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Starting a Micro Publisher

Starting a Micro Publisher

Update: 2025-07-27
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Episode 260 bookcareers.com Live – Starting a Micro Publisher


Have you ever thought about starting a micro publisher – a small but perfectly formed publishing house of your own? Katie Isbester PhD did just that when she started the award-winning publisher, Claret Press.


In this episode of bookcareers.com live, we speak to Katie about her inspiration for setting up Claret Press  and the one thing she wish she knew before starting up. We discuss how AI is being used in the day to day work of book publishing, what is changing in current roles, and what led her to writing her book Secrets of Micro Publishing . Altogether, it is an interesting conversation which will benefit publishers old and new.


Contact details:-

Katie Isbester on LinkedIn

Claret Press

Independent Publishers Guild


The books mentioned in this episode are:-


Secrets of Micro Publishing by Katie Isbester*

Shame by Annie Ernaux*

London Rules by Mick Herron*

The Booksellers Tale by Martin Latham*


* = Affiliate Links












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