ENC Press
Encyclopedia
ENC Press is a small, independent publishing house
founded in 2003, in Hoboken
, New Jersey
, by New York
editor and writer Olga Gardner Galvin and California
writer and PR maven Beth Elliott. It exclusively publishes full-length novel
s.
involves distributing its titles through its website
and independent bookstore
s. It forgoes dealing with major chains or online distributors
in favor of paying its authors higher royalties
. Its stated goal is to keep its titles in print regardless of their performance in the marketplace. The company's motto
is "Tipping sacred cows since 2003".
We, by Yevgheniy Zamyatin, new "XXI-century literary translation" by Linda S. Farne; Vodka for Breakfast, a literary novel by David Gurevich
; Don't Call It "Virtual", a futuristic satirical
utopia
by Beth Elliott; and The Alphabet Challenge, a futuristic social satire by Olga Gardner Galvin. It was followed in 2003 by Diary of a XX-century Elizabethan Poet, a comedy of mores by Mark Mandell, illustrated by Katrina Hinton-Cooper.
In 2004, ENC Press published two geopolitical
novels: Season of Ash by Justin Bryant
, set in South Africa
, and Exit Only by Liam Bracken, set in Saudi Arabia
. It also published a satire Devil Jazz, by Canadian author Craig Forgrave, as well as two British humor novels: Moon Beaver, by Andrew Hook, and Terror from Beyond Middle England, by Sarah Crabtree. Later that year, the literary novel Cherry Whip, by Michael Antman, came out.
In 2005, ENC Press added to its catalogue the futuristic sci-fi novel The Amadeus Net, by Canadian author Mark A. Rayner
, and three social satires: Mother's Milk by Andrew Thomas Breslin, ExecTV by David A. Brensilver, and Junk, by Christopher Largen
.
In 2007, two more social satires joined its roster: Mean Martin Manning by Scott Stein and $everance by Richard Kaempfer.
Monkey See, a social satire by Walt Maguire, was released in June 2009, followed by Dear Mr. Unabomber, an epistolary satirical novel written and illustrated by Ray Cavanaugh, in September 2009.
Much of ENC Press's satire stems from libertarian
themes of individuals battling oppressive big business or the extremes of political correctness. For example, the ENC Press catalogue describes Olga Gardner Galvin's The Alphabet Challenge as a story that involves a bureaucracy "whose members work their fingers to the bone to make caring, compassion, and lowest-common-denominator equality a federal law." Stephen Cox, editor of Liberty magazine writes of Mean Martin Manning: "There are few really good hardcore libertarian novels. This is one of them." Andrew Thomas Breslin's Mother's Milk pokes fun at "radical nutrition advocates"; and in Junk by Christopher Largen, the government has outlawed junk food in order to protect (and control) its citizenry.
ENC Press is a member of the New York Center for Independent Publishing
(NYCIP). Its titles have been reviewed in Time Out Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times
, Liberty
magazine, The American Spectator
, and Reason
magazine, among other print and online venues.
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
founded in 2003, in Hoboken
Hoboken, New Jersey
Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 50,005. The city is part of the New York metropolitan area and contains Hoboken Terminal, a major transportation hub for the region...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, by New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
editor and writer Olga Gardner Galvin and California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
writer and PR maven Beth Elliott. It exclusively publishes full-length novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s.
Business model
ENC Press's business modelBusiness model
A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value...
involves distributing its titles through its website
Website
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and independent bookstore
Independent bookstore
An independent bookstore is a retail bookstore which is independently owned.-Literary and countercultural history:Author events at independent bookstores sometimes take the role of literary salons. The bookstores themselves, "have historically supported and cultivated the work of independent...
s. It forgoes dealing with major chains or online distributors
Distribution (business)
Product distribution is one of the four elements of the marketing mix. An organization or set of organizations involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by a consumer or business user.The other three parts of the marketing mix are product, pricing,...
in favor of paying its authors higher royalties
Royalties
Royalties are usage-based payments made by one party to another for the right to ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property...
. Its stated goal is to keep its titles in print regardless of their performance in the marketplace. The company's motto
Motto
A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...
is "Tipping sacred cows since 2003".
Publishing history
ENC Press launched in July 2003 with four titles: the classic dystopiaDystopia
A dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian, as characterized in books like Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four...
