Before I ever got into publishing I somehow decided to become a publisher of old cookbooks. I have no idea where this thought came from, and even less idea why I thought it would be successful. Something about the combination of public domain books and the...
When Jill and I started our publishing company, Globe Press Books, my publishing mentor Felix Morrow gave me two books. The first was a manuscript for The Body of Light by John Mann and Lar Short. Felix had planned to publish this book, but gave it to me to start our...