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| − | '''AK Press''' is a [[workers' self-management|worker-run]]<ref name=ABOUTAKPRESS>[http://www.akpress.org/about/aboutakenglish About AK Press] AK Press</ref> book publisher and distributer that specializes in anarchist literature. It is organized as an anarchist collective,<ref name=PW>Judith Rosen, [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6555178.html?industryid=47144 Anarchy Reigns at AK Press] ''Publishers Weekly''</ref> | + | '''AK Press''' is a [[workers' self-management|worker-run]]<ref name=ABOUTAKPRESS>[http://www.akpress.org/about/aboutakenglish About AK Press] AK Press</ref> book publisher and distributer that specializes in anarchist literature. It is organized as an anarchist collective,<ref name=PW>Judith Rosen, [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6555178.html?industryid=47144 Anarchy Reigns at AK Press] ''Publishers Weekly''</ref> its members work together without relying on internal hierarchies, without corporate structure, without bosses and without managers. Its website states, "We’ve replaced hierarchy with cooperation, accountability, and responsibility of our individual members."<ref name=ABOUTAKPRESS/> |
It is one of world's largest distributors and publishers of anarchist and left-wing books. Established in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1990,<ref name=PW/> it distributes more than 100,000 books per year.<ref>[http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2005/02/88441.php Information on AK Press in Melbourne Indymedia]</ref> U.S. branch of the AK Press was opened in 1994. It has doubled the number of units it sells over the past decade and grossed $1.4 million in 2007. | It is one of world's largest distributors and publishers of anarchist and left-wing books. Established in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1990,<ref name=PW/> it distributes more than 100,000 books per year.<ref>[http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2005/02/88441.php Information on AK Press in Melbourne Indymedia]</ref> U.S. branch of the AK Press was opened in 1994. It has doubled the number of units it sells over the past decade and grossed $1.4 million in 2007. | ||
Revision as of 18:08, 22 October 2008
AK Press is a worker-run[1] book publisher and distributer that specializes in anarchist literature. It is organized as an anarchist collective,[2] its members work together without relying on internal hierarchies, without corporate structure, without bosses and without managers. Its website states, "We’ve replaced hierarchy with cooperation, accountability, and responsibility of our individual members."[1]
It is one of world's largest distributors and publishers of anarchist and left-wing books. Established in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1990,[2] it distributes more than 100,000 books per year.[3] U.S. branch of the AK Press was opened in 1994. It has doubled the number of units it sells over the past decade and grossed $1.4 million in 2007.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 About AK Press AK Press
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Judith Rosen, Anarchy Reigns at AK Press Publishers Weekly
- ↑ Information on AK Press in Melbourne Indymedia
