The City of Angels is understood for glamour and glamour, celeb sightings, and fairy-tale dreams. Angelenos acknowledge a much deeper imaginative spirit, where stories of durability are lit up with wacky, enduring characters.
“There's something actually important in attempting to show a real picture of the city,” states Terri Accomazzo, editorial director for Angel City Press. “The city is so abundant in variety. It's so abundant in imagination and intelligence. And I simply dislike to see it pigeonholed the manner in which it is often.”
Why We Wrote This
Schedule publishing includes choosing what titles the general public might and ought to read. In an extraordinary however natural alliance, a regional press in Los Angeles will now be run by the city's town library.
For more than 30 years, Angel City Press has actually released nonfiction by regional authors. Now, the business's creators are handing all of it over to the Los Angeles Public Library in a plan unmatched in scope– creating what the city's leading curator refers to as a natural alliance. “The library has to do with gathering stories,” states City Librarian John Szabo. “And that's what Angel City Press has actually done.”
LA's primary curator is concentrated on the chances it provides. Mr. Szabo indicates e-books, audio books, and kids's books as locations of development– in a city constructed on creativity. Angel City's 135-plus titles are unusual, enjoyable, and gorgeous, states Mr. Szabo. “It's about informing stories that may not otherwise be informed.”
The City of Angels is understood for glamour and glamour, palm trees, celeb sightings, and fairy-tale dreams. Angelenos acknowledge a much deeper imaginative spirit, discovered in its diverse and varied areas, where stories of strength are brightened with eccentric, enduring characters.
“There's something actually important in attempting to show a real picture of the city, not simply to individuals who live here, however [to people] all over,” states Terri Accomazzo, editorial director for Angel City Press. “The city is so abundant in variety. It's so abundant in imagination and intelligence. And I simply dislike to see it pigeonholed the manner in which it is in some cases.”
For more than 30 years, the little independent Angel City Press has actually released nonfiction by regional authors. Now, the business's creators are handing all of it over to the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) in a plan unmatched in scope– creating what the city's leading curator refers to as a natural alliance. “The library has to do with gathering stories, we're about maintaining stories, and we're definitely about informing stories,” states City Librarian John Szabo. “And that's what Angel City Press has actually done.”
Why We Wrote This
Reserve publishing includes choosing what titles the general public might and need to read. In an unmatched however natural alliance, a regional press in Los Angeles will now be run by the city's town library.
Shared objective
With e-books and self-publishing, getting a book to market has actually never ever been simpler, states Andrea Fleck-Nisbet, CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association.
