As I get ready to launch my new web site, I have been thinking about the book printing I do and wonder why people would want letterpress-printed books when they can have e-books. I’m told e-books are easy to download (I can’t vouch for that as I have never published nor read one), many of them can […]

Life In The Back Shop: how this book came to be published
By Mike Coughlin on June 17, 2015 in Books, News about Letterpress Printing, Self Publishing the letterpress way
Letterpress printers in old newspaper shops Funny, isn’t it, how life sometimes falls into our laps? We’re just living and suddenly life isn’t the same anymore. That’s how it came to be that I published a book about letterpress printers in old newspaper shops. I was asked to answer some questions that Robert MacGregor Shaw […]

Nationalism and Culture, Rudolf Rocker’s greatest book available, but only limited supply remain
By Mike Coughlin on April 23, 2015 in Books, Libertarian, Random thoughts about the world, Self Publishing the letterpress way
Nationalism and Culture: Rudolf Rocker’s masterpiece This, truly, is the magnum opus of any existing edition of Nationalism and Culture. Using the first English language translation of Nationalism and Culture, I added an extensive bibliography of Rocker books, pamphlets and articles as well as a listing of major libraries with their Rocker-related holdings. This material makes the book […]