Akashic Books is a Brooklyn-based independent publisher. Akashic Books' collection began with Arthur Nersesian's The Fuck Up[3] in 1997, and has since expanded to include Dennis Cooper's "Little House on the Bowery" series,[4]Chris Abani's Black Goat poetry series,[5] and the internationally successful "Noir" series,[6][7] originating with Brooklyn Noir,[8] since expanding to international titles such as "Delhi Noir" and "Havana Noir."
In June 2011, Akashic published the widely successful Go the Fuck to Sleep by Adam Mansbach. Go the Fuck to Sleep was subject to an unintended viral marketing campaign after PDF copies of the book, presumably from advance copies sent to booksellers, were distributed via email. While the book was originally scheduled for release in October 2011, by the end of April the book had hit #2 on Amazon.com's bestseller list, and by May 12 the book was #1. In the meantime, the publishing date was moved up to June, and Akashic increased its first printing to 150,000 copies. Akashic, which acknowledged the importance of social media in popularizing the book ("it's a miracle from the heavens for us"), is trying to prevent unauthorized copying of the book.
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^"Johnny Temple of Akashic Books on subversion and the future - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. April 27, 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
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akashic, books, brooklyn, based, independent, publisher, collection, began, with, arthur, nersesian, fuck, 1997, since, expanded, include, dennis, cooper, little, house, bowery, series, chris, abani, black, goat, poetry, series, internationally, successful, no. Akashic Books is a Brooklyn based independent publisher Akashic Books collection began with Arthur Nersesian s The Fuck Up 3 in 1997 and has since expanded to include Dennis Cooper s Little House on the Bowery series 4 Chris Abani s Black Goat poetry series 5 and the internationally successful Noir series 6 7 originating with Brooklyn Noir 8 since expanding to international titles such as Delhi Noir and Havana Noir Akashic BooksFounded1997 27 years ago 1997 FounderJohnny TempleCountry of originUnited StatesHeadquarters locationBrooklyn New York CityDistributionConsortium Book Sales amp Distribution US 1 Turnaround Publisher Services UK 2 Publication typesBooksOfficial websitewww wbr akashicbooks wbr comAkashic Books authors include T Cooper Ron Kovic Derek McCormack Melvin Van Peebles Ryan Adams Lydia Lunch Richard Hell Nina Revoyr Les Claypool Pete Hamill Carlos Pintado Lawrence Block 9 Travis Jeppesen James Greer Joe Meno Elizabeth Nunez Adam Mansbach and Greg Prato 10 In June 2011 Akashic published the widely successful Go the Fuck to Sleep by Adam Mansbach Go the Fuck to Sleep was subject to an unintended viral marketing campaign after PDF copies of the book presumably from advance copies sent to booksellers were distributed via email While the book was originally scheduled for release in October 2011 by the end of April the book had hit 2 on Amazon com s bestseller list and by May 12 the book was 1 In the meantime the publishing date was moved up to June and Akashic increased its first printing to 150 000 copies Akashic which acknowledged the importance of social media in popularizing the book it s a miracle from the heavens for us is trying to prevent unauthorized copying of the book Akashic Books was started by Johnny Temple 11 former bassist of Girls Against Boys and mid 80s Dischord band Soulside 12 with the mission to make literature more part of popular culture not just a part of elitist culture 13 The publishing house is currently run out of the OA Can Factory in Brooklyn 14 References edit Consortium Book Sales amp Distribution Our Publishers Retrieved December 2 2017 Publishers Representatives Publishers Distributors Turnaround Publisher Services Archived from the original on July 1 2017 Retrieved January 12 2018 Arthurnersesian com Archived from the original on July 7 2011 Retrieved May 14 2011 Indie Literary Books Akashicbooks com Archived from the original on May 9 2008 Retrieved November 8 2012 Chris Abani Archived February 3 2011 at the Wayback Machine Akashic Books Noir Series Akashicbooks com Archived from the original on November 2 2012 Retrieved November 8 2012 San Diego s underbelly exposed in Noir book UTSanDiego com Signonsandiego com May 17 2011 Retrieved November 8 2012 Brooklyn Noir Akashicbooks com Archived from the original on May 3 2012 Retrieved November 8 2012 Brooklyn Noir 2 The Classics Akashicbooks com Archived from the original on November 4 2012 Retrieved November 8 2012 Primus Book by Greg Prato Akashicbooks com Retrieved September 6 2014 Johnny Temple of Akashic Books on subversion and the future latimes com Latimesblogs latimes com April 27 2009 Retrieved November 8 2012 U S A Soulside Dischord com Archived from the original on June 18 2007 Retrieved November 8 2012 nthWORD Shorts Shorts nthword com July 7 2011 Archived from the original on July 24 2012 Retrieved November 8 2012 The OA Can Factory People Xoprojects com October 2 2012 Archived from the original on May 15 2013 Retrieved November 8 2012 External links editOfficial site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Akashic Books amp oldid 1183443892, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
