THE JERKS HAVE ESCAPED CONTAINMENT. I REPEAT: THE JERKS HAVE ESCAPED CONTAINMENT. (Big thanks to Three Lives Bookstore for giving customers a chance to apprehend them in the wild! And to the esteemed @saralippmann.bsky.social herself for forwarding this photo.)

...and we got trade ARCs for the new Joe Peterson book today! Never a dull moment in the indie biz.

So thrilled we have a cover for @saralippmann.bsky.social and HIDDEN RIVER! It's an incredible Philadelphia novel about Cass, whose best friend invites her to her wedding--even though her father had groomed Cass from a young age. Writers including DAVID GATES are singing its praises...check it out!

37,000 books total...woohoo! (Actually 37,043, but who's counting? Oh yeah, we're counting.)

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RESCUED ME/ME RESCATƠ by Nestor "The Boss" Gomez is nearing launch! We got our signed preorder copies Tuesday, got them signed Wednesday, and are packing them up to ship tomorrow...never a slow day in indie publishing. (Super grateful to Andrés Colmenares for the lovely cover work!)

Went looking for this. Was not disappointed.

Absolutely awesome email we received from an Oklahoma bookseller about ALL TRAP NO BAIT. We are conquering the country, one state at a time! (Starting in the middle.)

Still catching our breath after the feeding frenzy of Printers Row Lit Fest! It's awesome when you have to throw out a huge amount of packing material because so many of the books--almost 200!--that were in boxes in your basement are now on bookshelves all over Chicagoland.

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Author Joe Worthen is barreling through Kentucky to sell copies of his new book ALL TRAP NO BAIT to you, Chicagoland! In this "delightfully morbid and sardonically humorous debut," he looks at the travails of one terminally online and perpetually underearning and Xanax-fogged substitute teacher.

Another new book for Printers Row...PLAY, REWIND by @johnvurrowriter.bsky.social! This book will warm and break your heart as it chronicles the struggles of a video store clerk whose mom suffers from Alzheimer's. (Plus, let's be honest, you need a good hit of video store nostalgia right about now.)

Making his Printers Row debut (in spirit) we have @davidlebrun.bsky.social and his extraordinary memoir, DELIRIUM VITAE! As a young writer, he went to Costa Rica to live cheaply while he wrote the book he was sure would bring him fame and fortune--only to run out of money far sooner than expected.

We are thrilled to announce that we will be selling THE SURGE by @adamkovac.bsky.social this weekend at Printers Row! It's a fantastic war novel that's earning comparisons to Hemingway and Mailer and O'Brien. Adam will be signing books from 1 to 3 on Saturday at the Small Press Tent...be there!

New to Printers Row...we have AFTERWARD by Bristol Vaudrin! It's an incredible debut, a darkly comedic novel about a woman coming to terms with an unspeakable tragedy. Bristol will be with us in spirit, signing books with her mind.

If you're looking for another reason to come to Printers Row, we have Nestor "The Boss" Gomez signing copies of YOUR DRIVER HAS ARRIVED and TU CONDUCTOR HA LLEGADO this Saturday and Sunday at 1:00 PM! Tent GG, (the Small Press Tent), on Dearborn just a few slots north of Polk. Be there!

We are pleased to announce that Brooke Randel will be signing copies of her amazing memoir ALSO HERE at noon this Saturday at Printers Row! It's a fascinating book, alternately harrowing and heartwarming, that chronicles her relationship with her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. Tent GG!

Happy Pub Day to Bill Hillmann and WHITE FLIGHT! An unforgettable book about one young man's struggles with boxing, particle physics, and love. You can come to the official launch on September 21st at the Green Mill...OR if you can't wait that long, he'll be signing books at Printers Row Lit Fest!

The news is out! We'll be selling books at Printers Row Lit Fest in the Small Press Tent, Tent GG, on Dearborn a few slots north of Polk. September 6th and 7th...be there, Chicago! (And inhabitants of surrounding regions.)

COVER REVEAL! We are launching ALL TRAP NO BAIT on August 5th, 2025...a southern-fried misadventure that reads like the bastard love child of Flannery O'Connor and The Big Lebowski. So glad their baby finally has a face!

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