By Jessica Pasko The Troy Book Makers’ name sounds a little like it’s run by guys who’ll give you odds at Saratoga. No, they don’t make book. They make books. Let’s say you’ve always dreamed of publishing your novel. You…
Memoirs are no bygone memory
By PAUL GRONDAHL, Staff writer GUILDERLAND — Literary critics who have been predicting the death of the memoir for many years now haven’t met Vicki Schacter or visited the packed workshops of the Memoir Project at the Arts Center of the…
No author need go unheard
By Will Whitehorn
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GREAT BARRINGTON-For anyone planning to write that classic American novel, one local publisher is taking at least some of the difficulty out of the equation. The Bookloft, in collaboration with the Book House…
Independent booksellers invest in Troy print-on-demand company
by Michael DeMasi The Business Review According to a blog post by Kandi Printing, two independent booksellers invested about $50,000 to start a digital, print-on-demand company in downtown Troy, N.Y., that will offer writers a low-cost way of getting…
A place to publish your book, in limited quantities
by Eric Anderson, Deputy business editor The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza has formed a partnership with The Bookloft in Great Barrington, Mass., to launch a digital print-on-demand service for authors who’d like to see their works in print.…
Booksellers Grow Publishing Efforts
by Judith Rosen One year and 70 books later, the Troy Book Makers in Troy, N.Y., a small-scale Print-on-Demand venture started last summer by Eric Wilska, owner of the Bookloft in Great Barrington, Mass., and Susan Novotny, owner of the…
This shop is one for the books
Troy Book Makers markets to people looking to publish as few as 10 copies of their own work or an old favorite By TIM O’BRIEN, Staff writer TROY — There is a new bookmaking operation in downtown Troy. No,…
More Booksellers Turn to Publishing
New sideline: print on demand by Judith Rosen Forget gifts and cards. In a time of flattening sales, longtime booksellers Eric Wilska, owner of the Bookloft in Great Barrington, Mass., and Susan Novotny, owner of the Book House of…