Current Trends in the Publishing Industry
The second in a two-part series about new developments in the world of editing, this panel will present publisher perspectives on what the industry looks like in 2024, including recent changes, emerging trends, and what they expect for the future of publishing.
More information and registration will be available closer to the event date. Nonmembers may attend up to two free Professional Editors Network meetings before becoming a member, but access to recordings of our meetings is an exclusive benefit of PEN membership.
Speakers
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Catherine LundoffQueen of Swords Press
Catherine Lundoff is a Minneapolis-based award-winning writer and editor and the publisher at Queen of Swords Press, a small genre fiction publishing house specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and horror with LGBTQ protagonists.
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Jim CihlarMinnesota Historical Society Press
Jim Cihlar is the marketing and publicity manager for the Minnesota Historical Society Press. His most recent book, The Shadowgraph, was published by the University of New Mexico Press in 2020. His writing has appeared in American Poetry Review, the Threepenny Review, and Prairie Schooner. Find him online at jamescihlar.com.
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Laura ZatsHeadwater Literary Management
Laura Zats specializes in genre fiction and YA at Headwater Literary Management, a boutique literary agency located in Minneapolis. She is also the host of Print Run, a publishing podcast, and a member of the American Association of Literary Agents’ DEI committee, which supports the nonprofit Literary Agents of Change.