I’m a lover of indie publishers! Independent publishers insure that the publishing world is more diverse and open to taking chances on nontraditional works in both fiction and nonfiction. As I was reading my way through school, I favored anything published by Algonquin Books – I knew they specialized in southern authors, a good number of female writers just starting out and I never failed to enjoy the works. Some small publishers, like Akashic, can focus their attention on a more narrow selection of works, like urban literary fiction and political nonfiction.