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This is a list of English-language small presses, small publishers, current or past, that have published (printed) works of fiction and nonfiction, poetry, short stories, essays, pamphlets, limited edition or collectible books and chapbooks, and other forms of literature.
In recent years, though, the small publishers have especially made gains as big publishers have backed away from publishing literary works. Small press publications have won some of the greatest literary prizes, including the Stella Prize, the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. There was a strong ...
Pages in category "Small press publishing companies" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 282 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Most small or independent publishers have relationships with a distributor, including self-published authors, who often use services like Amazon.com to sell to the public. The large publishing companies, including the "Big Five" ( Penguin Random House , Hachette , Macmillan , HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster ), act as distributors for the ...
The Mysterious Press is an American publishing company specializing in mystery fiction based in New York City. [1] The company has been associated with various publishing companies, most recently with Grove Atlantic, where it was an imprint from 2011 to 2019. [2] As of January 1, 2020, it became an independent imprint as part of Penzler ...
By 1980, SPD was distributing the books of about 40 small publishers; it also "operated a full-time retail store and sponsored an array of public programs and readings." By 1990, SPD's roster of small publishers had grown to 330. [citation needed] SPD became an official non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in 1991.
Book Depository (Closed in April 2023) founded 2004, bought by Amazon.com 2011, offered free shipping for books to addresses worldwide; BookFinder.com, a meta-search site (online marketplace) for books, acquired by AbeBooks in 2005, which in turn was acquired by Amazon.com in 2008.
Poisoned Pen Press was founded in 1997 by Barbara G. Peters, Robert Rosenwald, and their daughter, Susan Malling.Peters, who had founded Scottsdale Arizona's 'The Poisoned Pen, A Mystery Bookstore' a decade ago, sees consolidations in the publishing industry as a threat to cultural diversity and to the survival of the independent bookstore.