Coral Press is a small, New York City-based independent

publisher Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

musical fiction Musical fiction is a genre of fiction in which music is paramount: both as subject matter, and through the rhythm and flow of the prose; that is, music is manifested through the language itself. Notable authors who have written novels of musical ...

. Founded in 2001 by Robert Dunn, it includes author clientele and deals solely in books of

. Coral Press has been written up in Publishers Weekly as the preeminent publisher of musical fiction, and it has made efforts to create a new musical genre called, "mus-fi." The books are distributed by Thomson Shore Distribution. Novels include: *''Pink Cadillac'' (2001) by Robert Dunn *''Cutting Time'' (2003) by Robert Dunn *''Lone Star Ice and Fire'' (2005) by L.E. Brady *''Soul Cavalcade'' (2006) by Robert Dunn *'' Meet the Annas'' (2007) by Robert Dunn *''Getting in Tune'' (2008) by Roger L. Trott *''Look At Flower'' (2011) by Robert Dunn *''Stations of the Cross'' (2013) by Robert Dunn *''Roadie'' (2016) by Howard Massey *''Savage Joy'' (2017) by Robert Dunn In 2011, Coral Press established Coral Press Arts, to publish photo-books. The first book was Robert Dunn's ''OWS,'' about

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. Photos from that book were in an

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show in 2012. Later books include Dunn's ongoing series exploring the zone between the real and the imagined, ''Angel Parade #1 and #2,'' and ''Angel Parade #3 and #4.'' David Fratkin's ''WHYDON'TYOUBEMYF*CKINGVALENTINE'' came out in 2012, as well as Dunn's ''Meeting Robert Frank.'' All Coral Press Arts photo-books are in the permanent collection of the International Center of Photography library. Coral Press, blending writing and music, is also an innovator in transmedia storytelling. The book trailer for its novel ''Meet the Annas'' is the Squidoo example book trailer. A project is under way to produce an album of recordings celebrating Dyson Burnette, the singer-songwriter at the heart of the novel ''Stations of the Cross''.

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Book publishing companies based in New York (state) Small press publishing companies Privately held companies based in New York City Publishing companies established in 2001