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Small Press Points
by Kevin Larimer
November/December 2007
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players. This issue features Akashic Books, the New Press, Melville House, Seven Stories Press, Disinformation, the Feminist Press, Slope Editions, Essay Press, and Rose Metal Press.
The Democratic Approach to Slush
by Jen A. Miller
November/December 2007
A new Web site and publishing program offers an alternative to the old slush pile standard by putting a manuscript’s fate in the hands of its readers.
Poets Resort to Guerilla Marketing
by Ellen Moynihan
September/October 2007
A covert collective called the Guerilla Poetics Project takes poetry distribution to another level by stashing free broadsides in libraries and bookstores.
Small Press Points
by Kevin Larimer
September/October 2007
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players. This issue features Dalkey Archive Press, Open Letter, the New York Review Books Classics, New Directions, Archipelago, Caketrain Press, and Octopus Books.
Small Press Points
by Kevin Larimer
July/August 2007
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players. This issue features Archipelago Books, Ugly Duckling Presse, Akashic Books, Fence Books, and Emergency Press.
Two New Studies Show U.S. Book Production, Sales Rise—a Smidge
by Staff
Last year's book sales rose slightly over 2005, the New York Times reports today. According to a study by the Book Industry Study Group, publishers sold 3.1 billion books in 2006, up just 0.5 percent from 2005, when 3.09 billion were published.
Perseus Phases Out Two Imprints, Lays Off 24, Sells Counterpoint
by Staff
As part of Perseus Books Group's integration of Avalon—a merger that was announced earlier this year—Perseus has formed six publishing divisions and in the process eliminated at least twenty-four positions.
Small Press Points
by Kevin Larimer
May/June 2007
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press
players. This issue features Coffee House Press, Alice James Books, City Lights Booksellers and Publishers, Graywolf Press, and Salt Publishing.
The Contester: Jeffrey Levine's Dorset Prize Dustup
by Kevin Larimer
March/April 2007
Controversy surrounds Tupelo Press and its 2006 Dorset Prize after allegations of unfairness emerge from contest participants.
Small Press Points
by Kevin Larimer
March/April 2007
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players. This issue features Steerforth Press, Zoland Books, Zoland Poetry, MacAdam/Cage, and Counterpath Press.