pusher"
--Read an interview with Ron at Literary Kicks

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Since December 7th, I've been blogging the small press picks of terrific writers and editors in the small press scene, and I'll go through the end of the year. Keep up with them at: Best of the Small Press 2012.

POSTPONED: Indie Publishing Panel in Brooklyn

Don't miss this panel discussion on indie publishing to be held Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 7.30 PM at Spoonbill & Sugartown in Brooklyn.

From the Facebook event page:

To initiate an ongoing debate on the state of independent publishing, Spoonbill & Sugartown Booksellers is bringing together local indie authors who have chosen to forgoe traditional publishing and forge their own paths to authorship. Through consistantly selling out at indie bookstores around the nation and garnering accliam for their work, these wordsmiths are proving to be the vanguard of a new model for publishing. The night features m. craig (The Narrows), Susan Kirschbaum (Who Town), Nathaniel Kressen (Concrete Fever), and Rami Shamir (Train to Pokipse) -- who will talk about the struggles and joys of independent publishing. Specific issues of finance, book-production, editing, and promotion will also be addressed. The authors will share the various approaches they've taken in dealing with these issues, while being questioned by the evening's moderator and Spoonbill's book buyer, Jamie Johnston. The event will take place on Nov 01, 2012 at 7.30 PM at Spoonbill & Sugartown in Williamsburg. 

Post script: There is a chance that Anonymous. author of The Oxygen Thief, will also participate in the panel.

UPDATE:
This event has been POSTPONED due to Hurricane Sandy. As of now, there is no new date. Stay tuned to Spoonbill & Sugartown's events page to find out about the new date.