Initially publishing the literary journalTimothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, the company has moved to novels, books of poetry, and other periodicals.
Since 2002 Advanced Marketing Services had been the parent company of McSweeney's distributor Publishers Group West (PGW), but in 2006 they declared bankruptcy. At the time of the filing, PGW owed McSweeney's about $600,000.[2] McSweeney's eventually accepted an offer from Perseus Books Group to take over distribution; the deal paid McSweeney's 70 percent of the money owed by PGW.[3] In June 2007, McSweeney's held a successful sale and eBay auction which helped make up the difference.[4]
As of 2013, the company's archives, including rare material from its founding and its early history, are held in the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas.[5]
In October 2014, Dave Eggers announced that McSweeney's would become a nonprofit and began asking for donations for several projects on its website. Eggers cited declining sales and increased opportunities for raising funds as reasons for McSweeney's long-discussed change to a nonprofit publishing house.[6]
As of 2015, McSweeney's expanded its operations into partnerships with companies including eyewear one-for-one Warby Parker and accommodations marketplace Airbnb.[7] The musician Beck has worked in tandem with Warby Parker and McSweeney's to design a custom pair of spectacles. In addition to its Fast Company award, McSweeney's has received "best of" awards and plaudits from SF Weekly and several other publications.[8]
In 2019, McSweeney's began publishing Illustoria magazine, founded by Joanne Meiyi Chan.[9]
Company name
In 2004, Eggers said that when he was a child his family received letters addressed from someone named Timothy McSweeney, who claimed to be a relative of his mother. Eggers now claims that the real McSweeney is in care for mental illness, and his letters arrived as a result of confusion over the fact that Eggers' grandfather, who delivered Timothy at birth, and a McSweeney family, who adopted him, had the same name.[10][11]
Publications
In addition to a book list of approximately ten titles a year, McSweeney's also publishes the quarterly literary journal, Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, the daily-updated humor site McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and Illustoria, an art and storytelling magazine for six to 11-year olds. The bimonthly magazine The Believer, the quarterly food journal Lucky Peach, and the sports journal Grantland Quarterly, in association with sports and pop culture website Grantland, were all established and incubated by McSweeney's. A quarterly DVD magazine, Wholphin, was decommissioned in 2012. The publishing house also runs additional imprints occasionally, including McSweeney's McMullens, a children's book department; McSweeney's Poetry Series, and the Collins Library, which reprints unusual titles. Version 2.0 of McSweeney's iOS app was released in 2011; the Organist, a podcast produced by the editors of The Believer and KCRW, launched in 2012.[12]
Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans by Dave Eggers (2004, Knopf)
McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories by Michael Chabon (2004, Vintage)
Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans by Dave Eggers (2005, Vintage)
The McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes (2008, Vintage)
Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney's Book of Lists (2006, Vintage)
Greetings from the Ocean's Sweaty Face: 100 McSweeney's Postcards (2009, Chronicle)
Reception
McSweeney's was named by Fast Company as the country's seventh most innovative media company in 2012.[13][14] McSweeney's literary journal is a three-time winner and eight-time finalist for the National Magazine Award for Fiction.[15] In contrast, in 2001, the New York Times noted "The McSweeneyites may be the current emperors of cool, but they're starting to need some new clothes."[16]
In 2019, Vida named McSweeney's Quarterly literary journal as the magazine publishing the highest percentage of women's and trans voices—71%—compared to their magazine peers.[17]
In 2021, Axios reported that readership tripled across its web and print publications.[18]
826 Valencia Publications
These titles are releases of/by non-profit organization 826 Valencia, published by McSweeney's/826.
