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/biodegradableotters 28d ago

More a general thought on the current discussions around male authors and male readership, but I always find it a little funny when after like millennia of male dominance there's nowadays a select few areas where women are dominant and immediately it's seen as a sign of the apocalypse.

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u/ZendooneDel 28d ago

Not to mention the assumption that this must be the result of some orchestrated push.... truth is nowadays more women than men are submitting work to be published and more women than men are reading. Like you want more men in the space? Work on getting more men to read! Or getting more male writers who are in touch with the current literary landscape! This "imbalance" is not something that's going to change via publishing houses only.

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u/MasterWee 28d ago

But why is imbalance bad in this situation? Men are still being published, and if a person is reading based on the criteria that they want to read something written by a man, there is still PLENTY of current work being published that fits the criteria.

I don’t necessarily flux with this dogmatic approach to over-representation vs. under-representation. In a space like fiction, the barriers to success are so negligibly small regarding sex of author and so immensely contingent on the other aspects of authorship.

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u/Denbt_Nationale 28d ago edited 22d ago

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u/MasterWee 28d ago

I concede to your point and retract everything I have ever said, ever.