At Cuneiform, we believe that the independent press is the only way the face of literature has, or will ever, change. Why not start your own? Below are some reputable retailers and other essential resources that will help you start making your own books. We offer instruction in letterpress printing, the history and art of the book, and frequently work in conjunction with other printers, publishers, poets and literary organizations. If you would like to schedule a talk or tutorial, contact: kyle@cuneiformpress.com

Digital Fonts:

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Identifont
Microsoft Typography
My Fonts
P22

Type, Photopolymer and Letterpress Supplies:

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Boxcar Press
M & H
NA Graphics
Don Black

Paper:

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Dolphin Paper
Legion

Bookbinding Supplies:

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Bookmaker

Offset & Laser Printing (in Buffalo)

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AlphaGraphics
Printing Prep

Print on Demand:

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Bookmobile
Lulu
McNaughton & Gunn, Inc.
Van Volumes Ltd.

Web Hosting:

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Duration

Some Essential Books About Printing, Typography, Book History & Artists’ Books.

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Here are a handful of books that will inspire aspiring publishers and stand the test of time. Order direct from the publisher or support your independent book store. Out-of-print titles can be found at AddALL

Bringhurst, Robert. The Elements of Typographic Style. Version 2.5. Vancouver, Hartley & Marks, 1997.

Burke, Clifford. Printing Poetry. San Francisco, Scarab Press, 1980.

Carter, Sebastian. Twentieth Century Type Designers. New York, Taplinger, 1987.

Cave, Roderick. The Private Press. New York, Watson-Guptill, 1971. (And revised 2nd edition, c. 1988.)

Chappell, Warren & Robert Bringhurst. A Short History of the Printed Word. Vancouver, Hartley and Marks, 1999.

Clay, Steven & Rodney Phillips, eds. A Secret Location on the Lower East Side: Adventures in Writing, 1960-1980. New York: Granary Books, 1998.

Dana, Robert ed., Against the Grain: Interviews with Maverick American Publishers. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1986.

Drucker, Johanna. The Alphabetic Labyrinth: The Letters in History and Imagination. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995.
—. The Century of Artists’ Books. New York: Granary Books, 1995.
—. Figuring the Word: Essays on Books, Writing and Visual Poetic.s New York: Granary Books, 1998.

Duncan, Harry. Doors of Perception: Essays in Book Typography. Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983.

Franklin, Colin. The Private Presses. London, Studio Vista, 1969.

Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall. The Encyclopaedia of the Book. New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll, 1998.

Jury, David. Letterpress: The Allure of the Handmade. Hove, U.K. & Mies, Switzerland: RotoVision, 2004.

Loney, Alan. Meditatio: the printer printed: manifesto. Buffalo, Cuneiform Press, 2004.

McLean, Ruari. The Thames and Hudson Manual of Typography. London, Thames and Hudson, 1980.

Morris, William. The Ideal Book: Essays and Lectures on the Arts of the Book. Ed. William S. Peterson. London, Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1982.

Rothenberg, Jerome & Steven Clay, eds., A Book of the Book: Some Works & Projections about the Book & Writing. New York: Granary Books, 2000.

Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel. Printing on the Iron Handpress. New Castle, Oak Knoll Press and London, The British Library, 1998.

Shepard, Leslie. The History of Street Literature: The Story of Broadside Ballads, Chapbooks, Proclamations, News-Sheets, Election Bills, Tracts, Pamphlets, Cocks, Catchpennies and other Ephemera. Devon, England: David Newton & Charles Abbot, 1973.

Updike, Daniel Berkeley. Printing Types: Their History, Form & Use. Cambridge, Belknap Press, Harvard, 1966 (2nd printing of 3rd edition; also available in paperback from Dover Books in 2 vols.).

Wilson, Adrian. The Design of Books. Salt Lake City, Peregrine Smith, 1974.