Counterpoint (publisher)

Counterpoint
Founded2007
SuccessorCatapult
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationBerkeley, California
DistributionPenguinRandomHouse
Key peopleCharlie Winton, CEO
Jack Shoemaker, Vice President, Editorial director
Richard Nash, Executive Editor
ImprintsCounterpoint Press, Soft Skull Press, Sierra Club/Counterpoint
Official websitecounterpointpress.com

Counterpoint LLC was a publishing company that Perseus Books Group launched in 2007. It was formed from the consolidation of three presses: Perseus' Counterpoint Press, Shoemaker & Hoard, and Soft Skull Press. The company published books under both the Counterpoint Press and Soft Skull Press imprints. Counterpoint also entered into an agreement for the production, marketing, and distribution of approximately eight Sierra Club book titles each year.

Both Wendell Berry and poet Gary Snyder were investors in Counterpoint, with both having works published by the imprint. Jack Shoemaker, Vice-president and editorial director of Counterpoint, had worked with both authors in other companies for more than thirty years. Counterpoint notably published works by Albanian author Ismail Kadare, including A Girl in Exile, The Traitor’s Niche, and The Doll: A Portrait of My Mother.[1]

Counterpoint merged into fellow publisher Catapult in 2016.[2]

  1. ^ "Books by Ismail Kadare and Complete Book Reviews". PublishersWeekly.com.
  2. ^ "Two Years Post-merger, Catapult, Counterpoint, and Soft Skull Are Going Strong". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-11-04.