Publishing

Our visited lasted 10 days. Our timing was pretty good. Paris and France have been wracked with protests over changes to their retirement system. We arrived the day of the first protest. There were some disruptions in train and bus services during the stay but nothing that stopped us from getting to where we wanted to

  The staff headed to upstate South Carolina last weekend for a family get together. It was nice to be with family we had not been able to see in person since the start of the pandemic. Great time to catch up and hear about the various projects people had taken up over the past

We have had several surprises in the garden recently – mostly pleasant, one not so much. In addition to the tea plants, we had 10 grapevines growing on the northern edge of our backyard. The area was terraced 15 years ago to cut down on erosion. That made a nice setting for grape vines. After

The publishing business is a side line to a busy personal and professional life. It is a fun and enjoyable undertaking and diversion from the business of day to day activities. At least, that is the excuse I’ll put out when someone asks “When will you put out a book?” Fair question. There are plenty

We filed our first annual report for the LLC with the state this week. That was a reminder that we have been at this for a year now. Brown Dog Press is sort of a business. Actually it is more of a hobby. We come to it when there is time available away from our

Brown Dog’s creative director has relocated to West Virginia to be part of the World Scout Jamboree this month. Quite an event. 43,000 participants from over 150 countries together for two weeks of interaction and learning about each other. Food culture is a big part of the event. Twelve countries have set up Food Houses

Brown Dog Press has relocated to the Chapel Hill area this week for a break from our routine. Our editorial staff is attending the Jane Austin Seminar at UNC. That left time for our other crew members to explore the area. First stop was coffee a tasting course offered by Carrboro Roasting Co. They offer

One reason for starting Brown Dog Press is to explore the process of bringing a book idea to reality. Everything we read and everyone we talk to indicate that modern book publishing is a very tough business. Nothing sells, you won’t make any money and all your work will soon be forgotten in the sea

This is the starting point for our project. Or maybe not exactly. “We” are a book lover/hoarder and a Francophone/librarian-on-hold who like to both read about and enjoy a coffee (for the former), a cup of tea (for the latter) and something stiffer at day’s end. The book part lead us to search out texts