As mainstream houses seem to merge every day and even devoted book-lovers become overwhelmed by choices, several innovative indie publishers are taking a page from magazines to meet their readers halfway. The mavericks at Clear Cut Press split profits 50/50 with authors, and sell all their books by subscription: for $65 you'll receive two new genre-bending titles, as well as six books from their edgy backlist, which includes new work from Charles D'Ambrosio and Robert Glück, as well as Lisa Robertson's much lauded Occasional Work and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture.On the lit-mag front, the no-nonsense folks at One Story conquer the magazine-guilt phenomenon by sending you a single short story every three weeks. Creative new forms of distribution could be the cure for the common book. (TW)

back to top = Boldtype March 2005 - Issue Seventeen - Creativity
interesting set. EncyofanOrdLife(~eh), Talk to Her (intervws), Darger, Spoon (design)...
to books item ... so, I'm sold. 'feature' above is good. look at book news too.

Boldtype January 2006 - Issue Twenty-Seven
monthly re 5-7 books worth reading. by reviewers who suggest only works that they have read and that they themselves personally recommend. every issue is centered around a theme, a launching point from which to list a selection of books across a variety of genres - from literary fiction to historical non-fiction; from poetry, plays, and short stories to coffee table books on art and architecture. current titles and also great books from years past. (linked / partner of Flavorpill, linked via mmmChicago)

Boldtype - archive see theme for each past issue: creativity, kinship...

About: Re-launched in November 2003, Boldtype was originally founded by Larry Weissman, who created it in 1997 at Random House as one of the web's first literary magazines. Larry is still an Editor-at-Large at the publication. No longer affiliated with Random House, Boldtype is now edited by Toby Warner and Mark Mangan, a founder of Flavorpill Productions.