Not every great small press is active on Twitter, but here are twenty-seven that engage book culture via social media in interesting, informative, and entertaining ways.
1. Award-winning Brooklyn, New York-based independent press specializing in urban fiction and political nonfiction Akashic Books [3] @AkashicBooks [4]
2. Nonprofit publisher founded in Boston in 1854 Beacon Press [5] @BeaconPressBks [6]
3. A four-year-old imprint of Dzanc Books specializing in contemporary literature and creative nonfiction Black Lawrence Press [7] @BlackLawrence [8]
4. Thirty-six-year-old nonprofit publisher of poetry based in Rochester, New York BOA Editions [9] @boaeditions [10]
5. Minneapolis-based nonprofit publisher of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction Coffee House Press [11] @Coffee_House [12]
6. Prestigious publisher of W. S. Merwin and other poets, based in Port Townsend, Washington Copper Canyon Press [13] @CopperCanyonPrs [14]
7. Nonprofit publisher of innovative fiction founded by Steven Gillis in 2006 Dzanc Books [15] @dzancbooks [16]
8. Forty-two-year-old independent literary publisher promoting freedom of expression and social justice The Feminist Press [17] @FeministPress [18]
9. Small press borne of Fence, created and edited by Rebecca Wolff Fence Books [19] @FenceBooks [20]
10. Minneapolis-based nonprofit publisher of literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry since 1974 Graywolf Press [21] @GraywolfPress [22]
11. Publishing books at the forefront of the American literary and publishing scene for more than seventy-five years Grove/Atlantic [23] @groveatlantic [24]
12. Literary imprint of the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington interested in “historically underrepresented voices” Lookout Books [25] @LookoutBooks [26]
13. The literary magazine founded in 1998 has grown into an edgy independent publishing empire that includes McSweeney’s Books [27] @mcsweeneys [28]
14. Independent publishing house in Brooklyn, New York, specializing in literary fiction, nonfiction, crime, and poetry Melville House Books [29] @melvillehouse [30]
15. Founded in 1936 by James Laughlin, the publisher of Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and Dylan Thomas still looks for the best literature from around the world New Directions [31] @NewDirections [32]
16. Indie press based in Baltimore that is "less interested in form/content than in effect" Publishing Genius Press [33] @pubgen [34]
17. Former Soft Skull [35] editor Richard Nash’s start-up that published Vanessa Veselka’s award-winning Zazen Red Lemonade [36] @red_lemonade [37]
18. Independent UK publisher of Alison Moore'sThe Lighthouse, shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize Salt Publishing [38] @saltpublishing [39]
19. Nonprofit literary press located in Louisville, Kentucky Sarabande Books [40] @sarabandebooks [41]
20. Indie stalwart whose first books in 1992 were photocopied (for free) at Kinko’s in New York City, but is now an imprint of Counterpoint [42] Soft Skull Press [35] @softskull [43]
21. Indie publisher of literary mysteries, fiction, and memoirs Soho Press [44] @soho_press [45]
22. Columbus, Ohio–based indie founded by husband-and-wife team Eric Obenauf and Eliza Wood-Obenauf Two Dollar Radio [46] @TwoDollarRadio [47]
23. Eclectic indie press based in New York City Overlook Press [48]@overlookpress [49]
24. Nonprofit publisher and letterpress printer focusing on new poetry, translation, lost works, and books by artists Ugly Duckling Presse [50] @udpbooks [51]
25. Largest independent publisher in the country—since 1923 W. W. Norton [52] @wwnorton [53]
26. Independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington Wave Books [54] @WavePoetry [55]
27. Virginia-based publisher of art and literature YesYes Books [56] @YesYesBooks [57]