Now and then I send out a newsletter. You can see this month’s here. If you’d like to join the list for the next
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Reflection/Projection/Thinking Out Loud
It’s difficult to write in any insightful way on a thing in progress. Perhaps that explains the sad lack of posts hereabouts. There has
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Everyone’s Raving About OTHER HEARTBREAKS
As you’ve no doubt noticed, everyone loves Other Heartbreaks. Go ahead, click on the left there. That’s just Booklist, loving Other Heartbreaks. The StarTribune loves
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Hello, Blog, It’s Been a While
So. There’s been so much exciting stuff going on that I didn’t even have time to tell you about it all. The biggest deal,
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A Beautiful Year (and a half)
If you’re keeping up with Engine Books, you know that we’ve got Patricia Henley’s spectacular story collection, Other Heartbreaks on the way this October,
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Eeeeeeeeee Books.
We in the literary world like to have something to wring our hands over. We’re worriers by nature, perfectionists, and absent something abstract to
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The Trouble With Bookstore Returns
Author’s note: This is way too long. And there’s math down there. But I’ve been having all these incredibly compelling conversations with writers and
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But I thought Engine Books was a Fiction Press?
By now you’ve no doubt heard that Engine Books will release the paperback and ebook editions of Debra Monroe’s novel Shambles and her memoir
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Why You Should Buy Direct From Small Presses
So, sure. I knew that when I wanted to buy a small press book, I ought to buy it from that small press. Of
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So Much News
Other Heartbreaks presale will open next week right here at Engine Books. Buying direct from Engine Books is the best way to support the book and the press. The more we pre-sell, the more resources we can devote to intense targeted promotion of the work. Please stop by next week and reserve your signed copy of this beautiful book.
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