How to Start an Indie Press

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Books, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2023

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Chelsea Hodson is the author of the essay collection Tonight I'm Someone Else, which came out in 2018. She is the founder of the new indie press Rose Books as well as the Morning Writing Club, and is currently booking one-on-one writing coaching sessions on her website. The first Rose Books title, Someone Who Isn't Me, the debut novel by Geoff Rickly, will be published on July 25, and it is the July selection for the Otherppl Book Club. It is available for preorder now via rosebooks.co. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram YouTube TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, everybody, welcome to the program. This is the Other People Show. I'm Brad Listy here in
0:07.8	Los Angeles. It's good to be with you. I hope you're doing okay wherever you are. I have a great
0:14.1	episode for you today. We are going to do some craft work. I will be in conversation with Chelsea Hodson about how to start an independent press.
0:28.1	Chelsea Hodson is, among other things, the founder of a new indie press called Rose Books,
0:33.8	which is publishing its first title this month,
0:37.9	the much-anticipated debut novel by Jeff Rickley,
0:42.0	entitled Someone Who Isn't Me.
0:45.2	The official pub date is July 25th,
0:48.8	and I should add that someone who isn't me
0:51.4	is also the official July pick of the Other People Book Club.
0:59.4	So before I forget, a quick reminder to please subscribe to this podcast wherever you listen.
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1:07.8	Follow the Other People show on social media, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.
1:15.9	So I'm very pleased to have Chelsea Hodson on the show today to talk with me about starting
1:22.0	an indie press. And I feel like it is particularly useful to talk to someone in Chelsea's position because
1:30.3	she is really in the thick of it.
1:33.3	She is in the early going.
1:35.3	And she was kind enough to talk with me about what she has learned and what she is continuing
1:41.3	to learn as she makes her way through to this first publication.
1:46.0	As you are about to hear, Chelsea will readily admit that she is not a complete expert at this,
1:53.0	and really is anybody a complete expert when it comes to running a press.
1:58.0	But the truth is she is just starting out. She has taken the leap.
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