DYE HARD PRESS

It was a year ago today that Kolkata-based poet and publisher Subhankar Das passed on. I still struggle to comprehend that is is gone.  Just...

I am devastated by the news that Kolkata poet, publisher and friend Subhankar Das has passed. He was 61. He was rushed to hospital on Sunday...

  A Christmas card from the late Gus Ferguson, in 1997. Ferguson was a renouned South African poet, cartoonist and publisher.

Wow, I have just realised that Dye Hard Press is 30 years old this month! That's 30 years of publishing anti-bestsellers! While it would...

  Gary Cummiskey, publisher of Dye Hard Press, will be participating in a panel discussion on independent publishing, with Flow Wellington a...

So you’ve finally written your novel and you want to get it published. You’ve heard of the tremendous success of self-published authors, suc...

Twenty-one poems by Greek poet Yannis Livadas published by Graffiti Kolkata. If you are drawn to surrealism, Blaise Cendrars or the beats, t...

Probably one of the most difficult, and yet crucial, aspects of the publication process for all publishers – but particularly small publishe...

Starting up your own small publishing venture can be a rewarding process (though admittedly rarely financially rewarding). It requires dedic...

The discussion whether to publish on the internet or not will continue for some time, say two generations, then the dust will settle. The pi...

Should one self-publish or not? Some believe self-published works range from being second class at best to plain rubbish at worst. It has b...

The nuts and bolts of publishing a book may prove difficult first time around, or even after several titles. Even well-established commercia...

While digital printing has considerably reduced the cost of producing books, this does not mean that the costs are negligible. Depending on ...

Independent literary publishing has existed in South Africa for decades, and has in the past been manifest mainly in the production of liter...

Back in 1984, a year after I arrived in South Africa, I was approached by some students conducting research on opinions about South African ...

Dye Hard Press was launched in 1994 almost by accident and on a shoestring budget. For some time I had been frustrated by the lack of poetry...

"For centuries a small number of writers were confronted by many thousands of readers. This changed toward the end of the last century....

At the Cape Town Book Fair in June, a Small Publishers’ stand was organised by the Centre for the Book. Compared with last year’s stand, it ...

In contrast to many overseas countries, the concept of online publishing, as opposed to print, has not been readily embraced in South Africa...