Task #21: Read a book published by a micropress

[Chinook]

There are some free options as ebooks mentioned earlier in this thread.

[Jolynne]

Spiral, a tiny feminist press in New Zealand led by three women.

[Jennifer Darci]

Would this count?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Published September 2016 by ASU Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative

[Madge]

I'm still not 100% clear on this one, but I'm planning to read Of Bells and Thorns (the sequel to The Rose Master) which comes out next month. It's published by Reuts, and they describe themselves as "a boutique book publisher," and don't seem to put out many books each year. Their team also seems to be quite small (6 people) and I think is at least mostly made up of authors who banded together.

Anyone think that wouldn't count?

[Rachel]

so i am also planning on beautiful wreck since it's the one book i managed to find in my library. it's an audiobook.

[Yrinsyde]

I finished reading a Sherlockian fanfic novel published by a micro press (Improbable Press) and set in various locations close to me (and some not). Melbourne CBD (13.1km or 8.2 miles), Parkville (8.9km or 5.5 miles), Malmsbury (89.8km or 55.8 miles) and further away Ararat (206.3km or 128.2 miles) and London - more than 100 miles!

[Wellington]

I read Blood Of The Dawn by Claudia Salazar Jimenez. This translation was published by a non-profit literary arts organization. This book was about the Shining Path insurgency in Peru.

[Kimberley]

I have just bought two books (one poetry one short stories) from The Emma Press. From everything I have read they count as a micropress despite identifying as a small press. I don't think micropress is that widely used universally yet, and they run small prints and staffed by one person with one regular co editor. I think it's in keeping with the heart of this task and the bonus is that it's a press run by people a couple of degrees of separation from me who I am glad to support. They also have e books, so I am leaving that as a suggestion for anyone who agrees.

[Megan]

I just finished Nothing is Impossible: Further Problems of Dr Sam Hawthorne, which was published by Crippen & Landru. I'd originally planned to use Sons of Sparta, but thought the publisher (Poisoned Pen Press) might be too big of a small press to qualify as a micropress.

[Martha]

I just bought Assisted Living: Stories by Gary Lutz. I hope to finish it today. I'll be glad to have this one ticked off - it was the hardest and most frustrating to find challenge category for me.

[Bobby]

After investigating several of the micropresses in the Book Riot article, I have ordered three titles that looked interesting: WORK, by Bud Smith and In This Quiet Church of Night, I Say Amen, by Devin Kelly, both from Civil Coping Mechanisms; and this shouldn't be beautiful but it was & it was all i had so i drew it, by Keegan Lester, published by Slope Editions. I still haven't settled which one to use for the challenge, but at least now I have a selection to choose from.

[Allie]

I'm in the middle of reading The Secret to Not Drowning, which I found on Amazon ebook, and it is so good. I forgot I had downloaded it and rediscovered it in the airport on Saturday, and got to 57% before my plane landed and I had to stop reading. Hoping to finish today!

[Karen]

Would Bruja count by Wendy C. Ortiz, published by Civil Coping Mechanisms?

[Elizabeth]

I posted this in a different thread, but I figured it might be useful here. Big Lucks is one of the micro presses mentioned in the Book Riot article about micro presses, and they actually have some content available for free right now (five of their anthologies). They also have content as cheap as $2.50. I know a lot of people struggled with this one since they do the local library etc, so I thought this is a good option for those of us with a tight budget.

https://www.biglucks.com/store

[Rebecca]

I wound up reading How to Get into the Twin Palms published by Two Dollar Radio for this challenge. I also got on their mailing list and bought some of their other books. I really liked this short novel about a Polish-American woman entranced by the LA Russian night club near her house. I used to live in Brooklyn and taught in Brighton Beach where there ar a lot of similar places, so I understand the fascination.

[Bobby]

Karen wrote: "Would Bruja count by Wendy C. Ortiz, published by Civil Coping Mechanisms?"

I believe it would—that's one of the micro presses listed in the Book Riot article. It looks like a wonderful book, also!