"For Coffee House Press, 2008 went very well."

Alan Kornblum, publisher of Minneapolis' own Coffee House Press, spoke to the blog Conversational Reading recently, as part of their "ongoing series of interviews with publishers on what the recession means for their business." It's a very interesting article if you want a glimpse into the business of book publishing.

Alan is cautiously optimistic, and with good reason. "For Coffee House Press, 2008 went very well. We had some books with regional appeal that found their market [The Latehomecomer : A Hmong Family Memoir], and books with national appeal that received a nice boost from reviewers [Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire] and we had a National Book Award finalist [Blood Dazzler]."

Read the full interview here. You can learn more about Coffee House Press at coffeehousepress.org.--David E