ENC Press
{{Short description|American publishing company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = ENC Press
| logo = ENC_Press_logo.jpg
| type =
| foundation = 2003
| founder = Olga Gardner Galvin
| location = Hoboken, New Jersey
| industry = Publishing house
| products = Novels
| revenue =
| num_employees =
| homepage = https://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
ENC Press's business model involves distributing its titles through its website and independent bookstores.{{cite web|url=https://www.encpress.com/opinion.htm|title=A Few Lessons Learned from Publishing in America|last=Galvin|first=Olga Gardner|work=ENC Press|accessdate=2009-01-18}} It forgoes dealing with major chains or online distributors in favor of paying its authors higher royalties.{{cite interview|last=Galvin |first=Olga Gardner |interviewer=Paula B. |title=Interview with Olga Gardner Galvin, founder and publisher, ENC Press |url=http://writingshow.com/podcasts/2005/09262005.html |work=The Writing Show |date=2005-09-26 |accessdate=2009-01-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120101701/http://www.writingshow.com/podcasts/2005/09262005.html |archivedate=2008-11-20 |url-status=dead }} Its stated goal is to keep its titles in print regardless of their performance in the marketplace.{{cite news |first=Alex |last=Kudera |title=Interview with Olga Gardner Galvin |url=http://whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2009/06/22/interview-with-olga-gardner-galvin |date=2009-06-22 |accessdate=2009-06-30}}{{cite interview|last=Galvin |first=Olga Gardner |interviewer=Paula B. |title=Interview with Olga Gardner Galvin, founder and publisher, ENC Press |url=http://writingshow.com/podcasts/2005/09262005.html |work=The Writing Show |date=2005-09-26 |accessdate=2009-01-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120101701/http://www.writingshow.com/podcasts/2005/09262005.html |archivedate=2008-11-20 |url-status=dead }} The company's motto is "Tipping sacred cows since 2003".ENC Press home page. https://www.encpress.com/index.htm Retrieved 2018-07-03
Publishing history
ENC Press launched in July 2003 with four titles: the classic dystopia We,{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/we.html|title=We |accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} by Yevgheniy Zamyatin,{{cite book |title=South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias |last=Anderson |first=Brian C. |year=2005 |publisher=Regnery Publishing |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=0-89526-019-0 |page=130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EOt26lBpC9wC&dq=%22ENC+Press%22&pg=PA130 }} new "XXI-century literary translation"{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/we.html|title=We |accessdate=2009-01-20 |work=ENC Press}} by Linda S. Farne; Vodka for Breakfast,{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/vfb.html|title=Vodka for Breakfast|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} a literary novel by David Gurevich; and The Alphabet Challenge,{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/abc.html|title=The Alphabet Challenge|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} a futuristic social satire by Olga Gardner Galvin. It was followed in 2003 by Diary of a XX-century Elizabethan Poet,{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/dxx.html|title=Diary of a XX-Century Elizabethan Poet|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} a comedy of mores by Mark Mandell, illustrated by Katrina Hinton-Cooper.
In 2004, ENC Press published two geopolitical novels: Season of Ash{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/ash.html|title=Season of Ash|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} by Justin Bryant, set in South Africa, and Exit Only{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/eo.html|title=Exit Only|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} by Liam Bracken, set in Saudi Arabia. It also published a satire Devil Jazz,{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/dj.html|title=Devil Jazz|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} by Canadian author Craig Forgrave, as well as two British humor novels: Moon Beaver,{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/mb.html|title=Moon Beaver|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} by Andrew Hook,{{cite book |title=Residue |last=Hook |first=Andrew |year=2006 |publisher=Halfcut Publications |isbn=0-9549535-1-7 |page=133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lc43KErwLiYC&dq=%22ENC+Press%22&pg=PA133 }} and Terror from Beyond Middle England,{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/tfbme.html|title=Terror from Beyond Middle England|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} by Sarah Crabtree, both now available only as e-books. Later that year, the literary novel Cherry Whip,{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/cw.html|title=Cherry Whip|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} by Michael Antman, came out.
In 2005, ENC Press added to its catalogue the futuristic sci-fi novel The Amadeus Net,{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/an.html|title=The Amadeus Net|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} by Canadian author Mark A. Rayner, and three social satires: Mother's Milk{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/mm.html|title=Mother's Milk|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} by Andrew Thomas Breslin, ExecTV{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/tv.html|title=ExecTV |accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} by David A. Brensilver, and Junk,{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/junk.html|title=Junk |accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} by Christopher Largen.{{cite interview |last=Largen |first=Christopher |interviewer=Paula B. |title=Writing Satire, with Christopher Largen |url=http://www.writingshow.com/articles/transcripts/2005/09062005.html |work=The Writing Show |date=2005-09-06 |accessdate=2009-01-10}}
In 2007, two more social satires joined its roster: Mean Martin Manning{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/mmm.html|title=Mean Martin Manning|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} by Scott Stein and $everance{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/$ev.html|title=$everance |accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} by Richard Kaempfer.
Monkey See,{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/ms.html|title=Monkey See|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} a social satire by Walt Maguire, was released in June 2009, followed by Dear Mr. Unabomber,{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/dmu.html|title=Dear Mr. Unabomber|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} an epistolary satirical novel written and illustrated by Ray Cavanaugh, in September 2009.
The June 2012 release, Escape Clause{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/ec.html|title=Escape Clause|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} 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{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/half.html|title=Half |accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} 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{{cite web |url=https://www.encpress.com/abc.html|title=The Alphabet Challenge|accessdate=2018-07-03 |work=ENC Press}} 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 [http://www.libertyunbound.com 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.ENC Press Catalogue. https://www.encpress.com/catalogue.htm Retrieved 2010-06-11.Reason.tv interview with Olga Gardner Galvin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DguMDXgHpI Retrieved 2012-08-21.
ENC Press is a member of the New York Center for Independent Publishing (NYCIP). Its titles have been reviewed in Fox News,{{cite news|title=New Publisher Steers Fiction Right |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/new-publisher-steers-fiction-right |publisher=Fox News |date=2004-04-20 |access-date=2011-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119041255/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,117441,00.html |archive-date=2011-11-19 |url-status=live }}Time Out Chicago,{{cite news |first=Jonathan |last=Messinger |title=Whip smart |url=http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/books/11957/whip-smart |work=Time Out |date=2005-07-21 |accessdate=2009-01-07 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Chicago Sun-Times, Liberty magazine,{{cite news|title=The Books of Summer |url=http://libertyunbound.com/sites/files/printarchive/Liberty_Magazine_July_2007.pdf |work=Liberty |date=July 2007 |accessdate=2009-01-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710074707/http://libertyunbound.com/sites/files/printarchive/Liberty_Magazine_July_2007.pdf |archivedate=2019-07-10 |url-status=dead }} The American Spectator,{{cite news |first=Shawn |last=Macomber |title=Little Tyrants Everywhere |url=http://spectator.org/archives/2008/07/28/little-tyrants-everywhere |work=The American Spectator |date=2008-07-28 |accessdate=2009-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081129103957/http://www.spectator.org/archives/2008/07/28/little-tyrants-everywhere |archive-date=2008-11-29 |url-status=dead }} and Reason{{cite news |first=Jacob |last=Sullum |title=The Man Who Wanted to Be Left Alone |url=http://www.reason.com/news/show/122500.html |work=2007-11 |publisher=Reason |date=November 2007 |accessdate=2009-01-07 }} 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.ENC Press company page. http://www.linkedin.com/company/enc-press Retrieved 2014-01-23ENC Press submissions page. https://www.encpress.com/submissions.htm Retrieved 2018-07-03
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