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| Company Name: | MELVILLE HOUSE |
| Company Location(s): | Hoboken, NJ |
| Books per Year: | 30 - 35 |
| Number of Employees: | 12 |
| Description: | Melville House is a small independent publisher that was awarded the Miriam Bass Award in Creativity in Independent Publishing by the Association of American Publishers in 2007. In 2009 the company was named Best Small Press by the Village Voice, and in 2010 it was named Publisher of the Year by the British publication 3 AM.
Melville House publishes 30-35 books per year in a widely varied list that eschews the kind of "niche" development more typical of independent publishing. The nonfiction list includes books of current events reportage and polemical and activist politics by writers such as Anna Politkovskaya, Yoani Sanchez, Mark Danner, Bernard-Henri Levy, Raj Patel, Kenan Malik and Renata Adler. In addition, Melville House has also established a reputation for publishing significant works of literary fiction and poetry, many in translation, by writers such as Nobel Prize for Literature-winners Imre Kertesz and Heinrich Boll. The company is also known for its discovery of some exciting young writers such as Christopher Bouchet, C.D. Rose, Jinwoo Chong, Lars Iyer, and cult favorite Tao Lin. Melville House is also know for its series publications, including The Art of the Novella series (winner of the AIGA design award), the Last Interview series, and the Activist Library. Established in 2001, Melville House is headquartered in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn. |
| Type(s) of Publisher: | Independent Publishers Trade Publishing: Adult |
| Company Website: | www.mhpbooks.com |
| Email: | [email protected] |
| Phone: | 718-722-9204 |
