Elephant Rock Books

Elephant Rock Books is an independent publishing company based in Connecticut.[1] As of 2013, it is the largest independent publisher in New England. The press was initially founded by Jotham Burrello in Chicago in 2010.[2] Burrello decided to start the press while talking with his former teacher, Patricia Ann McNair, about her work; her book, The Temple of the Air, became Elephant Rock's first publication and went on to win positive reviews and several awards.[3] Elephant Rock also published Briefly Knocked Unconscious By A Low-Flying Duck, an essay anthology of the 2nd Story Collective[4] that has won multiple literary prizes.[5]

In 2014 the press moved into the young adult fiction market with Jessie Ann Foley's novel The Carnival at Bray,[6] which was named a Printz Honor Book.[2]

The publisher is backed by a multimedia company, Elephant Rock Productions, which handles accounting and banking.[7]

References
  1. Alex Stedman, "Independent publisher survives against odds", Columbia Chronicle, November 26, 2012.
  2. Clare Kirch, "Small But Mighty Presses Prevail at ALA Awards", Publishers Weekly, February 5, 2015.
  3. Mark Eleveld, "Midwest familiarity breeds ‘edgy’ stories", Chicago Sun-Times, February 3, 2013  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
  4. Briefly Knocked Unconscious By A Low-Flying Duck: Stories from 2nd Story, Publishers Weekly, February 18, 2013.
  5. American Writer, July 2013
  6. Donald Liebenson, "Elephant Rock Books enters Y.A. with 'The Carnival at Bray'", Chicago Tribune, June 20, 2014.
  7. Scenes: Elephant Rock Books: An interview with Jotham Burrello by Jotham Burrello in American Book Review Volume 35, Number 6, September/October 2014 p. 28, doi:10.1353/abr.2014.0118


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