Spineless Books

Founded 20-02-2002, Spineless Books is an independent literary publishing house dedicated to the production and distribution of innovative literature, with an emphasis on collaborative writing, formal experimentation, and utopian thought.

Publisher and proprietor William Gillespie got a novel commercially published, which was distracting. And published a child, who is dedicated to distraction. While Keyhole Factory is now available from Soft Skull Press, there are still copies of the original Spineless hardback on Amazon.com.

Online payments are handled through paypal. You and your bookstore can also order by mail. Contact us. Read reviews and press. We are not accepting submissions.

Books with Spines

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title	who	what	when
2002: A Palindrome Story in 2002 Words	Nick Montfort & William Gillespie	A collaboratively-authored narrative palindrome	2002
A small book designed by Ingrid Ankerson with plates by Shelley Jackson. This curiously beautiful volume is the definitive edition of 2002: a Palindrome Story. ISBN: 0-9724244-9-0. 4 by 4 inches. 24 pages. Perfect bound with vellum plates and wraps. Distributed by Spineless Books. 01-10-2002 $16. Review by Trevor Dodge in Review of Contemporary Fiction. Also available from Amazon.
backward pilgrim	Deborah Akers	"poems pulsing with the dense, rich music of partial rhyme"	2013
backward pilgrim, by Deborah Akers. ISBN 978-1-938928-00-0. 5 x 8 inches. 98 pages. Perfect bound with French Folds. Published by I-Beam Books. 2013. $16. Also available from Amazon.
The Bermuda Love Triangle	Tom Grothus	Lovely small color book of surrealist cartoons and epigrams.	1988
FREE WITH ANY PURCHASE FROM THIS SITE.
Family Album	Harold Balazs with Dirk Stratton	Drawings with captions	2015
Executive-class surrealist illustrated clothbound book limited to 526 copies, 500 numbered and signed by the artist. ISBN 978-1-938928-01-7. 8.5 by 9 inches. 66 un-numbered pages. Published by I-Beam Books. Distributed by Spineless Books. 6-15-2005 $50. Also available from Amazon.
Fourier Series	Joshua Corey	A poetry cycle	2005
A beautiful book with a spine and French Revolution folds. Fourier Series won the Fitzpatrick-O'Dinn Award for Best Book Length Work of Constrained English Literature. ISBN 0-9724244-4-X. 7.5 by 9 inches. 102 pages. Perfect bound, with slipcover. Distributed by Spineless Books. 07-05-2005 $16. Review in Constant Critic by Joyelle McSweeney. Also available from Amazon.
How to Vote: A Manual	Max Winchester	50 prose poems	2016
A white book. The last work of poetry composed by Max Winchester. Edition 1.2. Published President’s Day 2016 .ISBN 978-1-938928-03-1. Published by I-Beam Books. Distributed by Spineless Books. $12.
Joey Zoey	William Gillespie	A letter-pressed consonant poem	2011
Limited edition letterpress printing. This poem, the longest known sustained consonant poem, uses the entire alphabet in every line, using each consonant one at a time, to tell the story of an Iraq war veteran. This limited edition pamphlet was letterpressed with plates of original abededafrian artwork by Chris Merritt. $5 plus shipping.
Johnny Werd	Q. Synopsis	A novel	2003
	A novel paperback and hardback. Experimental novel retelling the story of a boy and his fire. Cover by Andrew Byrom. ISBN 0-9724244-1-5 Clothbound $25 / ISBN 0-9724244-2-3 Paperback $9.95. 5.5 by 8.5 inches. 136 pages. Distributed by Ingram. 21-01-2003. Review by Joseph Dewey for American Book Review. Also available from Espresso Book Machine. And Amazon.
Letter to Lamont	William Gillespie	Fiction	2005
A green paperback. A surrealist feast for romantic fools pours through your letterbox. Cover art by Scott Westgard. ISBN: 0-9724244-5-8. 6 by 9 inches. 88 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Ingram. 07-03-2005. $10. Review by Tom LaFarge in Marginalia. Review by Eckhard Gerdes in Context. Also available from Espresso Book Machine. And Amazon.
Lost Ciizen	William Gillespie	Poetry	2008
Light blue paperback. Lost Citizen: Selected Poems 1995-2003 is a survey of the millennial poetry of William Gillespie, edited by Stephanie Strickland. Cover art by Scott Westgard. ISBN 978-0-9801392-0-46 by 9 inches. 63 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Ingram. 02-20-2008. $10. Also available from Espresso Book Machine. Or Amazon.
Objects Everyday	Q. Synopsis	Resistentialist prose	2015
Paperback designed by Single Stereo. A deep and dense exploration of humanity's interaction with the material world. ISBN: ISBN 978-1-938928-02-4. 73 pages. 5 x 8 inches. 98 pages. Perfect bound with French Folds. Published by I-Beam Books. 2015. $23 . Also available from Amazon.
The Story That Teaches You How To Write It	William Gillespie	Simultaneous essay and story: theory and practice of experimental fiction	1996 published: 2005
Purple paperback. On the left-hand pages in numerous forms a story of students in love. On the right-hand pages an essay explaining the forms used. ISBN: 0-9724244-0-7. 6 by 9 inches. 80 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Ingram. 13-03-2005. $10. Review by Eckhard Gerdes in Context. Also available from Espresso Book Machine. And Amazon.
Table of Forms	Dominique Fitzpatrick-O'Dinn	An exploration of new poetic form & constraint-driven literature	web: 1996-2006 book: 2006
	Dark blue paperback and hardback. Collection of experimental, ludic, constraint-driven poetry; puzzle book; and writing manual. Hardback cloth version includes extra material. Cloth: ISBN 0-9724244-6-6 $25. Paper: ISBN 0-9724244-7-4 $25. 6 by 9 inches. 136 pages. Distributed by Ingram. 12-31-2006. Review by Doug Nufer in American Book Review. Review by Joseph Dewey in Review of Contemporary Fiction. Also available from Espresso Book Machine. And Amazon.
The Unknown: an Anthology	William Gillespie, Frank Marquardt, Scott Rettberg, Dirk Stratton	The red herring of the award-winning hypertext novel	web: 1998-2002 book: 2012
Red paperback. Decadent, comic, lively, dark, and satirical, the fragmented novel explores the millennial collision of literature, technology, and commerce. Paper: ISBN 978-0-9801392-9-7 $16. 6 by 9 inches. 268 pages. Distributed by Ingram. 6-18-2011. Also available from Amazon.

Ordering Books

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