Times They Are a-Changing Historically, one of biggest advantages Traditional Publishing had over Indie Publishing was the rigorous work that went into editing a Book. Published…
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A Preamble-ish Opening Statement Damn I hate introductions. Like, a lot. Most intros are vapid and ephemeral and can usually be ignored. The word prolegomenous comes to mind. But…
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Joshua, Ryan, and I started Asymmetrical with a few guiding principles in mind. The first was that we wanted to build a company that kept authors…
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I enjoy writing books. I'm even coming to love the publishing process, though it hasn't always been my favorite thing in the world. I'm still getting…
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I'm writing this blog post from Calgary, Alberta. We're in the midst of a mini-tour, something that's become second-nature to the three of us, but that's…
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A shedload has happened since our last Goings On update, a veritable whirlwind of publishing-related activities... Asymmetrical People Since moving our HQ to Zootown back in February, we've…
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The worldwide population of indie authors is a massive, scattered club. Part of what we wanted to accomplish with Asym was to establish a touchpoint for…
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In 1998, Oakland-based hip-hop group The Coup released their third album, titled Steal This Album.[1] Its Compact Disc's cover featured the duo trapped behind the bars of…
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“The job of the first eight pages is not to have the reader want to throw the book at the wall, during the first eight pages.”…
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In this second episode of the Asymmetrical Podcast, we're experimenting by separating the news/Community segments and the more 'evergreen' segments (interviews, Q&A's) into different releases, which…
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I could not be happier to introduce the first of what will be many Asymmetrical Podcast episodes — an audio series where we'll talk publishing news,…
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What is a book? Seriously, it's a valid question, so please bracket your skepticism for a moment, and let's think about it together. During the first day of…
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In a past life, I was a designer. Scratch that. In a past life, I made my living as a full-time designer. I'm still a designer today, I just use…
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In my past life as a professional designer, I found that designing business cards for myself was one of the harder things a person can do.…
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Today is the day: The Flute Player by Shawn Mihalik is now available. About the Book The Flute Player is a young-adult novella that adults will also love.…
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I first met Shawn Mihalik, a burgeoning young writer, in a coffeehouse in Pittsburgh, PA, just across the state line from his native Youngstown, OH, during one…
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In the traditional sense, a chapbook used to be a small booklet containing short works from various authors. Back in the olden days (which I think means like pre-2008),…
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We are in the throes of a dangerous epidemic, a disease that has spread throughout the blogosphere. It has reached every corner, every nook, every cranny…
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Time flies when you buy it a plane ticket. Accordingly, February 2013 has been a busy month, flying by for us here in Montana. Thus, we're going…
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Bluck! I'm not a fan of writing about writing, just as I'm not fond of blogs about blogging or books about books. That is, writing about writing…
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