Post by account_disabled on Dec 20, 2023 4:09:25 GMT
What was your dream at the beginning of your publishing adventure and what has changed since then? [Riva] What moved us from the beginning was the love for books. Especially for well-made books. It was natural to proceed from an authorial drive to reach editorial needs: if in fact the impulse to found a cultural association first, and then a publishing house, was born mainly from creative considerations, this did not prevent the evolution of the our reality in a real professional activity, which boasts specialized collaborators and highly prestigious collaborations.
The passion for this enterprise and the need to have our say in the genre publishing market have led us to build a recognized and continuously growing name, maintaining a constant that has Special Data accompanied us in these five years: the literary quality of the catalogue. . In practice, the dream becomes reality in the realization of each book project, and if what has changed in this period of time is certainly important, we also consider what has not changed to be fundamental, that is, the desire to propose (and read, and create) beautiful books.
An objective judgment on Italian publishing: what future does it have and how will it have to evolve to remain active? [Riva] We do not claim to have recipes for Italian publishing as a whole: the context is affected by commercial needs which, although legitimate, compromise the progress of literature by superimposing consumerism, quantity and fashion on interesting and valid works. However, we at Edizioni XII know well what we must and want to do, and in which direction to take our proposals.
The passion for this enterprise and the need to have our say in the genre publishing market have led us to build a recognized and continuously growing name, maintaining a constant that has Special Data accompanied us in these five years: the literary quality of the catalogue. . In practice, the dream becomes reality in the realization of each book project, and if what has changed in this period of time is certainly important, we also consider what has not changed to be fundamental, that is, the desire to propose (and read, and create) beautiful books.
An objective judgment on Italian publishing: what future does it have and how will it have to evolve to remain active? [Riva] We do not claim to have recipes for Italian publishing as a whole: the context is affected by commercial needs which, although legitimate, compromise the progress of literature by superimposing consumerism, quantity and fashion on interesting and valid works. However, we at Edizioni XII know well what we must and want to do, and in which direction to take our proposals.