Open Letter Books
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{{short description|American nonprofit literary publisher}}
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| founder = Chad W. Post
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| headquarters = Rochester, New York
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Open Letter Books is an American publishing house based at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. It was founded in 2008 by Chad W. Post, the Editor-in-Chief of Dalkey Archive Press.{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/78116-chad-post-s-open-letter-books-turns-10.html#:~:text=Chad%20Post%20founded%20Open%20Letter,continues%20to%20serve%20as%20publisher|title=Open Letter Books|last=Nawotka|first=Ed|date=2008-09-20|publisher=Publishers Weekly|access-date=2021-06-18}} It specializes in translation,{{cite web|url=
https://spinemagazine.co/articles/open-letter-books|title=OPEN LETTER BOOKS, TRANSLATING STORIES FROM ACQUISITION TO PUBLICATION|last=Baird|first=Susanna|date=2018-01-22|publisher=Spine Magazine|access-date=2021-06-18}} a less-populated field in American publishing.{{Cite news|last=Rohter|first=Larry|date=2009-12-25|title=Small Publisher Finds Its Mission in Translation|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/26/books/26open.html|access-date=2021-06-22|issn=0362-4331}}
Publications
Open Letter is a literary press that publishes ten books annually—mostly novels and short stories, and one book of poetry.{{cite web|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/10/19/university-of-rochester-open-letter-books-celebrates-rochester-translation-books/92374724/|title=UR's Open Letter Books celebrates Rochester, translation|last=Cleveland|first=Will|date=2016-10-19|publisher=Democrat and Chronicle|access-date=2021-06-18}} The press also runs Three Percent, an extensive online resource for literature in translation, which presents the yearly Best Translated Book Award.{{cite web|url=http://translationista.com/2011/09/three-percent-problem.html|title=The Three Percent Problem|last=Bernofsky|first=Susan|work=Translationista|date=16 September 2011 |access-date=2021-06-18}} The press has received funding perennially from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as from the University of Rochester, New York State Council on the Arts, Amazon.com, and a variety of international foundations and individuals.{{cite web|url=https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/open-letter-books-finishes-2016-strong/Content?oid=2944961&media=AMP+HTML|title=Open Letter Books finishes 2016 strong|last=Rafferty|first=Rebecca|date=2017-01-14|publisher=Rochester City Newspaper|access-date=2021-06-18}} At present, they have published around a hundred books from over twenty different languages.{{cite web|url=https://bookmarks.reviews/publishers-spotlight-open-letter-books/|title=Publishers Spotlight: Open Letter Books|last=Cleary|first=Heather|date=2018-11-29|publisher=Literary Hub|access-date=2021-06-18}}
Past publications include the works of Marguerite Duras, Can Xue, Rodrigo Fresán, Sara Mesa, Bae Suah, Kristín Ómarsdóttir, and Bragi Ólafsson.
Premises and personnel
The Press is affiliated with the Literary Translation Studies program at the University of Rochester. Its current editors are Chad W. Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Anastasia Nikolis (poetry). Decisions on publication are made jointly by Open Letter's editorial board and executive committee and manuscripts are acquired both through open submission and solicitation.{{cite web|url=https://bookriot.com/talking-translation-chad-post-open-letter-books/|title=TALKING TRANSLATION WITH CHAD POST OF OPEN LETTER BOOKS|last=Cordasco|first=Rachel|date=2016-02-12|publisher=Book Riot|access-date=2021-06-18}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.openletterbooks.org/}}
- [http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/ Three Percent at the University of Rochester]
- [https://blog.pshares.org/the-three-percent-10-years-later-an-interview-with-chad-post/ Interview with Chad W. Post]
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Category:Book publishing companies based in New York (state)
Category:Publishing companies established in 2008