Elephant Rock Books

Elephant Rock Books is an independent publishing company based in Connecticut.Alex Stedman, [https://archive.today/20150429054223/http://www.columbiachronicle.com/arts_and_culture/article_46031bd4-d920-5bb2-9778-061c1317d238.html "Independent publisher survives against odds"], Columbia Chronicle, November 26, 2012. As of 2013, it is the largest independent publisher in New England.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} The press was initially founded by Jotham Burrello in Chicago in 2010.Clare Kirch, [http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/65507-small-but-mighty-presses-prevail-at-ala-awards.html "Small But Mighty Presses Prevail at ALA Awards"], Publishers Weekly, February 5, 2015. Burrello decided to start the press while talking with his former teacher, Patricia Ann McNair, about her work; her book, The Temple of the Air, became Elephant Rock's first publication and went on to win positive reviews and several awards.Mark Eleveld, [https://web.archive.org/web/20161220082543/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-144389E98ECC0A48.html "Midwest familiarity breeds ‘edgy’ stories"], Chicago Sun-Times, February 3, 2013, via HighBeam Research. Elephant Rock also published Briefly Knocked Unconscious By A Low-Flying Duck, an essay anthology of the 2nd Story Collective[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9846700-6-2 Briefly Knocked Unconscious By A Low-Flying Duck: Stories from 2nd Story], Publishers Weekly, February 18, 2013. that has won multiple literary prizes.American Writer, July 2013

In 2014 the press moved into the young adult fiction market with Jessie Ann Foley's novel The Carnival at Bray,Donald Liebenson, [https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/06/20/elephant-rock-books-enters-ya-with-the-carnival-at-bray/ "Elephant Rock Books enters Y.A. with 'The Carnival at Bray'"], Chicago Tribune, June 20, 2014. which was named a Printz Honor Book.

The publisher is backed by a multimedia company, Elephant Rock Productions, which handles accounting and banking.[https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/abr.2014.0118 Scenes: Elephant Rock Books: An interview with Jotham Burrello] by Jotham Burrello in American Book Review

Volume 35, Number 6, September/October 2014 p. 28, doi:10.1353/abr.2014.0118