episode 1: Anne Trubek, Founder of Belt Publishing: Sharing Good Books and Good Ideas, Elevating Voices that Might Otherwise Go Unheard, and Staying Afloat as a Small Press
Trubek is an author, publisher and entrepreneur who’s been the driving force being an independent book publisher since 2012. She blogs about her experiences on Substack at notesfromasmallpress.substack.com.
We’ll discuss:
- Why publishing is “slow motion gambling,” and how she manages to stay afloat
- How she finds new authors — including one who published her first book at age 70
- A tragedy that turned into a Crazy Good Turn