Английская Википедия:Collective Ink
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Collective Ink Limited (formerly John Hunt Publishing) is a publishing company founded in the United Kingdom in 2001 under the name John Hunt Publishing and launched as O Books.[1] The publisher has 15 active imprints, the largest of which are Moon Books, O-Books and Zero Books (styled Zer0 Books). The Zero Books imprint was founded to combat what they viewed as a trend of anti-intellectualism in contemporary culture.[2] After changing ownership in 2021, in June 2023, John Hunt Publishing was renamed to Collective Ink.[3]
History
Collective Ink Limited (then John Hunt Publishing) was founded in the United Kingdom in 2001,[1][4][5] originally named O Books,[1] a name which it continues to use as one of its imprints, in the "mind, body, and spirit" market.[6] Its Zero Books imprint was founded by Tariq Goddard and Mark Fisher in 2009. John Hunt Publishing then underwent a major reorganization in 2010.[1] In 2014, Goddard and Fisher left Zero Books and launched Repeater Books as a part of Watkins Media.[7][8] Following the sale of Collective Ink to Watkins Media in October 2021 Goddard again became the publisher of Zero Books. Zero Books predominantly publishes works of critical thinking and philosophy, such as Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism and Eugene Thacker's In The Dust of this Planet.
From 2014 the imprint was run directly through John Hunt with associated authors and freelancers,[9] and has published critically acclaimed books such as Kill All Normies and Zen City.[10][11] The imprint began publishing a series called Neglected or Misunderstood in 2017 with the aim of covering "neglected or misunderstood" left-wing theorists such as Shulamith Firestone and Theodor Adorno.[12] Zero Books states that their goal is to utilize critical theory to "publish books that make our readers uncomfortable" in order to "reinvent the left".[13]
In 2014, it was stated that John Hunt Publishing "deals directly with authors" and does not require they have an agent. However, in the mid-2010s it was stated that "because they are a small publisher, they are unable to pay advances, so [authors] have to wait for the royalties to roll in".[14] Imprints of John Hunt Publishing offered four levels of publishing based on the likely popularity of the book,[14] with both "traditional publishing deals and what it describes as co-operative publishing for authors," with about a quarter of books, most prevalently those in fiction, being published "under co-operative terms,"[1] though this would vary by imprint. The company also said that "every title gets treated the same. No bookshop or reviewer is going to know if one title or another has had a subsidy."[1] As with other imprints, operations are controlled by authors themselves, who "have gravitated to being involved in publishing, whether coming up through editing, design or marketing."[1] This multiple-imprint author-centric style was described as, "It can't work. It shouldn't work. Yet, somehow, John Hunt Publishing is making it work."[1] A central corporate office continues to manage sales, accounts, and royalties for all imprints.[1] As of 2014, the company was publishing "approximately 300 titles per year with global sales and a focus on physical stores."[1]
On October 23, 2021, Repeater Books announced that they had bought the Zero Books imprint from John Hunt Publishing.[15] Then, two days later on October 25, 2021, it was announced that Watkins Books owner Etan Ilfeld had purchased John Hunt Publishing from John Hunt.[16] In June 2023, John Hunt Publishing was renamed to Collective Ink.[3]
Like its predecessor, Collective Ink does not require authors to have an agent, and "welcomes unsolicited manuscript submissions".[17] The publisher also routinely publishes lists of contacts for its published authors and data regarding books in production, the number of advertisements run for books, and average royalty payments.[17]
Imprints
Current
As of 2023, the active imprints of John Hunt Publishing are described as:[1][18]
- 6th BooksШаблон:SndAll things paranormal[19]
- Business BooksШаблон:Snd"Fresh thinking for the business world"
- Changemakers BooksШаблон:SndTransformation
- Chronos BooksШаблон:SndHistory
- Christian AlternativeШаблон:Snd"The new open spaces"
- Circle BooksШаблон:SndChristian faith
- Iff BooksШаблон:SndAcademic and specialist
- LiberalisШаблон:SndLiberal arts education and storytelling
- Lodestone BooksШаблон:SndYoung adult fiction
- Mantra BooksШаблон:SndEastern religion and philosophy
- Moon BooksШаблон:SndPaganism and shamanism[19]
- O-BooksШаблон:SndSpirituality[6]
- Our Street BooksШаблон:SndJuvenile fiction, non-fiction, and parenting
- Psyche BooksШаблон:SndPsychology
- RoundfireШаблон:SndFiction
- Zero BooksШаблон:SndCulture, society and politics
Former
- Cosmic Egg BooksШаблон:SndFantasy, science fiction, and horror
- Dodona BooksШаблон:SndAstrology, numerology and general divination[19]
- Earth BooksШаблон:SndEnvironment
- Compass BooksШаблон:SndPractical books for authors
- Perfect EdgeШаблон:Snd"Fiction for those who know fiction matters", noted on the website as "no longer receiving submissions"
- Bedroom BooksШаблон:SndRomance and "sexy-time"
- Gaming BooksШаблон:SndCard and board games
- Soul RocksШаблон:SndNew generation
- Top Hat BooksШаблон:SndHistorical fiction
- Sassy BooksШаблон:Snd"Badass books for go-for-it girls"
Authors
Some notable authors published through John Hunt Publishing include: Andrez Bergen, Frithjof Bergmann, Danielle Collobert, David Fontana, Nicholas Hagger, Leslie Scalapino, David W. Berner Jonathan Dapra and Steve Taylor. Authors published through the Zero Books imprint include: Angela Nagle, Mark Fisher, Tariq Goddard, David Stubbs, Guy Mankowski, Adam Kotsko, Owen Hatherley, Cliff Slaughter, Anselm Jappe, Aaron J. Leonard, Laurie Penny, Grafton Tanner, Eugene Thacker, Gilad Atzmon, and David Cromwell.
See also
Zero Books
- Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (2009), by Mark Fisher
- Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism (2011), by Laurie Penny
- Continuity and Rupture: Philosophy in the Maoist Terrain (2016), by J. Moufawad-Paul
- Kill All Normies (2017), by Angela Nagle
- Marx Returns (2018), by Jason Barker
References
External links
- ↑ 1,00 1,01 1,02 1,03 1,04 1,05 1,06 1,07 1,08 1,09 1,10 John Hunt Publishing – Reviewed, The Independent Publishing Magazine, February 26, 2014.
- ↑ Former Zero Books Staff Start Repeater by Laurie Tuffrey, The Quietus, 29 November 2014
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Continuum, Directory of Publishing 2001: Continuum and the Publishers Association (2000), p. 83.
- ↑ International Literary Market Place (2001), p. 675
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Suzanne Ruthven, Compass Points - The Pagan Writers' Guide: Writing for the Pagan and MB&S Markets (2013), p. 25, Шаблон:ISBN
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- ↑ A Review of Zen City by Publishers Weekly, June 2016
- ↑ Neglected or Misunderstood: The Radical Feminism of Shulamith Firestone Шаблон:Webarchive.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 14,0 14,1 Susie Kearley, Freelance Writing On Health, Food and Gardens (2014), p. 121
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- ↑ 17,0 17,1 Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ 19,0 19,1 19,2 Suzanne Ruthven, Compass Points - The Pagan Writers' Guide: Writing for the Pagan and MB&S Markets (2013), p. 44, Шаблон:ISBN
