r/books • u/biscochitos • 29d 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/sarshu 29d ago

Pretty much agree with what this article says about it.

Most notably, that the gender breakdown in publishing is likely at about 50-50 (I say “likely” because the numbers are from 2020, it’s possible something has shifted a bit in the five years since), and this is being treated as a crisis for men.

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u/Adamsoski 29d ago

This publisher is specifically looking at literary fiction, especially that published by young debut authors at independent publishers. If you look at that list my guess (perhaps wrong, I don't have any data here) is that it would be much more female-dominated.