826 Quarterly Vol. 1 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2003/05/01
826 Quarterly Vol. 2 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2003/09/01
826 Quarterly Vol. 3 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2004/09/01
826 Quarterly Vol. 4 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2005/05/01
826 Quarterly Vol. 5 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2005/10/28
826 Quarterly Vol. 6 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2006/10/01
826 Quarterly Vol. 7 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2007/10/28
826 Quarterly Vol. 8 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2007/11/28
826nyc Review: Issue One Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia / Seeley, Scott / Potts, Sam 2005/08/01
826nyc Review: Issue Two Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia / Seeley, Scott / Potts, Sam 2006/06/01
826nyc Review: Issue Three Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia / Seeley, Scott / Potts, Sam 2008/09/28
826NYC Art Show: A Limited Edition Catalog of 23 Original Pieces by Prominent Contemporary Artists 826NYC (EDT) 2007/08/28
References
^"Baker & Taylor to Distribute McSweeney's". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
^"The 2019 VIDA Count • VIDA: Women in Literary Arts". VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
^Fischer, Sara (27 April 2021). "How McSweeney's survived the pandemic". Axios. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
External links
Official website
"Too Cool for Words", by Judith Shulevitz, a 2001 review of everything McSweeney's from The New York Times
A.O. Scott's New York Times Believers, 2005 on McSweeney's and n+1
Stephen AmidonSunday Times, "Their Master's Voice: The Rise and Rise of Brand McSweeney's", February 3, 2008
March 14, 2023
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This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view February 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message McSweeney s Publishing is an American non profit publishing house founded by Dave Eggers in 1998 and headquartered in San Francisco McSweeney sParent companyMcSweeney s Literary Arts FundStatusActiveFounded1998FounderDave EggersCountry of originUnited StatesHeadquarters locationSan FranciscoDistributionBaker amp Taylor Publisher Services 1 Publication typesBooks magazinesOfficial websitewww wbr mcsweeneys wbr netCover of Issue 9 of Timothy McSweeney s Quarterly Concern published in 2002 Initially publishing the literary journalTimothy McSweeney s Quarterly Concern the company has moved to novels books of poetry and other periodicals Contents 1 Company history 1 1 Company name 2 Publications 2 1 Authors 3 Non McSweeney s collections 4 Reception 5 826 Valencia Publications 6 References 7 External linksCompany history EditSince 2002 Advanced Marketing Services had been the parent company of McSweeney s distributor Publishers Group West PGW but in 2006 they declared bankruptcy At the time of the filing PGW owed McSweeney s about 600 000 2 McSweeney s eventually accepted an offer from Perseus Books Group to take over distribution the deal paid McSweeney s 70 percent of the money owed by PGW 3 In June 2007 McSweeney s held a successful sale and eBay auction which helped make up the difference 4 As of 2013 the company s archives including rare material from its founding and its early history are held in the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas 5 In October 2014 Dave Eggers announced that McSweeney s would become a nonprofit and began asking for donations for several projects on its website Eggers cited declining sales and increased opportunities for raising funds as reasons for McSweeney s long discussed change to a nonprofit publishing house 6 As of 2015 McSweeney s expanded its operations into partnerships with companies including eyewear one for one Warby Parker and accommodations marketplace Airbnb 7 The musician Beck has worked in tandem with Warby Parker and McSweeney s to design a custom pair of spectacles In addition to its Fast Company award McSweeney s has received best of awards and plaudits from SF Weekly and several other publications 8 In 2019 McSweeney s began publishing Illustoria magazine founded by Joanne Meiyi Chan 9 Company name Edit In 2004 Eggers said that when he was a child his family received letters addressed from someone named Timothy McSweeney who claimed to be a relative of his mother Eggers now claims that the real McSweeney is in care for mental illness and his letters arrived as a result of confusion over the fact that Eggers grandfather who delivered Timothy at birth and a McSweeney family who adopted him had the same name 10 11 Publications EditIn addition to a book list of approximately ten titles a year McSweeney s also publishes the quarterly literary journal Timothy McSweeney s Quarterly Concern the daily updated humor site McSweeney s Internet Tendency and Illustoria an art and storytelling magazine for six to 11 year olds The bimonthly magazine The Believer the quarterly food journal Lucky Peach and the sports journal Grantland Quarterly in association with sports and pop culture website Grantland were all established and incubated by McSweeney s A quarterly DVD magazine Wholphin was decommissioned in 2012 The publishing house also runs additional imprints occasionally including McSweeney s McMullens a children s book department McSweeney s Poetry Series and the Collins Library which