Better Late Than Never

Better late than never, or "For better than never is late; never to succeed would be too long a period." as Chauser put it. In this case I am talking about the launch of HM Publishing, which is something I have been talking about for close to 25 years, but which has never really felt realistic, as to paraphrase SF author Charles Stross, the best way to make a small fortune in publishing is to start with a large one. That and the fact that running any sort of business is a huge time investment.

The digitalization of the publishing industry over the last 10 years has decreased both the cost and time investment required for publishing books, but somehow it was still never the right time. There have however been more concrete thoughts and actions over the last few years, even if nothing took me over the finishing line.

In the end I finally realized that there will never be a perfect moment, I will never get more time, and at some point it will be too late, so here we are, hopefully not a day late and a dollar short.