Coffee House Press

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Coffee House Press originally started in 1972 as a small letterpress company, founded by Allan Kornblum. It was inspired by the small publishers movement of the 60s and 70s, and was officially made into a publisher in 1984. Now Coffee House Press is an internationally renowned nonprofit publisher.

Mission

Coffee House Press is more interested in publishing works that are creative and unconventional than works that are mainstream and make a lot of money. They are devoted to expanding the definition of literature and who it belongs to. Their ultimate goal is to be the nation's leading independent literary publisher and to spread their literature to new audiences.

Structure

Ownership

CHP is a nonprofit organization led by a board of directors, in which there is a president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary. The company itself is led by a staff of nine, with the titles of executive director, production editor, development associate, director of publicity, director of marketing, director of operations, finance manager, and two spacial species editors.

Executive director: Linda A. Ewing -

Production Editor: Robyn Earhart

Development Associate: Cara Geze

Director

Financials

We're in debt!

Publishing Program

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Community

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