Hi, just found you here! I ordered a Palma2 today. Do you like it?

Oh man. Don't think I have the space/time at all to really make this a thing but a "25 in 25 pledge" in which people committed to making sure 25% of the books they bought in 2025 were from small/indie presses has some potential.

screenshot of a small press spreadsheet in alphabetical order: 1913 8th House Publishing Action Books Air and Nothingness Press Akashic Books Alternating Currents Alternative Book Press Apocalypse Party Argyll Productions Autumn House Back Patio Press Bellevue Literary Press BHC Press Black Lawrence Black Opal Books Black Rose Writing Blackwater Press Blair Boa Editions Broadstone books Bull City Press Cemetery Gates City of Light Clash Books CLEARWATER PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. Coffee House Press Coolest Stories Press Copper Canyon Press Dark Moon Books Digging Press Dorothy Driftwood Press Duck Prints Press Dzanc Books Featherproof Press Feminist Press Fence Books Filthy Loot Books Forest Avenue Press Four Way Books From Beyond Press

Screenshot of small press spreadsheet: Glass Poetry Press gnOme Graywolf Hadley Rille Hawthorne Books Haymarket Books Inside the Castle Islandport Press Kallisto Gaia Press Kaya Press KERNPUNKT Press Lily Poetry Review Books Little Ghost Books Mad Creek Books Mad House Press Malarkey Books Mason Jar Press Maverick Duck Press Milkweed Editions Moon City Press Moon Tide Press Neon Hemlock New Press New South Books New Vessel Press New Village Press Nightbooat Books Nightscape Press Noemi Press Ooligan Press Open Letter Books Owl’s Nest Publishers Press 53 Propeller Books Publishing Genius Queen of Swords Press Rabbit Catastrophe Press Raw Dog Screaming Press Red Sweater Press Regal House Publishing Roadside Press

Screenshot 3 of small press spreadsheet: Rose Metal Press Running Wild Press Sagging Meniscus Santa Fe Writing Project Sarabande Books Seven Stories Press Shortwave Publishing Shotgun Honey Sloth & Envy Press Small Beer Press Solid Objects Split Lip Press Stalking Horse Press Stillhouse Press Subterranean Press Sundress Press Tavern Books Tenebrous Press Thirty West Publishing Timber Ghost Press Tiny Fox Press Tortoise Books Tough Poets Press Transit Books Trio House Turtle Point Press Two Dollar Radio Ugly Duckling Presse Underground Voices University of Arizona Press University of Hell Press Unnamed Press Unsolicited Press Wave Books Wayfarer Books Weirdpunk Books West Virginia University Press Westwood Press Whiskey Tit Whitepoint Press Write Bloody Publishing WTAW Press Yes Yes Books

1st pass at a Small Press Directory. US presses. 50ish titles/yr. Across genres. With email or phone # on their website.

Who am I missing? LMK & spread the word.

Presses: please fill out the small press form here www.miriamgershow.com/100smallpress

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Curious to follow that conversation and see where you land.

“I’m stealing this.” I get that we say this is a compliment. But increasingly it feels… off.

Maybe instead of “I’m stealing this” we try “I love this & will repost it everywhere with full cred and a hyperlink, because attribution matters.”

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