The Small Press Center seeks Volunteers and Interns.
Please call 212/764-7021 or e-mail info@smallpress.org for more information.

Future Events
 Publishing Workshop Series 2002/2003
The new series of the Small Press Center Publishing Workshops, held with the support of Publishers Weekly, continues Thursday, November 7, with Print-on-Demand: The Tangled Truth, from 6 to 8pm.  Click here for more information on this event and the other seven remaining publishing workshops.

New --  An Interview with Thomas McCormack
Tom McCormack, editor, chairman and chief executive at St. Martin’s Press (until 1997) will be interviewed by the  journalist, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, of  The New York Times on Tuesday, November 12, 2002, from 6 to 7:30pm. Click here for more information.

The Small Press Book Fair will take place on the weekend of March 29th and March 30th, 2003.  To find out more click here.

Free Literary Map of New York

Receive a free map of literary New York - your personal tour guide to New York's literary secrets. Click here for information on how to receive the map

Become A Member
Now is the time to renew your membership or become a new member of the Small Press Center. Enjoy discounts when you take part in our workshops, discussions, and lectures. Numerous benefits for new and renewing Friend Members include a free year-long membership to the historic General Society Library - a quiet haven from bustling midtown Manhattan, described by Tom Wolfe as his "favorite room in New York." 
Publisher Members, among other benefits, receive discounts on workshops and other programs, have office space available for out of town meetings, and are part of the SPC website.

The Small Press Center is a nonprofit program of The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen.

Get a free poetry book when you visit the 
Small Press Center 
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About the Small Press Center
The Small Press Center for Independent Publishing is a nonprofit cultural and educational institution dedicated to promoting interaction between the public and small independent book publishers. Representing a growing community of members, the Center is an educational program of the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York. 
Listing: Members of the SPC Boards and Personnel. 

Featured in the Small Press Center News:
Barney Rosset
"When we got Samuel Beckett in 1953, I thought we made a very magnanimous offer of a hundred and fifty dollars for Waiting for Godot, which was accepted. But it was an important book to me. I then got on a boat and went to Paris to meet him, and I never looked back. He had to be successful. And the first year that we published Godot, it sold three hundred and forty one copies, and the last I ever knew, it was well over a million. But that didn't happen by accident. It happened because we kept going after it, and after it, and after it, to schools, to universities, first to PhD's, then to MA's, then to graduates, then down to high schools, finally down to the eighth grade. So it didn't just happen by luck. Either you believed in this person - and if you believe, you're going to die for it. And if you die for it, okay. There's some more behind you. Let me tell you, we're very happy to make money."

Barney Rosset, speaking at the Publishing Lives panel discussion held at the Small Press Center in June 2001. For many years Mr. Rosset was the driving force behind Grove Press. He is now Publisher and Editor of Evergreen Review, Inc. and President of Foxrock, Inc.  Excerpts from the panel are featured in the Fall 2001 Small Press Center News.  The article is available online.

For Writers and Publishers:
Recommended Link
BowkerLink® Publisher Access System is a free online access system that provides you with an automated tool to view, add or update your records in R.R. Bowker's Books In Print® -- the industry's most comprehensive, unbiased database of book information. You can also update your publisher company information at www.bowkerlink.com.

New for SPC Friends: 
General Society Library Membership
Supporters of the Small Press Center who become SPC Friends can for the first time enjoy a free one-year membership to the General Society Library in midtown Manhattan. Founded in 1820, it is one of three private libraries left in New York City and is located in a striking landmark building at 20 West 44th Street. The Library has over 150,000 volumes and is especially strong in current books, mysteries, biography, and history and is home to the Small Press Center and Reference Library. 

Tom Wolfe described the Library as "my favorite room in New York, the reading room of the General Society Library" and the late Brendan Gill said of it "one of the pleasantest places to study in, browse in, and for that matter, doze in."

General Society Library
Friend Membership Application
Review the Library's Current Titles

New for SPC Publisher Members: 
An Office Away from Home
Out of town publishers visiting New York on business can now find a temporary home in the heart of Manhattan at the Small Press Center.

We will provide (unless already booked) a quiet office for you to make phone calls, send faxes, deal with urgent matters and relax before your next meeting. If you are also looking for a meeting space, for a modest fee we will try to accommodate you.
Publisher Membership Application

Featured on smallpress.org:
Richard Marek
"Where does the hope for books lie? With all my heart and soul, I believe it lies with you... with small presses run by men and women who have control over all aspects of the publishing process." (article)