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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 3h

Escape the Mundane. An independent book publisher from Pennsylvania, USA. Est. 2015. Hand-made chapbooks, novels, short story & poetry collections. Favored by debut & emerging authors. Subscribe to Af...

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 3h

Radical idea: don’t buy books on Amazon when they have deals. Buy from indie bookstores & presses instead!

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 16h

11 sign ups thus far. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 1d

Incomplete lists of indie publisher skills that are overlooked:

Accounting
Author relations
Bookstore relations
Binding (not everyone)
Copywriting
Event planning
Graphics creation
Inventory management
IT support
Reading (for business)
Reading (for pleasure)
Shipping
Travel

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 22h

What non-print quality makes you want to publish with an indie company?

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 1d

Incomplete lists of indie publisher skills that are overlooked:

Accounting
Author relations
Bookstore relations
Binding (not everyone)
Copywriting
Event planning
Graphics creation
Inventory management
IT support
Reading (for business)
Reading (for pleasure)
Shipping
Travel

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 2d

Same Collingswood,
Different Thirty West

Two Thirty West tables. On the left is meager chapbooks and zines from 2018. On the right is a prominent display of many books.

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 3d

Alison Lubar (left) displaying peace signs while sitting in front of the Thirty West booth at Collingswood Book Festival

Alison Lubar signing copies of their debut chapbook, Philosophers Know Nothing About Love

The Tower of Chapbooks with an autumn leaf collar standing at the Thirty West booth

Josh Dale standing and smiling behind the Thirty West booth with many books on display

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 3d

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 3d

Regrouping. Festival 1/4 complete for October.

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 4d

Pull the ripcord for the first Afterimages of October 🪂
@hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social lands back to earth with a lovely fiction, “Parachutes”. Read it now, and read it slower than terminal velocity.

open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe...

Parachutes

I jump out of my brother’s airplane. By Hugh Behm-Steinberg

open.substack.com

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 5d

features!

@joshdale.co @anotherintro.bsky.social @shannonfrostgre.bsky.social @saraheedmonds.bsky.social
@adamg.bsky.social
& Rebecca Kokitus

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 5d

Thirty West’s 2nd 10 Year Anniversary is going live at A Novel Idea on 11/22 from 5-7PM. We have local legends and TW favorites. It is BYOB, prizes, no cover, and local afterparty to follow the event. Celebrate indie press & small business for one memorable night.

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 5d

“Dog in the World” from Everything is Totally Fine by Zac Smith

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 5d

Idk how hot of a take this is nor do I care:

Backlist books are just as relevant and worthy of purchase as a brand new book

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 5d

Can’t wait! :)

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 5d

Can’t wait :)

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 6d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 6d

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: TW 10 Year Anniversary Reading. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 6d

Thirty West is so hype for our 10 Year Anniversary.

November 5th at 8PM EST, come in and join our 7 author reading. Readings, memories, & prizes to audience members. @chelseastickle.bsky.social @agvalentine.bsky.social @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social @seanennis.bsky.social @kristintenor.bsky.social

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 7d

We see Westies as our core readers: ambitious, kind, artsy, & know how to escape the mundane.

2025 has been tough.

Our 2025 catalog is nearly complete. If you sign up, you’ll literally get 4 books in one shipment at the end of October & 2 more in Feb.

www.thirtywestph.com/shop/p/twsub...

3 last cards depicting the Westies Book Club

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 10d

Next week, see Thirty West at Booth 20 for the Collingswood Book Festival. We can’t wait to meet you at our 4th appearance.

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 7d

We see Westies as our core readers: ambitious, kind, artsy, & know how to escape the mundane.

2025 has been tough.

Our 2025 catalog is nearly complete. If you sign up, you’ll literally get 4 books in one shipment at the end of October & 2 more in Feb.

www.thirtywestph.com/shop/p/twsub...

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 7d

Can’t stop tabling!

Already have another booked for October and a big one in December TBA!

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 8d

Two days left, people

Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 9d

3 days to submit to Afterimages for 2025. Standard guidelines; prose only. If accepted, publication will be January 2026 and beyond. Read more guidelines here:
www.thirtywestph.com/submit

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