How We Publish a Book at Loblolly Press

Opening up our process: how books are made at Loblolly (and what’s next for submissions, opening October 17 for queer writers of color)

Publishing a book takes time. For us, it usually runs 18 to 24 months from the first submission to the last event. That might sound slow, but every step matters. Editing, design, printing, and marketing each take real work, and we don’t want to rush any of it.

This isn’t how every press does it. The truth is, there’s far less standardization in publishi…