Titles To Make You Smile: Peculiar Publishers (Part 1)



In the course of collecting interesting titles, I've noticed that some of the most amusing names are borne, not by the books, but by their publishers. This time I thought I'd present a grab-bag of those I've seen fit to collect over the years. --BPK.

ANVIL PRESS POETRY DUSTBOOKS POST-APOLLO PRESS
ASYLUM ARTS EDITORA BEST SELLER* PRESS GANG PUBLISHERS
BLACK ICE BOOKS EXACT CHANGE RED ROCK EATER
BLACK MESA PRESS GALLOPING DOG PRESS ROOF BOOKS
BLACK SPARROW PRESS GRONK SCARECROW PRESS
BLOODAXE BOOKS LTD. HANGING LOOSE PRESS SERPENT'S TAIL
BLUE NUN PRESS I. REED BOOKS LA SIESTA PRESS
BOOKSLINGER LEFT HAND PRESS SOMETHING ELSE PRESS
BROKEN MOON PRESS MEMBRANE PRESS STRAIT GATE PRESS
BURNING DECK PERMANENT PRESS THUMBSCREW PRESS
CAVES BOOKS PIG PRESS TRUCK BOOKS
COACH HOUSE PRESS PINK DOG TSUNAMI EDITIONS

*This name, no doubt, was adopted so that the publisher could claim that every one of its books was a best-seller...
--submitted by Brian Kunde


Originally published in SUL News Notes, Volume 4, Number 03, January 20, 1995. These titles reflect the compiler's notions of the humorous, wry, ironic or unusual, and should not be construed as reflecting any other opinion or judgment, including the editorial opinion of the original publisher.



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