A power point about Indie publishing in NYC and elsewhere

1. New York City Small Presses
Indie Publishing in NYC

2. The Feminist Press
• Founded in 1970, Second Wave Feminism
• At The City University of New York Graduate
Center
• Caters to Feminist Literature and Non Fiction
• Not For Profit
• Reprints of feminist literature and Women’s
Studies Literature

3. Gathering of the Tribes
• Mostly does art books, supports local artists,
merging of art and literature
• Located on the East Side
• A not for profit with many programs for
underprivileged youth

4. Four Way Books
• Mostly does poetry
• Award winning writers like Monica Youn and
Daniel Tobin
• Sometimes they publish short fiction
• Interesting in publishing dynamic literature
that can work in many genres

5. Kaya Press
• Publishes literature by Asian writers
• Publishes mostly poetry and short fiction
• Sometimes publishes novels and memoir
• Has a prominent presence on the West Coast,
LA, Seattle, as well

6. Soho Press
• Founded in 1986
• Does literary fiction, mostly by NYC writers,
and International Crime fiction
• Their imprints include Soho Teen, Soho Crime
and Soho Constable
• Their authors have won the LA Times Book
Prize and The IndieFest Prize and the
American Book Award

7. Persea Press
• Founded in 1975 by Michael and Karen
Braziller who still own the company
• Publishes literature of high literary quality
including poetry, fiction, non fiction and
memoir
• Publishes select YA titles and a few
anthologies

8. Ig Press
• Publishes literary fiction and non fiction with a
progressive bent
• Past publications have been awarded the
Barnes and Noble Best New Writers Award
• Just started a YA Imprint called Lizzie Skurnick
Books, re-publishing YA novels from the 1960’s

9. Soft Skull Press
• Does largely oddball literary fiction
• Has a subsidiary in Berkley, California
• Publishes literary fictions, non fiction and
graphic novels
• Their subsidary Counterpoint has published
Lang Professor Colette Brooks recently.

10. Notable Small Presses From other
Places

11. City Lights Publishing
• A part of City Lights Bookstore in San
Francisco, Ca
• Known for its connection to the Beat
generation such as Ginsberg and Kerouac
• Publishes numerous authors from multi-
cultural fiction to liberal non fiction

12. Dark Coast Press
• A Small press out of Seattle
• Publishes largely abstract and experimental
writing
• Publishes reprints of experimental books that
have been ignored by the main stream.

13. Salt Publishing
• A UK Small Press out of London
• Began in Cambridge, UK in 1999
• Allison Moore’s novel The Lighthouse was
shortlisted for the Booker Prize
• Tries to maintain its integrity by employing
only expert editors in their fields
• They publish fiction, short fiction, poetry,
novels, non fiction, memoir and anthologies.