In this episode we take a tour of the publishing landscape in the English speaking world.

Check out the biggest to the smallest traditional publishers to see where your book might fit in.

We discuss the following publishing companies, with stories of how they operate, which ones use their own sales representatives and which use distribution companies.

Examples of books and publishing within these companies are given from our own experience.

The Big Five - histories and who runs them here in Australia

Independent company

Small boutique presses

University Presses

Find links to all the companies mentioned by clicking through to the show notes on the website.

Also discussed are:

Australian Society of Authors is www.asauthors.org

Australian Publishers Association is www.publishers.asn.au

We discuss the impact of COVID on sales of books here in Australia, and the downsides of that and then the more recent contraction of the publishing industry here.

The books we have bought or read recently are:

To Sing of War by Catherine MacKinnon

Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Jane Curry Links

• Jane Curry Advisory: www.janecurryadvisory.com
• Ventura Press: www.venturapress.com.au
• www.instagram.com/venturapress__

Seana Smith Links

• Seana Smith website: www.seanasmith.com
• Sober Journeys website: wwwsoberjourneys.com
• www.instagram.com/seanasmith

In Australia: Going Under is available in bookshops and online stores in Australia and on Amazon here" https://www.amazon.com.au/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

In the USA: https://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

In the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

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Meet the co-hosts, Jane Curry of Jane Curry Advisory and Ventura Press, and Seana Smith, her latest book is the memoir ‘Going Under.’

We chat about:

• What we’ve been doing lately in our publishing and writing lives.
• Jane on her love of books with purpose.
• Jane Curry Advisory ‘I’ve always been a bit of an evangelist.’
• Being on the idside and the outside of publishing.
• Seana on factual writing and creative non-fiction, the huge differences between them.
• Recording the audiobook and author care.
• Seana's first book ‘Sydney for Under Fives’ commissioned by Jane when she worked at Pan Macmillan.
• Jane commissioning the Australian Autism Handbook in 2007, now in 4th edition.
• Being an entrepreneur as well as writer. Writing commercial websites.
• Leaning into the new digital ecosystem.
• Massive changes in the publishing world, the rise of self-publishing.
• Our backgrounds, Jane from Yorkshire and Seana from Scotland.
• Jane’s long career in publishing, working for independents, the Big Five and then for her own company Ventura Press for the past 20 years.
• Seana went to Oxford then a career in television, before kids and freelance writing.
• What to expect in this 10-part series and beyond. A complete guide to the publishing industry and writing books that get published.

Links

• Seana Smith website: www.seanasmith.com
• Sober Journeys website: wwwsoberjourneys.com
• Jane Curry Advisory: www.janecurryadvisory.com
• Ventura Press: www.venturapress.com.au
• www.instagram.com/janecurry1
• www.instagram.com/seanasmith
• www.instagram.com/venturapress__
• www.instagram.com/sober_journeys
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatdidyoureadtoday/

In Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

In the USA: https://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

In the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

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Check out the trailer for the new podcast from Jane Curry and Seana Smith.

Join The Publisher & The Writer for our first series of 10 episodes. We'll demystify the writing and publishing business and support you on your creative journey.

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