Category Archives: Editing—Publishing—Writing

Leaving Lantern

Posted on February 18, 2022 by martinrowe

After twenty-seven years in the publishing profession, twenty-two of which were spent at two companies I co-founded—Lantern Books and Lantern Publishing & Media (LPM)—I am leaving the industry to become the executive director of the Culture & Animals Foundation. I … Continue reading →

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Gene Gollogly (1950–2021)

Posted on January 14, 2021 by martinrowe

My former colleague and the co-founder of Booklight Inc. (our web company) and Lantern Books (our publishing imprint) died on January 7th this year of a heart attack. It was a profoundly shocking event, not only because Gene was only … Continue reading →

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The Serendipity of Publicity

Posted on November 9, 2015 by martinrowe

A few years ago, I was fortunate to play a role in helping Gene Baur, the co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, complete his first book, which told the story of the organization and the many animals that he’d rescued from stockyards. Last week, … Continue reading →

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Jens Soering, The New Yorker, and Me

Posted on November 2, 2015 by martinrowe

It’s a strange thing to see your name written out in the elegant, restrained typeface of The New Yorker magazine—as I, on this Monday morning, discover myself to be (in Nathan Heller’s “Blood Ties”). As someone who’s subscribed to the … Continue reading →

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The Book as Souvenir

Posted on October 19, 2015 by martinrowe

Seth Godin is one of those disruptive gurus of marketing, publishing, and connectivity, and I think he speaks a lot of sense. I especially appreciate what he says about the book as a souvenir—with all of the ambiguity that such a … Continue reading →

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The Fine Writer

Posted on June 25, 2015 by martinrowe

A friend who is currently writing a book sent me an email about its progress. She told me she’d started to read H is for Hawk, Helen MacDonald’s award-winning memoir of how she dealt with her grief over her father’s death through falconry. My … Continue reading →

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The Woes of the Author

Posted on April 22, 2015 by martinrowe

The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society—an august body of writers (if that isn’t a contradiction in terms) based in the U.K.—have produced their annual report on the dismal state of affairs for professional writers. (Thank you, Kim Stallwood, for sending it … Continue reading →

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The Two-Week Rule

Posted on April 22, 2015 by martinrowe

We have a rule in our offices at Lantern Books that no copies of a book newly arrived from the printers are to be scanned for typos, verbal infelicities, or solecisms. It’s hard to do: the eye roves over the page like a klieg-light, … Continue reading →

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Fulfilling a Dream

Posted on April 14, 2015 by martinrowe

As a publisher, I’m often told by folks, “Oh, I’d like to write a book.” My immediate (internal) reaction is often Why? It’s an enormous amount of work—research, writing, editing—and the rewards (little money, no reviews, few readers) are almost always incommensurate with … Continue reading →

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On Whimsy and Lizards

Posted on February 12, 2015 by martinrowe

Life, as we know, is rarely fair; and things, as we also know, are rarely equal. And, it would appear, never has life been less fair or more unequal than in the case of Rowe vs. Literary Estate of P. G. Wodehouse. … Continue reading →

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