Pioneers Press was an independent
publishing house founded in 2012 by Jessie Duke, the former owner and manager of Portland-based publisher
Microcosm Publishing. Pioneers Press was based in
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Washtenaw County. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851. It is the principal city of the Ann Arbor ...
, with its distribution center on a farm outside the town of
Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth () is the county seat and largest city of Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 37,351. It is located on the west bank of t ...
. According to its website, Pioneer Press focused "on survival and sustainability on the farm and in the city, in addition to health, gender, sexuality, social justice and food movements, and literary works by up-and-coming authors." Called "the certifiably badass bookbinders from the prairies of Kansas" by ''
Fast Company'' magazine, The press has released titles that have made the best-seller lists of various independent bookstores, including
Powell's Books' #1 best-selling small press title of 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017 ''The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherf*ckin' Sad''). The press was also called by ''Entropy Mag'' one of the "Best Small Presses of 2015". Pioneers Press closed on December 31, 2020 without citing a reason, only Duke saying "I'm not really up for talking about this right now" and without further notices or updates.
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References
Publishing companies of the United States