Founded 20-02-2002, Spineless Books is an independent literary publishing house dedicated to the production and distribution of innovative literature, in print and electronic forms, with an emphasis on collaborative writing, formal experimentation, and utopian thought.
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You and your bookstore can also order by mail. Contact us. Read reviews and press. We are not accepting submissions.
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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 Spybeam Books. 01-10-2002 $16. |
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Bang Utot | Dave King, Rick Burkhardt, Joe Futrelle | Authentic psychedelic art-folk | 1989 (remastered 2006) |
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Music CD. Bang Utot, by Dave King, is folk rock with excursions in blues piano and the Casio SK-1 sampling keyboard. Digitally remastered by Paul Kotheimer. CD. 12 songs. About 45 minutes. Published by Invertebrate Records. $10 |
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Drawn Inward | Mike Maguire | Poetry, Palindromes, Word Palindromes, Redividers, Poems About Trains | 2003 | |
A yellow book
designed by Nick Montfort. Drawn Inward is a collection of poetry comprising four sections: Word Palindromes, Charades, Palindromes, and Poems about Trains. ISBN: 0-9724244-3-1. 6 by 9 inches. 52 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Ingram. 12-21-2003 $10.01. |
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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 Spybeam Books. 07-05-2005 $16. |
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here/gone: AN ABC FLIP BOOK FOR GROWN-UPS | Karen Green | 52 phosphorescent paintings zipping and unzipping the alphabet | 2008 | |
An invertible bi-directional 52-page full-color artist's book in paperback or hardback.This flip-book consists of two opposing narratives, each 26 mixed media artworks corresponding to the letters of the alphabet. ISBN 978-0-9801392-4-2. 8.5 by 8.5 inches. 52 color pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Spineless Books. 10-12-2008 $26. |
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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 Spybeam Books. $12. |
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I'd Revere Verdi | Barbara Thorburn and Jane Z. Smith | Palindromes for the serious music lover | 2011 | |
A blue paperback. Highly educational, meticulously annotated palindrome cartoons documenting the lives and works of the great composers. ISBN 978-0-9801392-8-0. Perfect bound $16. 5.5 by 8.5 inches. 73 pages. Distributed by Ingram. 05-05-2011. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Mr. & Mrs. Hide | Natalija Grgorinic & Ognjen Raden | A collaborative novel | 2009 | |
Cactus-colored paperback. A writing duo from an unnamed country immigrate to Los Angeles and have trouble assimilating California, and, at times, each other. ISBN: 978-0-9801392-1-1. 5 by 6.75 inches. 204 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Spineless Books. 02-14-2009. $14. |
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Objects Everyday | Q. Synopsis | Resistentialist prose | 2015 | |
Paperback designed by Single Stereo. A deep and dense exploration |
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Riddle & Bind | Nick Montfort | A book of poetry | 2010 | |
Light blue paperback. Riddles, constrained poems, and poems whose constraint is itself a riddle. With notes and an encrypted answer key. ISBN: 978-0-9801392-7-3. 94 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Perfect Bound. Distributed by Ingram. 31 October 2010. $16. |
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Story of the Sparrow | Raymond Federman | Folk tale | 2003 |
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Limited edition printing. A story by Raymond Federman with an original intervention by Spineless Books, printed on acid-free lingin-free Canson Mi-Tientes paper in an edition of 26 copies, signed by Federman, lettered A-Z. 5 by 8 inches. 4 pages. Pamphlet. Distributed by Spineless Books. $26 |
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The Story That Teaches You How To Write It | William Gillespie | Simultaneous essay and story: theory and practice of experimental fiction | 1996 published: 2005 |
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Table of Forms | Dominique Fitzpatrick-O'Dinn | An exploration of new poetic form & constraint-driven literature | web: book: |
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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. |
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William Gillespie, Frank Marquardt, Scott Rettberg, Dirk Stratton | The red herring of the award-winning hypertext novel | web: book: |
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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. |
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Dirk Stratton | A story about the most cerebral art theft of the Twentieth Century | 2002 | ||
Limited edition printing. A story about a dada art theft published in an edition of 26 signed copies lettered A-Z. 8.5 by 8.5 inches. 26 pages. Spiral bound. Distributed by Spineless Books. 20-02-2002. $7 |
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Miriam Martincic and William Gillespie | An illustrated rhyming poem for kids | 2019-02-14 |
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