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Broken Keys Publishing & Press


The Wrong Business Model?
I did a little searching, and meandering, and researching through several local Ottawa and City literary websites, compiling a list of Ottawa-based publishers. (I excluded online publishers, online magazines, online journals, electronic formatted publications, (any "publisher" that had "no skin in the game"), 'publishing companies' that exclusively publish a single author's work (self-published indie-authors under a title than their own name), and scientific, medical, and uni

Broken Keys Publishing
Sep 95 min read
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The Wild West of Publishing
We are witnessing the evolution of this entire market, from writing, printing, publishing, to retail. The Wild West of American history,...

Broken Keys Publishing
Feb 111 min read
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The Future of Publishing & the Writing on the Wall
This past Monday (November 20th, 2023), Draft-2-Digital announced that they broke the million book mark! (That's titles, not books or...
Michel Weatherall
Nov 23, 20233 min read
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Forewarned is Forearmed
What is a Vanity Publisher or Vanity Press, and why exactly should you avoid them? The term was coined in 1959 and describes any...
Michel Weatherall
May 13, 20232 min read
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We Believe...
There's an old adage that says, if a publisher wants money up front, it's a warning sign. Predatory businesses are out there. The seventh...
Michel Weatherall
May 9, 20232 min read
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