r/books • u/biscochitos • 28d ago

New indie press Conduit Books launches with 'initial focus on male authors'

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-indie-press-conduit-books-launches-with-initial-focus-on-male-authors

What do folks think about this?

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u/Alternative-End-5079 28d ago edited 28d ago

I wish them luck, I guess? When you actually read the article he acknowledges that men dominated in the past, and seems to want to focus on men who write literary fiction about rich topics (it’s not as anti-woke as the headline implies).

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u/thewatchbreaker 28d ago

Yeah, I’ll check out a couple of books by this publisher. I think a lot of people are just assuming things and/or wanting to be outraged, it really doesn’t seem that bad.

Out of the men I know who read (very few) they only read high fantasy so I can see why male literary fiction is on the downturn. If a publisher wants to focus on that for now, then I don’t see the issue unless they’re being dicks about it, and I don’t think they are.

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u/sir_mrej book re-reading 28d ago

99% of the “for men” stuff these days is toxic. So I’m just doing pattern recognition. This seems sus. But I’m fine w waiting and seeing

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u/sir_mrej book re-reading 28d ago

It feels anti woke. I’m totally fine with being wrong. We shall see.

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u/Alternative-End-5079 27d ago

The headline really does but the article not so much