Since this episode aired, Gina moved from First Second to Random House, and still puts out amazing books.
This week on the show we have Gina Gagliano from First Second books, a fine purveyor of graphic novels for every reader. They are owned by Macmillan, a giant in the publishing space. Even though they are small, they have the support of a massive brand behind them.
That’s what made my conversation with Gina so interesting. She was able to talk from a much wider and more longitudinal view of many, many projects. She talked about the three-year time horizon from signing an author to having a book come out. For most people in the indie world, that is an insane length of time. First Second does that several dozen times a year. So they have to think in the short and long term. First Second also has one of the most extensive networks of bookstore and library distribution, if not the biggest, of any guest we’ve had so far, so it was nice to talk about how to plan for that kind of growth. …
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