Counterpoint (publisher)

rdf:langString Counterpoint (publisher)

rdf:langString Soft Skull Press

rdf:langString Alternative culture, LGBTQ literature

rdf:langString Red Rattle Books

rdf:langString Counterpoint Press, Soft Skull Press, Sierra Club/Counterpoint

rdf:langString Sander Hicks

rdf:langString New York City

rdf:langString Jack Shoemaker, Vice President, Editorial director

rdf:langString Richard Nash, Executive Editor

rdf:langString Yuka Igarashi, editor

rdf:langString Catapult, funded and co-founded by Elizabeth Koch

rdf:langString Catapult

rdf:langString Counterpoint LLC was a publishing company distributed by Perseus Books Group launched in 2007. It was formed from the consolidation of three presses: Perseus' Counterpoint Press, Avalon Publishing Group's Shoemaker & Hoard and the independent Soft Skull Press. The company published books under the Counterpoint Press and Soft Skull Press imprints. Counterpoint also entered into an agreement for the production, marketing and distribution of approximately eight Sierra Club book titles each year. Both Wendell Berry and poet Gary Snyder were investors in Counterpoint, with both of their works currently being published by the Counterpoint imprint. Jack Shoemaker, Vice-president and editorial director of Counterpoint, had worked with both authors in other companies for more than thirty years. Counterpoint published some works by Albanian author Ismail Kadare, including A Girl in Exile, The Traitor’s Niche, and The Doll: A Portrait of My Mother. Counterpoint merged into fellow publisher Catapult in 2016.