Soft Skull/Counterpoint Press Reports Best Year Ever

Despite the creeping recession, Soft Skull/Counterpoint Press emerged from 2008 with its best sales record ever, according to publisher Richard Nash.

Nash was interviewed as part of Scott Esposito‘s ongoing “How To Publish in a Recession” series, a collection of interviews mapping out how small presses are coping with the publishing meltdown. While Nash couldn’t point to a single title that explained the high sales, he praised Jonathan Evison efforts with All About Lulu and Shannon Burke‘s strong reviews for Black Flies.

Here’s more from the interview: “Our sales can seesaw pretty dramatically. Up 100% one year, down 40% the next, up 30% the following. All other things being equal, we did less well in 2008 than we would have otherwise, but all other things are so not equal. So, in fact, ironically, we had a great year. Best ever. A hair short of a million net, and that’s with us having moved Lydia Millet into the Counterpoint imprint. It’s just that we’d have done a little bit better still were the economy in better shape.”

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