By Bridget Kinsella — Publishers Weekly, 9/15/2009 7:54:00 AM
Just a little over a week after The Sower by Kemble Scott was published in a limited hardcover edition by San Francisco independent publisher Numina Press and distributed exclusively to Bay Area independent booksellers, it debuted on Sunday in the fifth spot on the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list.
The Sower has had one of the most unorthodox publishing trajectories in these changing publishing times. Since Scott uploaded the e-book edition of his second novel on scribd.com in May, three publishers of various sizes approached him about doing a print edition. At the same time, Praveen Madan, co-owner of The Booksmith in San Francisco contacted Scott about doing an e-book event in the store. Together, Praveen and Scott examined the author’s print book offers and hatched the plan to launch the hardcover edition of The Sower with Numina Press in Marin County and distribute its first printing exclusively to Bay Area independent booksellers.
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