Autonomedia

Autonomedia
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationWilliamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City
DistributionAK Distribution, Small Press Distribution (US)
Turnaround Publisher Services (UK)
Publication typesBooks
Official websitewww.autonomedia.org

Autonomedia is a nonprofit publisher based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn known for publishing works of criticism. As of the mid-2000s, they were staffed by volunteers and had published over 200 books, usually with 3,000 of each run, and its best known book was Hakim Bey's essays on autonomy, Temporary Autonomous Zone.[1] When Bey died in 2022, it was still one of the publisher's bestsellers, with sales of over 50,000.[2]

Circa 1982, Autonomedia became the parent publisher for Semiotext(e), an imprint known for publishing translations of French post-structuralist literature.[3]

  1. ^ Moynihan, Colin (2003-08-25). "Straitjackets, Machetes and, Oh Yes, Some Books". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  2. ^ Green, Penelope (2022-06-11). "Peter Lamborn Wilson, Advocate of 'Poetic Terrorism,' Dies at 76". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  3. ^ Bruce Young, "Hakim Bey: The T.A.Z. and You", CyberPsychos AOD' #6, p. 64.