The last line of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby feels like a fitting farewell to Gladstone Press. After six wonderful yet tumultuous years, I must now say goodbye.
Like most businesses, the pandemic changed everything. Unfortunately, the first lockdown landed at the exact time I was expanding, and, as a sole proprietor, I could not recover from the sharp losses – even though subsequent book releases sold out.
I’m not sad – in my eyes, Gladstone Press was a success. But it is time to move on, so I am closing the online store six years to the day of the launch (and 206 years after the birth of Emily Brontë, author of Wuthering Heights, the first reissue published by Gladstone Press).
I could not have done this without the full support of my partner, my sister, my friends, and especially the hundreds of readers who chose these classic novel reissues to grace their shelves. Thank you.
— Ingrid Paulson, July 30, 2024