Last Thursday at the Digital Book World conference in New York, Judith Curr, President and Publisher of the Atria Publishing Group spoke about her experience working with self-published and indie authors and grooming them for publication with Atria.
The following is an edited transcript of her remarks, sometimes paraphrased for clarity:
In 1924 Simon and Schuster saw an opportunity with crossword puzzles. Today, we are now a traditional publisher, yet we consider ourselves an entrepreneurial publisher.
I'm still halfway between one world and another. I grew up in Australia, so to make money, I raised guinea pigs, would strip copper wire for recycling, and then sold shelled walnuts. Then as a publisher, I found self-published authors and then moved them to the international list, which helped our company grow.
