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vrganj
It feels like a quick intro on what Asimov Press was in the first place would've been a good idea.
ipsum2
I just started reading Asimov press. It has a weird name, I thought they were a sci-fi publishing company at first.

It had a unique blend of popular science writing that was sorely missing from the internet. Alas I hardly knew thee.

rvz
I doubt anyone here cared and was reading for free for years. This "pausing" post got them the highest hearts and comments on their substack.

The problem is, they are not charging when they should.

ilamont
Asimov has supported us for the last two years, and we’ve received generous grants from Astera Institute and Stripe

It’s not a business capable of operating without grants or support from its tech parent.

With eight people on the masthead, the outlays are significant for a publishing venture.

expedition32
I read many history books that are funded by grants and governments.

There will never be a world in which someone can sell enough books to fund 5 years of research on 1950s US-China diplomatic relations.

b800h
Ah, I found this particularly offensive when I heard about the naming of the parent company. Randomly nicking a famous person's name for your company is pretty rubbish behaviour IMO. The odiousness decreases as a function of time since a person's death.
BoredomIsFun
Asimov is a widespread lastname in ex-USSR, esp. Central Asia. I personally know three unrelated Asimovs.
unholiness
I discovered them last year on Substack and they quickly became a priority read. A sort of Quanta for biology, taking time to explain enough for a popular audience but keeping technical rigor deep into some fascinating topics.

Some highlights:

https://open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/dna-sequencing?utm_sour...

https://open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/phi80?utm_source=share&...

https://open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/antibody-design?utm_sou...

https://open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/viral-capsids?utm_sourc...

https://open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/legibility-problem?utm_...

...All in the last month! At least they went out with a bang.

asimovDev
Maybe I am living under the rock but I never seen a .press TLD before
mojoe
I see this pattern a lot -- folks start a publication, publish for a handful of years, and then shutter. I did it myself with Compelling Science Fiction magazine. This is why I settled on releasing only one book per year, it's sustainable while working full-time on other projects.