File spoon-archives/avant-garde.archive/avant-garde_1997/97-01-27.165, message 57


Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 00:40:21 -0400
From: ostrow-AT-is2.nyu.edu (Ostrow/Kaneda)
Subject: RE: new books from Autonomedia


>I am familar with Autonomedia and Semoitext[e], and it is one of the great
>publishing lines in America.  Basically I don't fully understand why they
>don't have a larger distribution.   Why does a bookstore that carries books
>by Foucault, but not any of the Semiotext[e] titles by Foucault?  In fact,
>the semiotext[e] titles are usually more interesting than the actual big
>titles (by Foucault) published by Viking.  When I speak of 'general
>public', I mean someone off the street who maybe interested in Foucault's
>work, but can't find any of the Semiotext[e] titles in their local
>bookstore or chain i.e. Borders, etc.
>
>Since I am starting up a press, I guess I just want to know the politics of
>getting that product out there.  So as a publisher I feel a great
>responsibility in getting the stuff out.  Of course, we shall see within a
>year ...if I can get my stuff out to the public.
>>--

one reason is that they do their own distribution.




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