The Paper Shortage Impacts Craft Publishers
The paper shortage is taking a toll on craft publishers, causing longer waits, higher prices, and diminishing the eco-friendly options available at any given time.
Search Press Celebrates 50 Years of Craft Publishing
UK-based craft publisher, Search Press, is celebrating its 50th year of creating beautiful craft books that teach and never go out of style.
Sommer Street Associates Serve as Book Ambassadors for Independent Retailers
Sommer Street Associates is helping independent craft retailers find and order the best books for their shops, all in one place. Started by two former F+W employees, Sommer Street works as a go-between helping shops order from many different publishers, including self-published authors.
Spring Reading List for Creatives
Throughout 2018 we’ll be bringing you curated lists of books for craft business owners. Erin Dollar, founder of Cotton & Flax, a home decor products company based in California, is an avid reader with a library of books to share. She’ll be choosing a selection each season and describing what each book has to offer. Erin is here today sharing her spring book picks!
Winter Reading List for Creatives
Throughout 2018 we’ll be bringing you curated lists of books for craft business owners. Erin Dollar, founder of Cotton & Flax, a home decor products company based in California, is an avid reader with a library of books to share. She’ll be choosing a selection each season and describing what each book has to offer. To kick things off here is Erin with our winter book picks!
C&T Publishing Reduces Number of Books Published Annually and Shutters Digital Pattern Marketplace
C&T Publishing, a publisher of quilting and craft books, has reduced the number of books it publishes in a year and is shuttering its digital pattern marketplace, PatternSpot.com.
Top 10 Mistakes Pattern Designers Make & How to Avoid Them
The ability to express your vision is essential. However, there are some common pitfalls that can trip up newbie designers that you can avoid.
How F+W Became a Craft Publishing Giant and What the Future Holds
F+W has grown from a family-owned magazine publisher to an international force in the craft market. Here’s a history of the company, and how they did it.
American Quilter’s Society to Close Books Division
The board of the American Quilter’s Society made a decision last week to close the company’s book publishing division. In a letter to authors from AQS co-founder and president Meredith Schroeder stated, “It is with a great deal of regret that I am notifying you that the American Quilter’s Society will no longer be publishing new books…I am sorry to see it come to this, but I know you are aware of all the changes in technology in the publishing industry.”
5 Essential Business Books for Your Creative Business
Angela Bowman has a corporate background as a business analyst, so she’s compiled a well-rounded (and not boring!) group of business books that are helpful to creative business owners.