After the nonprofit suddenly shut down, presses scrambled to cover tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of sales — and to learn the whereabouts of their stock.
Liam Curley, warehouse manager at Small Press Distribution in Berkeley, Calif., in 2020. When Ross White started Bull City Press, based in Durham, N.C., “with $300 and a long-arm stapler,” a crucial element was missing: a way to get his books into the hands of readers. The major distributors were uninterested. “We were too small to be of notice at between four and 10 titles a year,” he said. “We did not have the prominence, we did not have the money or the clout, to go it alone.
For now, questions about alternate distribution are on the back burner for many publishers, as they scramble to figure out who has possession of their physical stock and what will become of it — and from there, how to fulfill recent orders and pay author royalties. SPD’s remaining staff was busy winding down operations, Watson told publishers, referring them to Ingram and PSSC with any questions. of its executive director in 2021.
Some publishers have successfully confirmed that their books were in PSSC warehouses and have begun discussing next steps with the shipping company. Others, though, reported difficulty reaching representatives from Ingram, one of the country’s largest distributors, when inquiring about their inventory.
“I was working on this book for eight years,” said Nicole Haroutunian, who is on tour to promote her debut novel, “Choose This Now,” released by Noemi Press. “All I want is for people to read it. Working with a small press — where I don’t have a publicist, I don’t have an agent right now — it’s all on me, basically.
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