How and Why Publishing Works The Way It Works

with Agate Publishing, a NAIWE Benefit Partner

Join Doug Seibold, founder and president of Agate Publishing and its new Agate Publishing Academy, for an in-depth discussion of the business of book publishing, which aims to demystify the too-opaque field in which so many editors, writers, and other professionals try to earn livelihoods. Since founding Agate in 2002 with little more than a laptop, a cellphone, and an internet connection, Seibold — himself a former editor and freelance writer — has grown the company to encompass four distinct trade imprints amid six different lines of business — all while staying focused on remaining sustainable over more than two decades of turbulent change. Every professional working in the book publishing field can benefit from learning more about its basic operations, and how these shape rates, salaries, and opportunities to advance.