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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> 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/>
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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 publications. 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/>
  
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AK Press is one of world's largest distributors and publishers of anarchist and left-wing books.<ref name=MI>[http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2005/02/88441.php Information on AK Press in Melbourne Indymedia]</ref> Established in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1990,<ref name=PW/> it distributes more than 100,000 books per year.<ref name=MI/> [[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.<ref name=PW/>
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==Overview==
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AK Press is one of world's largest distributors and publishers of anarchist and left-wing books.&lt;ref name=MI&gt;[http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2005/02/88441.php Information on AK Press in Melbourne Indymedia]&lt;/ref&gt; Established in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1990,&lt;ref name=PW/&gt; it distributes more than 100,000 books per year.&lt;ref name=MI/&gt; [[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.&lt;ref name=PW/&gt; AK Press publishes an estimated fifteen new titles each year.&lt;ref&gt;Aaron Steelman, [http://www.umich.edu/~mrev/archives/1996/4-10-96/book.html The New Anarchist Literature]&lt;/ref&gt;
  
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According to Craig O'Hara, who handles East Coast sales, one-third of AK Press' revenue comes from selling books direct to customers through mail order and the Internet. Today it reaches out to the book trade for its own list through consortium. It also sells to other wholesalers and booksellers on behalf of the 100 exclusive distribution publishers (about 40 to 50 active clients) it represents.  Don Allen, general manager of Busboys & Poets in Washington, D.C. said, "There's no better source for books on anarchy. When we opened our store in Virginia, we used AK Press for a high percentage of our inventory." He turns to AK Press for books which are not easily available from other presses. More than 50% of AK Press' distribution clients are one-book publishers or organizations.<ref name=PW/>
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According to Craig O'Hara, who handles East Coast sales, one-third of AK Press' revenue comes from selling books direct to customers through mail order and the Internet. Today it reaches out to the book trade for its own list through Consortium. It also sells to other wholesalers and booksellers on behalf of the 100 exclusive distribution publishers (about 40 to 50 active clients) it represents.  Don Allen, general manager of Busboys &amp; Poets in Washington, D.C. said, &quot;There's no better source for books on anarchy. When we opened our store in Virginia, we used AK Press for a high percentage of our inventory.&quot; He turns to AK Press for books which are not easily available from other presses. More than 50% of AK Press' distribution clients are one-book publishers or organizations.&lt;ref name=PW/&gt;
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Distributors and wholesalers which sell titles published by the AK Press are Last Gasp in San Francisco, California, Ingram Book Group in La Vergne, Tennessee, Baker &amp; Taylor in Charlotte, North Carolina, Profane Existence in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Disticore in Canada, Jura Books in Australia, Virus in Spain, Microcosm, Consortium, No Idea and Tree of Knowledge.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.akpress.org/about/wholesaleinformation Wholesale Information] AK Press&lt;/ref&gt;
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==Authors==
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AK Press has published books by many well-known and lesser known authors. Some of the famous authors whose books have been published by the AK Press are Noam Chomsky,<ref name=CA>[http://www.akpress.org/2004/items/chomskyonanarchism Chomsky On Anarchism] AK Press</ref> Ward Churchill,<ref name=OJRC>[http://www.akpress.org/2003/items/onthejusticeofroostingchickens On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality] AK Press</ref> Arundhati Roy,<ref>[http://www.akpress.org/2004/items/publicpowerintheageofempire Public Power In The Age Of Empire] AK Press</ref> Daniel Cohn-Bendit,<ref name=OCLWA>[http://www.akpress.org/2000/items/obsoletecommunism Obsolete Communism: The Left-Wing Alternative] AK Press</ref> Paul Avrich,<ref>[http://www.akpress.org/2004/items/modernschoolmovement The Modern School Movement: Anarchism And Education In The United States] AK Press</ref> Howard Zinn,<ref>[http://www.akpress.org/2006/items/powergovernmentscannotsuppress A Power Governments Cannot Suppress] AK Press</ref> Derrick Jensen,<ref name=ENDGAME1>[http://www.akpress.org/2006/items/endgamevolumeonetheproblemofcivilization Endgame Volume I: The Problem Of Civilization] AK Press</ref> Fredy Perlman,<ref name=AHSAL>[http://www.akpress.org/1996/items/againsthisstoryagainstleviathan Against His-Story, Against Leviathan] AK Press</ref> John Zerzan<ref name=ACRR>[http://www.akpress.org/2005/items/againstcivilizationreadingsandreflections Against Civilization: Readings And Reflections] AK Press</ref> etc.
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==Some notable publication==
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Some of the notable books published by the AK Press are:
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*Joel Andreas (2004). ''Addicted to War'', ISBN 9781904859017.<ref>[http://www.akpress.org/2002/items/addictedtowar Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism] AK Press</ref>
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*Alexander Berkman (2003). ''What is Anarchism?'', ISBN 9781902593708.<ref>[http://www.akpress.org/2003/items/whatisanarchism What is Anarchism?] AK Press</ref>
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*Steven Best and Nocella, Anthony J. (2006), ''Igniting A Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth'', ISBN 9781904859567.<ref>[http://www.akpress.org/2006/items/ignitingarevolutionak Igniting A Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth] AK Press</ref>
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*Noam Chomsky (2005). ''Chomsky on Anarchism'', ISBN 9781904859208.<ref name=CA/>
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*Ward Churchill (2003). ''On the Justice of Roosting Chickens'', ISBN 9781902593791.<ref name=OJRC/>
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*Daniel Cohn-Bendit (2001). ''Obsolete Communism: The Left-Wing Alternative'', ISBN 9781902593258.<ref name=OCLWA/>
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*Norman Finkelstein (2005). ''An Issue Of Justice: Origins Of The Israel/Palestine Conflict'', ISBN 9781904859239.<ref>[http://www.akpress.org/2004/items/issueofjustice An Issue Of Justice: Origins Of The Israel/Palestine Conflict] AK Press</ref>
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*Agustin Guillamon (1996). ''The Friends Of Durruti Group: 1937-1939'', ISBN 9781873176542.<ref>[http://www.akpress.org/1996/items/friendsofdurrutigroup The Friends Of Durruti Group: 1937-1939] AK Press</ref>
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*Derrick Jensen (2006). ''Endgame Volume I: The Problem Of Civilization'', ISBN 9781583227305<ref name=ENDGAME1/> and ''Endgame Volume II: Resistance'', ISBN 9781583227244.<ref>[http://www.akpress.org/2006/items/endgamevolumetworesistance Endgame Volume II: Resistance] AK Press</ref>
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*Fredy Perlman (2002). ''Against His-Story, Against Leviathan'', ISBN 9780934868259.<ref name=AHSAL/>
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*Rudolf Rocker, with an introduction by Noam Chomsky (2004). ''Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice'', ISBN 9781902593920.<ref>[http://www.akpress.org/2004/items/anarchosyndicalismrockerak Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice] AK Press</ref>
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*Edward Said (Contributor), Norman Finkelstein (Contributor), Jeffrey St. Clair (Editor), and Alexander Cockburn (Editor) (2003). ''The Politics Of Anti-Semitism'', ISBN 9781902593777.<ref>[http://www.akpress.org/2003/items/politicsofantisemitism The Politics Of Anti-Semitism] AK Press</ref>
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*John Zerzan (2005). ''Against Civilization: Readings and Reflections'', ISBN 9780922915989.<ref name=ACRR/>
  
