In 2001, after discovering the 8-page single-sheet zine format via a booth at Northwest Bookfest featuring work by Roberta Lavadour, I started publishing Teeny Tiny:
a super-small (maga)zine featuring a handful of different contributors
in each issue. With time, I decided to adapt the format of the zine to
create
single-author mini-chapbooks in limited editions. By the way, if you want to make your own chapbook, there are lots of ideas (like this one) online!
Like the zine, each mini-chapbook typically has 8 pages and is made from a single sheet of paper, but I create variations, too, sometimes making cardstock covers, sometimes making covers out of recycled materials like grocery bags, sometimes adding hand-coloring to the book pages, sometimes doing an original print on each cover, etc. Historically, I've distributed tiny books and zines for free, encouraging trades and donations. I know I'll always have SOMETHING to give away for free, such as postcards with poems on them, even as I'm moving into a model with publishing where I do need to charge some tiny prices to fund my tiny publishing house.
So far I've published 10 mini-chapbooks. The first, I Wasn't There When It Happened by Christopher Wells, appeared in a limited edition of 50 copies and then in a second edition. Since then, I've published booklets by Gilad Elbom, Margaret Garcia, Jesse Glass, Sandra Simonds, Eileen Tabios, and Lars Palm; I've also published 3 mini-books of my own.
In October of 2010, I published my first professionally printed book through Teeny Tiny Press, Collected Kona by Marcia Woodard. This book was designed by Amanda Stanley, a graduate of the Visual Communications program at Edmonds Community College and was printed and bound locally at Litho Craft in Lynnwood, Washington.
Collected Kona is a series of nonfiction essays about
Marcia's dog Kona and features many full-color photographs as well.
Marcia is a smart, funny writer who has a column on Basenjis for the
American Kennel Club's AKC Gazette magazine. Collected Kona may be purchased via Amazon.com, or contact Marcia directly to order a signed copy for $10 plus shipping. To keep up to date with readings and other info, check out Collected Kona on Facebook.
If you have 40 minutes to spare, I invite you to check out this video of a reading I did with Marcia at Edmonds Community College in October of 2010.
Please note that I generally am unable to accept unsolicited submissions, especially for books. I encourage you to consider self-publishing! Feel free to email me short poems and prose pieces for upcoming issues of Teeny Tiny, bearing in mind it could take many months before I print a new issue.
I hope to continue publishing in both handmade and professionally printed formats as I continue with Teeny Tiny Press. For another perspective on my press, check out this article from The Weekly Herald. Many thanks for your interest and support!
Like the zine, each mini-chapbook typically has 8 pages and is made from a single sheet of paper, but I create variations, too, sometimes making cardstock covers, sometimes making covers out of recycled materials like grocery bags, sometimes adding hand-coloring to the book pages, sometimes doing an original print on each cover, etc. Historically, I've distributed tiny books and zines for free, encouraging trades and donations. I know I'll always have SOMETHING to give away for free, such as postcards with poems on them, even as I'm moving into a model with publishing where I do need to charge some tiny prices to fund my tiny publishing house.
So far I've published 10 mini-chapbooks. The first, I Wasn't There When It Happened by Christopher Wells, appeared in a limited edition of 50 copies and then in a second edition. Since then, I've published booklets by Gilad Elbom, Margaret Garcia, Jesse Glass, Sandra Simonds, Eileen Tabios, and Lars Palm; I've also published 3 mini-books of my own.
In October of 2010, I published my first professionally printed book through Teeny Tiny Press, Collected Kona by Marcia Woodard. This book was designed by Amanda Stanley, a graduate of the Visual Communications program at Edmonds Community College and was printed and bound locally at Litho Craft in Lynnwood, Washington.
Collected Kona is a series of nonfiction essays about
Marcia's dog Kona and features many full-color photographs as well.
Marcia is a smart, funny writer who has a column on Basenjis for the
American Kennel Club's AKC Gazette magazine. Collected Kona may be purchased via Amazon.com, or contact Marcia directly to order a signed copy for $10 plus shipping. To keep up to date with readings and other info, check out Collected Kona on Facebook. If you have 40 minutes to spare, I invite you to check out this video of a reading I did with Marcia at Edmonds Community College in October of 2010.
Please note that I generally am unable to accept unsolicited submissions, especially for books. I encourage you to consider self-publishing! Feel free to email me short poems and prose pieces for upcoming issues of Teeny Tiny, bearing in mind it could take many months before I print a new issue.
I hope to continue publishing in both handmade and professionally printed formats as I continue with Teeny Tiny Press. For another perspective on my press, check out this article from The Weekly Herald. Many thanks for your interest and support!