Verso Books
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| Parent company | New Left Review |
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| Founded | 1970 |
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| Distribution | W. W. Norton & Company (U.S.) |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | www |
Verso Books (formerly New Left Books) is a publishing house based in London and New York City, founded in 1970 by the staff of New Left Review.
MSNBC describes Verso as a "radical left-wing" publishing house.[1]
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Renaming, new brand and logo[edit]
Verso Books was originally known as New Left Books. The name was changed in 2008. The name "Verso" refers to the technical term for the left-hand page in a book (see Recto and verso), and is a play on words regarding its political outlook and also reminds of the vice versa - "the other way around".
The new logo of the company shows a big red "V" with bolded left arm that also could be readed like a double V (one big and one smaller), and on the twitter of the Publisher the huge V-logo is even tripled in the background.[2]
History and details[edit]
The publisher gained early recognition for translations of books by European thinkers, especially those from the Frankfurt School.
Verso Books' best-selling title is the autobiography of Rigoberta Menchú, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.[3]
Verso Books titles are distributed in the United States by Random House.
On April 8, 2014 Verso began bundling DRM-free e-books with all print purchases made through its website. Verso's managing director Jacob Stevens stated that he expected the new offer on the Verso website to contribute £200,000 to the publisher's revenue in its first year helping to "shake up how publishers relate to their readership, and help to support independent publishing".[4]
See also[edit]
- List of Radical Thinkers releases
- Penguin Classics and List of Penguin Classics
- Oxford World's Classics
References[edit]
- ^ Seitz-Wald, Alex (28 May 2015). "The 25 best things we learned from Bernie Sanders’ book". MSNBC. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ Verso Books@ Twitter
- ^ Verso Books, About Verso
- ^ http://www.thebookseller.com/news/e-bookprint-bundling-venture-verso
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