New York City Small Presses Indie Publishing in NYC
May 28, 2015
New York City Small Presses
Indie Publishing in NYC
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Notable Small Presses From other Places
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
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.
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.