When I think of a book publisher, I think of a dusty little room where bespectacled people sit around and slowly yet efficiently read multiple books in a day. My little imagination has them all wearing patterned knitted vests while sipping on hot black coffee, furrowing their brows as they go. While it’s a lovely image, this isn’t what goes down in 2023 publishing houses. These days it’s more about how publishers can attract the eyes of the powerful BookTok community than it is about reading everything on the slush pile.