reprints unusual titles Version 2 0 of McSweeney s iOS app was released in 2011 the Organist a podcast produced by the editors of The Believer and KCRW launched in 2012 12 Authors Edit McSweeney s has helped launch the careers of dozens of emerging writers including Rebecca Curtis Paul Legault Philipp Meyer and Wells Tower it has also published the works of well established authors such as Michael Chabon Stephen King David Foster Wallace George Saunders Michael Ian Black Nick Hornby and Joyce Carol Oates The house has also published the work of musicians critics and artists including David Byrne and Beck The band One Ring Zero gained popularity by performing at early McSweeney s events in New York and solicited lyric writing assistance from McSweeney s contributors for the 2004 album As Smart As We Are McSweeney s was also the subject of the They Might Be Giants song The Ballad of Timothy McSweeney Non McSweeney s collections EditThese titles are typically compilations of McSweeney s works either from print or online sources The publisher of the works is listed at the end McSweeney s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales by Michael Chabon 2003 Vintage Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans by Dave Eggers 2004 Knopf McSweeney s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories by Michael Chabon 2004 Vintage Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans by Dave Eggers 2005 Vintage The McSweeney s Joke Book of Book Jokes 2008 Vintage Mountain Man Dance Moves The McSweeney s Book of Lists 2006 Vintage Greetings from the Ocean s Sweaty Face 100 McSweeney s Postcards 2009 Chronicle Reception EditMcSweeney s was named by Fast Company as the country s seventh most innovative media company in 2012 13 14 McSweeney s literary journal is a three time winner and eight time finalist for the National Magazine Award for Fiction 15 In contrast in 2001 the New York Times noted The McSweeneyites may be the current emperors of cool but they re starting to need some new clothes 16 In 2019 Vida named McSweeney s Quarterly literary journal as the magazine publishing the highest percentage of women s and trans voices 71 compared to their magazine peers 17 In 2021 Axios reported that readership tripled across its web and print publications 18 826 Valencia Publications EditThese titles are releases of by non profit organization 826 Valencia published by McSweeney s 826 826 Quarterly Vol 1 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2003 05 01 826 Quarterly Vol 2 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2003 09 01 826 Quarterly Vol 3 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2004 09 01 826 Quarterly Vol 4 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2005 05 01 826 Quarterly Vol 5 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2005 10 28 826 Quarterly Vol 6 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2006 10 01 826 Quarterly Vol 7 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2007 10 28 826 Quarterly Vol 8 Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia 2007 11 28 826nyc Review Issue One Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia Seeley Scott Potts Sam 2005 08 01 826nyc Review Issue Two Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia Seeley Scott Potts Sam 2006 06 01 826nyc Review Issue Three Students in Conjunction With 826 Valencia Seeley Scott Potts Sam 2008 09 28 826NYC Art Show A Limited Edition Catalog of 23 Original Pieces by Prominent Contemporary Artists 826NYC EDT 2007 08 28References Edit Baker amp Taylor to Distribute McSweeney s PublishersWeekly com Retrieved 2021 03 02 A financial thriller in the publishing world from the San Francisco Chronicle Indie Publishers Act All Indie from New York magazine McSweeney s Internet Tendency Book Distribution Bankruptcy and McSweeney s Archived 2007 06 18 at the Wayback Machine Itzkoff David 21 July 2013 McSweeney s Archive Acquired by Ransom Center in Austin New York Times Retrieved 30 September 2014 McMurtrie John 16 October 2014 McSweeney s to become nonprofit publishing house SFGate Retrieved 20 October 2014 McSweeney s tries its hand at brand copywriting Digiday Digiday 2015 10 16 Retrieved 2017 09 26 Best Publisher 2013 SF Weekly Retrieved 2022 02 16 McSweeney s Will Now Publish Illustoria Magazine PDF Wittmershaus Eric Ironic Giant Dave Eggers Flak Magazine Archived from the original on 14 February 2004 Retrieved 21 October 2016 The Real Timothy McSweeney Retrieved 22 September 2018 The Organist KCRW 2013 01 28 Retrieved 2022 02 16 Most Innovative Companies 2012 Industries Top 10 Media 10 February 2012 Retrieved 22 September 2018 Awards McSweeney s www hrc utexas edu Retrieved 22 September 2018 MCSWEENEY S WINS ASME AWARD FOR FICTION www asme media Retrieved 2022 02 16 JUDITH SHULEVITZ May 6 2001 Too Cool for Words Retrieved 2022 01 12 The 2019 VIDA Count VIDA Women in Literary Arts VIDA Women in Literary Arts Retrieved 2022 02 16 Fischer Sara 27 April 2021 How McSweeney s survived the pandemic Axios Retrieved 2022 02 16 External links EditOfficial website Too Cool for Words by Judith Shulevitz a 2001 review of everything McSweeney s from The New York Times A O Scott s New York Times Believers 2005 on McSweeney s and n 1 Stephen Amidon Sunday Times Their Master s Voice The Rise and Rise of Brand McSweeney s February 3 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title McSweeney 27s amp oldid 1128697396, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
