Collective Ink Books
Collective Ink Books is a publishing company founded in the United Kingdom in 2001, formerly John Hunt Publishing and launched as O Books. The publisher has 15 active imprints, the largest of which are Moon Books, O-Books and Zero Books (styled Zer0 Books). The Zero Books imprint was founded in 2007 to combat what they viewed as a trend of anti-intellectualism in contemporary culture.
| Founded | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Publication types | Books |
| Nonfiction topics | critical theory, philosophy, political theory, music criticism, contemporary cinema, mind body spirit, business, paganism |
| Official website | www |
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History
Collective Ink Limited (formerly John Hunt Publishing) was founded in the United Kingdom in 2001,[1][2][3] originally named O Books,[1] a name which it continues to use as one of its imprints, in the "mind, body, and spirit" market. Tariq Goddard and Mark Fisher founded its Zero Books imprint in 2009. In 2014, Goddard and Fisher left Zero Books and launched Repeater Books as part of Watkins Media. Following the sale of Collective Ink to Watkins Media in October 2021, Goddard has once again become the publisher of Zero Books.
Zero Books has published some seminal books on critical thinking and philosophy, including Mark Fisher’s genre-defining Capitalist Realism and Eugene Thacker’s influential In The Dust of this Planet.
Collective Ink is an independent publisher that welcomes unsolicited manuscripts. They publish books across genres that inspire, inform and illuminate the lives of their readers – with subjects that push the boundaries, are unusual or definitive (maybe even both), delve into new areas of popular subjects, and could never be classed as generic. With authors who take an active role in the promotion of their books, this mix of energetic authors and esoteric subjects is what makes their list so unique and successful.
A small group of editors, publicists, marketers, designers, and salespeople make up the team at Collective Ink, so they make use of technology to ensure that authors have full transparency on their publishing and that they can deliver over 100 new releases a year.
Imprints
As of 2023, the active imprints of Collective Ink Books are as follows:[4][5]
- 6th Books -- ALL THINGS PARANORMAL[6]
- Business Books -- FRESH THINKING FOR THE BUSINESS WORLD
- Changemakers Books -- TRANSFORMATION
- Chronos Books -- HISTORY
- Christian Alternative -- THE NEW OPEN SPACES
- Circle Books -- CHRISTIAN FAITH
- Iff Books -- ACADEMIC AND SPECIALIST
- Liberalis -- LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION & STORYTELLING
- Lodestone Books -- YOUNG ADULT FICTION
- MANTRA BOOKS -- EASTERN RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY
- Moon Books -- PAGANISM & SHAMANISM[6]
- O-BOOKS -- SPIRITUALITY[7]
- Our Street Books -- JUVENILE FICTION, NON-FICTION, PARENTING
- Roundfire -- FICTION
- Zero Books -- CULTURE, SOCIETY & POLITICS
Former or inactive imprints are:
- Axis Mundi Books -- EXPLORING THE WORLD OF HIDDEN KNOWLEDGE[6]
- AYNI BOOKS -- ALTERNATIVE HEALTH & HEALING[7]
- Compass Books -- PRACTICAL BOOKS FOR AUTHORS
- Cosmic Egg Books -- FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION & HORROR
- Dodona Books -- ASTROLOGY, NUMEROLOGY AND GENERAL DIVINATION[6]
- Earth Books -- ENVIRONMENT
- PSYCHE BOOKS -- PSYCHOLOGY
- Soul Rocks -- NEW GENERATION
- Top Hat Books -- HISTORICAL FICTION
Authors
Some notable authors published through Collective Ink include: Andrez Bergen, Frithjof Bergmann, Danielle Collobert, David Fontana, Nicholas Hagger, Leslie Scalapino, David W. Berner, Jonathan Dapra and Steve Taylor.
Authors published through the Zero Books imprint include: Mark Fisher, Tariq Goddard, David Stubbs, Alex Niven, Eugene Thacker, Grafton Tanner, Guy Mankowski, Adam Kotsko, Owen Hatherley, Cliff Slaughter, Anselm Jappe, Laurie Penny, Gilad Atzmon, David Cromwell.
See Also
Zer0 Books
- Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (2009), by Mark Fisher
- Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism (2011), by Laurie Penny
- Continuity and Rupture: Philosophy in the Maoist Terrain (2016), by J. Moufawad-Paul
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Hunt Publishing – Reviewed, The Independent Publishing Magazine, February 26, 2014.
- ↑ Continuum, Directory of Publishing 2001: Continuum and the Publishers Association (2000), p. 83.
- ↑ International Literary Market Place (2001), p. 675
- ↑ John Hunt Publishing – Reviewed, The Independent Publishing Magazine, February 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Our Imprints -- Collective Ink Books". johnhuntpublishing.com.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Suzanne Ruthven, Compass Points - The Pagan Writers' Guide: Writing for the Pagan and MB&S Markets (2013), p. 44, ISBN 1782791078 Search this book on .
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Suzanne Ruthven, Compass Points - The Pagan Writers' Guide: Writing for the Pagan and MB&S Markets (2013), p. 25, ISBN 1782791078 Search this book on .
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