When I started Eschar Publications in 1988, I viewed it as a ship for reaching my goals in my work with parents and their children. If the small business administration consultant who advised me saw it differently, he did not say so. Instead, he tactfully pointed out how to steer my ship to a safe …

PUBLISHED MARCH 2014 by Judith Appelbaum, Editor, IBPA Independent A Note from the Editor: Direct contact with readers is a big plus for independent publishers. When just a few people do the work that large houses parcel out to editorial departments and marketing departments and publicity departments and design departments and production departments and finance …