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ENC Press
IndustryPublishing house
Founded2003
FounderOlga Gardner Galvin
HeadquartersHoboken, New Jersey
ProductsNovels
Websitehttps://www.encpress.com/

ENC Press (Emperor's New Clothes Press) is a small, independent publishing house founded in 2003, in Hoboken, New Jersey, by New York City editor and writer Olga Gardner Galvin. It exclusively publishes full-length novels.

Business model

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ENC Press's business model involves distributing its titles through its website and independent bookstores.[1] It forgoes dealing with major chains or online distributors in favor of paying its authors higher royalties.[2] Its stated goal is to keep its titles in print regardless of their performance in the marketplace.[3][4] The company's motto is "Tipping sacred cows since 2003".[5]

Publishing history

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ENC Press launched in July 2003 with four titles: the classic dystopia We,[6] by Yevgheniy Zamyatin,[7] new "XXI-century literary translation"[8] by Linda S. Farne; Vodka for Breakfast,[9] a literary novel by David Gurevich; and The Alphabet Challenge,[10] a futuristic social satire by Olga Gardner Galvin. It was followed in 2003 by Diary of a XX-century Elizabethan Poet,[11] a comedy of mores by Mark Mandell, illustrated by Katrina Hinton-Cooper.

In 2004, ENC Press published two geopolitical novels: Season of Ash[12] by Justin Bryant, set in South Africa, and Exit Only[13] by Liam Bracken, set in Saudi Arabia. It also published a satire Devil Jazz,[14] by Canadian author Craig Forgrave, as well as two British humor novels: Moon Beaver,[15] by Andrew Hook,[16] and Terror from Beyond Middle England,[17] by Sarah Crabtree, both now available only as e-books. Later that year, the literary novel Cherry Whip,[18] by Michael Antman, came out.

In 2005, ENC Press added to its catalogue the futuristic sci-fi novel The Amadeus Net,[19] by Canadian author Mark A. Rayner, and three social satires: Mother's Milk[20] by Andrew Thomas Breslin, ExecTV[21] by David A. Brensilver, and Junk,[22] by Christopher Largen.[23]

In 2007, two more social satires joined its roster: Mean Martin Manning[24] by Scott Stein and $everance[25] by Richard Kaempfer.

Monkey See,[26] a social satire by Walt Maguire, was released in June 2009, followed by Dear Mr. Unabomber,[27] an epistolary satirical novel written and illustrated by Ray Cavanaugh, in September 2009.

The June 2012 release, Escape Clause[28] by Jeffrey R. DeRego, a graphic novel in prose, portrayed a behind-the-scenes world of rules and regulations constraining the powers of superheroes.

Its latest release, Half[29] by Doug Reed, came out on Halloween 2013. It parodies the popular genre of vampire fiction while exploring the downsides of immortality spent in mind-numbingly boring corporate job provided by the federal vampire protection program.

Much of ENC Press's satire stems from libertarian themes of individuals battling oppressive big business or the extremes of political correctness. For example, Olga Gardner Galvin's The Alphabet Challenge[30] is described as a story that involves a bureaucracy "whose members work their fingers to the bone to make caring, compassion, and lowest-common-denominator equality a federal law." Stephen Cox, editor of Liberty magazine writes of Mean Martin Manning: "There are few really good hardcore libertarian novels. This is one of them." Andrew Thomas Breslin's Mother's Milk pokes fun at "radical nutrition advocates"; and in Junk by Christopher Largen, the government has outlawed junk food in order to protect (and control) its citizenry.[31][32]

ENC Press is a member of the New York Center for Independent Publishing (NYCIP). Its titles have been reviewed in Fox News,[33]Time Out Chicago,[34] Chicago Sun-Times, Liberty magazine,[35] The American Spectator,[36] and Reason[37] magazine, among other print and online venues.

Until further notice, ENC Press does not review unsolicited submissions but offers moral support and consulting services to aspiring self-publishers.[38][39]

References

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  1. ^ Galvin, Olga Gardner. "A Few Lessons Learned from Publishing in America". ENC Press. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  2. ^ Galvin, Olga Gardner (2005-09-26). "Interview with Olga Gardner Galvin, founder and publisher, ENC Press". The Writing Show (Interview). Interviewed by Paula B. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  3. ^ Kudera, Alex (2009-06-22). "Interview with Olga Gardner Galvin". Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  4. ^ Galvin, Olga Gardner (2005-09-26). "Interview with Olga Gardner Galvin, founder and publisher, ENC Press". The Writing Show (Interview). Interviewed by Paula B. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  5. ^ ENC Press home page. https://www.encpress.com/index.htm Retrieved 2018-07-03
  6. ^ "We". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  7. ^ Anderson, Brian C. (2005). South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing. p. 130. ISBN 0-89526-019-0.
  8. ^ "We". ENC Press. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  9. ^ "Vodka for Breakfast". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  10. ^ "The Alphabet Challenge". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  11. ^ "Diary of a XX-Century Elizabethan Poet". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  12. ^ "Season of Ash". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  13. ^ "Exit Only". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  14. ^ "Devil Jazz". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  15. ^ "Moon Beaver". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  16. ^ Hook, Andrew (2006). Residue. Halfcut Publications. p. 133. ISBN 0-9549535-1-7.
  17. ^ "Terror from Beyond Middle England". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  18. ^ "Cherry Whip". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  19. ^ "The Amadeus Net". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  20. ^ "Mother's Milk". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  21. ^ "ExecTV". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  22. ^ "Junk". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  23. ^ Largen, Christopher (2005-09-06). "Writing Satire, with Christopher Largen". The Writing Show (Interview). Interviewed by Paula B. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  24. ^ "Mean Martin Manning". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  25. ^ "$everance". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  26. ^ "Monkey See". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  27. ^ "Dear Mr. Unabomber". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  28. ^ "Escape Clause". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  29. ^ "Half". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  30. ^ "The Alphabet Challenge". ENC Press. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  31. ^ ENC Press Catalogue. https://www.encpress.com/catalogue.htm Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  32. ^ Reason.tv interview with Olga Gardner Galvin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DguMDXgHpI Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  33. ^ "New Publisher Steers Fiction Right". Fox News. 2004-04-20. Archived from the original on 2011-11-19. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  34. ^ Messinger, Jonathan (2005-07-21). "Whip smart". Time Out. Retrieved 2009-01-07.[permanent dead link‍]
  35. ^ "The Books of Summer" (PDF). Liberty. July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  36. ^ Macomber, Shawn (2008-07-28). "Little Tyrants Everywhere". The American Spectator. Archived from the original on 2008-11-29. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  37. ^ Sullum, Jacob (November 2007). "The Man Who Wanted to Be Left Alone". 2007-11. Reason. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  38. ^ ENC Press company page. http://www.linkedin.com/company/enc-press Retrieved 2014-01-23
  39. ^ ENC Press submissions page. https://www.encpress.com/submissions.htm Retrieved 2018-07-03
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