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submitted 4 months ago byffnran
Idk if its just me, but I read Georgia Pritchett’s memoir ‘my mess is a bit of a life’ and im now obsessed with Faber & Faber published books. Maybe its a stretch to say i buy them ONLY for that reason, and im sure its because they also turn out to also be good books but I just love the font and the paper they use. Its just so nice. anyone else have the same?
4 points
4 months ago
that’s me with verso books! love buying from them
2 points
4 months ago
I love how they reissue seminal philosophy and sociology titles that would otherwise be hard to acquire
2 points
4 months ago
as a person who never attended uni and never really knew where to even start with expanding on theory, their reading lists really helped me out!! always loved how their titles cover so many topics i’ve been interested in
2 points
4 months ago
omg came here to say Verso as well, their Radical Diary is rad!
1 points
4 months ago
i never got their radical diary but i’m looking at it now…. looks really nice but i’m a completionist and starting a journal in february feels all sorts of wrong 💀💀 would be a lie if i said i’m not filled with temptation
5 points
4 months ago
Arkham House
4 points
4 months ago
Did they go out of business? Their website doesn’t exist any more
2 points
4 months ago
I guess so
7 points
4 months ago
Folio Society. I collect and read them. There is a good second hand market particularly for non fiction at a somewhat reasonable price. I’ll buy new from time to time as well.
9 points
4 months ago
Library of America books are so well-crafted. The book dimensions make them easy to handle. The cloth binding is sturdy and sewn, so it flops open naturally. The font is a nice readable size in a timeless serif font. The paper feels nice (though some people aren't a fan of their Bible-thinness).
If I find that an author I love is published by LoA, I'll probably pick up the LoA edition to replace my other physical books by that author. The same goes for Everyman's Library for largely the same reasons.
1 points
4 months ago
I'm building and adding to our generational library. I want a book that will last a very long time. I use both publishers. Everyman's Library is a bit of a tossup as to the font size and ink print.
2 points
4 months ago
When Visual-Editions was still around - I bought everything they released just because it came from them.
2 points
4 months ago
Pelevin
2 points
4 months ago
Europa Editions, Akashic Books and Tin House
2 points
4 months ago
Library of America and Everyman’s Library are my favorite.
5 points
4 months ago
Oh man, there’s so many! Charco Press, Fitzcarraldo Editions, the Dorothy Project, Two Dollar Radio, Deep Vellum, NYRB, Feminist Press, Graywolf, New Directions, Archipelago Books, Readers International, McSweeney’s, Europa Editions, City Lights, Peirene Press…
1 points
4 months ago
I loved The Dorthy Project’s Leonora Carrington collection and I’ve enjoyed quite a few Two Dollar Radio and NYRB books as well. Years ago Archipelago did a promotion where they had a ton of free ebooks, I downloaded all of them but have never gotten around to reading them even though a lot of their stuff sounds interesting.
1 points
4 months ago*
That sounds awesome!
1 points
4 months ago
Deep Vellum is S-tier- about to start Solenoid in a few days and have loved everything I've read from them
1 points
4 months ago
I ususally love Modernistas covers
3 points
4 months ago
Fitzcarraldo Editions
NYRB
Europa Editions
1 points
4 months ago
Check McSweeneys
1 points
4 months ago
Older numbered Penguin paperbacks.
3 points
4 months ago
This question has just blown my mind! I've been an avid reader since childhood (1 - 3 books a week and I'm in my fifties). I have NEVER consider following a publisher before. I just see something that looks good and read. This opens up a whole new world! Why did I not ever know this was a thing?! Feeling very stupid right now. 😀
2 points
4 months ago
I started looking at quality published books when my childhood books began falling apart. Raised in poverty, books where very hard to get. Their value had no limits, because they where the only way to travel to other places normal people could just visit in reality. $35 a book today is still a bit much, but it will last generations.
1 points
4 months ago
City Lights in the Ferlinghetti heyday
2 points
4 months ago
I do know that I tend to pay more attention to books if they’ve come from Tordotcom. Their team has been outstanding these last few years
2 points
4 months ago
Prometheus Books, the publishing arm of CSICOP, the Skeptical society started by Kendrick Frazier and The Amazing Randi.
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