small press
Independent publishing house
A small press is an independent publishing company that operates on a limited scale, typically producing fewer titles annually than major publishers and focusing on niche genres, experimental work, or authors overlooked by mainstream houses.
Small presses often emphasize literary quality over commercial appeal: Her poetry collection came out from a small press in Vermont.
The term sometimes extends to self-publishing operations and zine producers.
Company releasing books
- imprintMark from applied pressure
- chapbookSmall booklet of verse
- zineSelf-published small periodical
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
indie · self-publishing · pamphlet · broadside · journal · catalogue · distribution · ISBN
Metrical literary composition
- novellaShort fictional book
- chapbookSmall booklet of verse
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- proseUnversified language
fiction · literary · experimental · avant-garde · translation · verse · broadsides · debut
Free from external control
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- DIYAmateur home projects
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- alternativeAnother available choice
boutique · subculture · fanzine · minicomic · counterculture · samizdat · rebel · outsider
Printing from raised surfaces
- bookbindingAssembling pages into volumes
- typesettingArranging text for print
- printmakingProducing images through impression
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
linocut · woodcut · screenprinting · folio · papermaking · typography · hand-stitched · signatures
publisher
Company releasing books
anthology · indie · self-publishing · pamphlet · broadside · journal · catalogue · distribution · ISBN · backlist
poetry
Metrical literary composition
prose · fiction · literary · experimental · avant-garde · translation · verse · broadsides · debut · midlist
independent
Free from external control
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- DIYAmateur home projects
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
alternative · boutique · subculture · fanzine · minicomic · counterculture · samizdat · rebel · outsider · radical
letterpress
Printing from raised surfaces
- bookbindingAssembling pages into volumes
- typesettingArranging text for print
- printmakingProducing images through impression
handcrafted · linocut · woodcut · screenprinting · folio · papermaking · typography · hand-stitched · signatures · platen
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