Editors from Fomite Press (Donna Bister). Sibylline Press (Vicki DeArmon) and Grand Canyon Press (Marylee Macdonald), will describe their respective publishing models and share advice about what makes a successful submission. These presses welcome submissions without an agent.
Donna Bister, Managing Editor at Fomite is a photographer, quilter/quilt historian, community activist, voracious reader and co-author (with Richard Cleveland of Plain and Fancy: Vermont’s People and Their Quilts as a Reflection of America.
Vicki DeArmon has been in the book industry for forty years as a respected publisher, bookseller, and innovator. She started Foghorn Press at 25, growing it to a $2 million enterprise before selling it fourteen years later. She also later served as the marketing and events director at Copperfield’s Books and as consultant to California’s independent bookstores. Vicki is one of the founders of Sibylline Press and serves as its publisher.