 
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==Further readings==
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*Tobias Carroll, [http://www.yourbestguess.com/scowl/music-radical-politics-and-ak-press/ I've got a name: Music, Radical, Politics, and AK Press]
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==External links==
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*[http://www.akpress.org/ Official Website]
  
 
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AK Press is a worker-run[1] book publisher and distributer that specializes in anarchist publications. 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]

Overview[edit]

AK Press is one of world's largest distributors and publishers of anarchist and left-wing books.<ref name=MI>Information on AK Press in Melbourne Indymedia</ref> Established in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1990,<ref name=PW/> it distributes more than 100,000 books per year.<ref name=MI/> 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.<ref name=PW/> AK Press publishes an estimated fifteen new titles each year.<ref>Aaron Steelman, The New Anarchist Literature</ref>

According to Craig O'Hara, who handles East Coast sales, one-third of AK Press' revenue comes from selling books direct to customers through mail order and the Internet. Today it reaches out to the book trade for its own list through Consortium. It also sells to other wholesalers and booksellers on behalf of the 100 exclusive distribution publishers (about 40 to 50 active clients) it represents. Don Allen, general manager of Busboys & Poets in Washington, D.C. said, "There's no better source for books on anarchy. When we opened our store in Virginia, we used AK Press for a high percentage of our inventory." He turns to AK Press for books which are not easily available from other presses. More than 50% of AK Press' distribution clients are one-book publishers or organizations.<ref name=PW/>

Distributors and wholesalers which sell titles published by the AK Press are Last Gasp in San Francisco, California, Ingram Book Group in La Vergne, Tennessee, Baker & Taylor in Charlotte, North Carolina, Profane Existence in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Disticore in Canada, Jura Books in Australia, Virus in Spain, Microcosm, Consortium, No Idea and Tree of Knowledge.<ref>Wholesale Information AK Press</ref>


Authors[edit]

AK Press has published books by many well-known and lesser known authors. Some of the famous authors whose books have been published by the AK Press are Noam Chomsky,[3] Ward Churchill,[4] Arundhati Roy,[5] Daniel Cohn-Bendit,[6] Paul Avrich,[7] Howard Zinn,[8] Derrick Jensen,[9] Fredy Perlman,[10] John Zerzan[11] etc.

Some notable publication[edit]

Some of the notable books published by the AK Press are:

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 About AK Press AK Press
  2. ↑ Judith Rosen, Anarchy Reigns at AK Press Publishers Weekly
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chomsky On Anarchism AK Press
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality AK Press
  5. ↑ Public Power In The Age Of Empire AK Press
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Obsolete Communism: The Left-Wing Alternative AK Press
  7. ↑ The Modern School Movement: Anarchism And Education In The United States AK Press
  8. ↑ A Power Governments Cannot Suppress AK Press
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Endgame Volume I: The Problem Of Civilization AK Press
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Against His-Story, Against Leviathan AK Press
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Against Civilization: Readings And Reflections AK Press
  12. ↑ Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism AK Press
  13. ↑ What is Anarchism? AK Press
  14. ↑ Igniting A Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth AK Press
  15. ↑ An Issue Of Justice: Origins Of The Israel/Palestine Conflict AK Press
  16. ↑ The Friends Of Durruti Group: 1937-1939 AK Press
  17. ↑ Endgame Volume II: Resistance AK Press
  18. ↑ Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice AK Press
  19. ↑ The Politics Of Anti-Semitism AK Press

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