SPRING 2022 TITLE PEEK (and we think this one is pretty unique, visually):Get our newsletter for the latest: https://www.savasbeatie.com/sb-newsletter/We have a really cool, eclectic list of original…
GREAT NAVAL HISTORYI had the pleasure of publishing Dwight Hughes' latest book on the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (see below) and meeting him in Virginia last month. Lieutenant Commander Hughes g…
A large percentage of the students of the Civil War have come into the field of study in the past couple decades, and the advent of social media has made doing so faster and easier.Sadly, many have ne…
This is all true--except for the New York Times part (but you knew that). UNIVERSITY
PRESSES. DARK CLOUDS FORMING . . .According
to Publisher's Weekly, University presses are facing some significant…
WHY I HATE DUST JACKETSHate is a strong word.I penned this as a part of this continuing Savas Beatie blog
series, to better document something that horrifies Ted and many other
bibliophiles deeply.…
What is Your Talent Stack?Part 1: RespectYou have one shot at making a first impression. We have all heard that. Many writers have not. I have been "that guy" -- the gatekeeper -- for nearly three dec…
Or, put another way, what do you bring to the table that will be useful to a publisher and set you apart from the slush pile of manuscripts against which you are competing?FORTHCOMING, in a three-part…
When people find out I collect Civil War books and own more
than 3,000, I’m usually asked two questions: “Why would anyone collect Civil War
books?” and “Have you read them all?”No, I haven’t read t…
Helping folks understand this fact, this year, is one of our missions.
We get a lot of reviews--more on average per book than any other Civil War publisher. We want to double it. Why?(Aside: Di…