We, by Yevgheniy Zamyatin, new "XXI-century literary translation" by Linda S. Farne; Vodka for Breakfast, a literary novel by David Gurevich
David Gurevich
David Gurevich is an American playwright and novelist of Russian origin.David Gurevich was born as Vyacheslav Gurevich in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1951. His father was an Air Force pilot and his mother a doctor. He was one of a few Jewish students on the Interpreter department of the Moscow Institute of...
; Don't Call It "Virtual", a futuristic satirical
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
utopia
Utopia
Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt...
by Beth Elliott; and The Alphabet Challenge, a futuristic social satire by Olga Gardner Galvin. It was followed in 2003 by Diary of a XX-century Elizabethan Poet, a comedy of mores by Mark Mandell, illustrated by Katrina Hinton-Cooper.
In 2004, ENC Press published two geopolitical
Geopolitics
Geopolitics, from Greek Γη and Πολιτική in broad terms, is a theory that describes the relation between politics and territory whether on local or international scale....
novels: Season of Ash by Justin Bryant
Justin Bryant
Justin Bryant is an American writer and former U.S. minor league soccer goalkeeper.-Youth and college:...
, set in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, and Exit Only by Liam Bracken, set in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
. It also published a satire Devil Jazz, by Canadian author Craig Forgrave, as well as two British humor novels: Moon Beaver, by Andrew Hook, and Terror from Beyond Middle England, by Sarah Crabtree. Later that year, the literary novel Cherry Whip, by Michael Antman, came out.
In 2005, ENC Press added to its catalogue the futuristic sci-fi novel The Amadeus Net, by Canadian author Mark A. Rayner
Mark A. Rayner
Mark A. Rayner is a Canadian author of satire, humor and speculative fiction from London, Ontario. His first novel, The Amadeus Net, was published by ENC Press in New York in 2005; his second novel, Marvellous Hairy, was published by Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink in 2009...
, and three social satires: Mother's Milk by Andrew Thomas Breslin, ExecTV by David A. Brensilver, and Junk, by Christopher Largen
Christopher Largen
Christopher Largen is a U.S. award-winning journalist, novelist, social satirist, actor, public speaker and filmmaker, known for his iconoclastic writings on health and public policy, and his efforts to reduce child abuse...
.
In 2007, two more social satires joined its roster: Mean Martin Manning by Scott Stein and $everance by Richard Kaempfer.
Monkey See, a social satire by Walt Maguire, was released in June 2009, followed by Dear Mr. Unabomber, an epistolary satirical novel written and illustrated by Ray Cavanaugh, in September 2009.
Much of ENC Press's satire stems from libertarian
Libertarianism
Libertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...
themes of individuals battling oppressive big business or the extremes of political correctness. For example, the ENC Press catalogue describes Olga Gardner Galvin's The Alphabet Challenge as a story that involves a bureaucracy "whose members work their fingers to the bone to make caring, compassion, and lowest-common-denominator equality a federal law." Stephen Cox, editor of Liberty magazine writes of Mean Martin Manning: "There are few really good hardcore libertarian novels. This is one of them." Andrew Thomas Breslin's Mother's Milk pokes fun at "radical nutrition advocates"; and in Junk by Christopher Largen, the government has outlawed junk food in order to protect (and control) its citizenry.
ENC Press is a member of the New York Center for Independent Publishing
New York Center for Independent Publishing
The New York Center for Independent Publishing is located on New York's "Literary Row" at 20 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan. Formerly the Small Press Center, the Center was founded by Whitney North Seymour, Jr. in 1984...
(NYCIP). Its titles have been reviewed in Time Out Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship paper of the Sun-Times Media Group.-History:The Chicago Sun-Times is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city...
, Liberty
Liberty (1987)
Liberty is a leading libertarian journal founded in 1987 by R. W. Bradford in Port Townsend, Washington, and currently edited from San Diego, California, by Stephen Cox...
magazine, The American Spectator
The American Spectator
The American Spectator is a conservative U.S. monthly magazine covering news and politics, edited by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. and published by the non-profit American Spectator Foundation. From its founding in 1967 until the late 1980s, the small-circulation magazine featured the writings of authors...
, and Reason
Reason
Reason is a term that refers to the capacity human beings have to make sense of things, to establish and verify facts, and to change or justify practices, institutions, and beliefs. It is closely associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy, science, language, ...
magazine, among other print and online venues.
External links
- Official website
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