Affirm Press

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Affirm Press is an independent Melbourne-based book publisher. [1]

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History

In 2010, Affirm Press began publishing several books a year as a part-time operation [2] between Martin Hughes, former editor [3] of The Big Issue , and Graeme Wise, founder of The Body Shop Australia. [4] In 2014 Affirm Press appointed Keiran Rogers as its Sales and Marketing Director, and became a full-time publishing house.

Affirm Press publishes a broad range of non-fiction books and a select fiction list. In 2017 they added a kids list.

Each year Affirm Press partners with a charity to publish a profit-for-purpose book. These projects have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars [5] [6] [7] and include bestsellers Letters of Love with the Alannah & Madeline Foundation and The Silver Sea by Alison Lester and Jane Godwin.

Awards

In 2019 Affirm Press was named Small Publisher of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards. [8] Its books have won several major awards, including the Stella Prize (The Strays by Emily Bitto), [9] the Booksellers Choice Award (The Birdman’s Wife by Melissa Ashley), [10] and The Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Picture Book of the Year Award (A Walk in the Bush by Gwyn Perkins). [11] In August 2018 Christian White became the fastest-selling Australian debut novelist on record [12] when Affirm Press published his book The Nowhere Child.

Corporate affairs

Affirm Press’s in-house sales staff are supported by Hachette Australia and New Zealand and its books are distributed by Alliance Distribution Services. The publisher also represents two international publishing houses in Australia and New Zealand: Orenda Books [13] (London) and The Experiment [14] (New York City). Affirm Press sells rights to overseas publishers and audio and film producers, and has a partnership with the prestigious Kaplan/DeFiore Rights Agency [15] (New York City) and Rights People (London).

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References

  1. ↑ admin (2016-03-01). "About Us". Affirm Press. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  2. ↑ Bezar, Kate (2010-04-01). "Martin Hughes is a publisher". Dumbo Feather. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  3. ↑ "Publishing, fast and slow: Martin Hughes on 'slow' media". Books+Publishing. 2018-04-11. Archived from the original on 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  4. ↑ "The Body Shop buys Australian assets from Adidem". www.cosmeticsbusiness.com. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  5. ↑ "Affirm reprints 'The Silver Sea'; projects $40,000 in profits for Royal Children's Hospital". Books+Publishing. 2018-05-01. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  6. ↑ "Affirm Press title raises $20,000 for Reach Foundation". Books+Publishing. 2016-09-20. Archived from the original on 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  7. ↑ "Affirm sells out first print run of 'Letters of Love'". Books+Publishing. 2014-07-13. Archived from the original on 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  8. ↑ "2019 Winners Announced". ABIA. 2019-05-02. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  9. ↑ "Announcing the winner of the 2015 Stella Prize: Emily Bitto for The Strays · The Stella Prize". The Stella Prize. 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  10. ↑ "The Nielsen BookData Booksellers' Choice Award - Australian Booksellers Association". www.booksellers.org.au. Archived from the original on 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  11. ↑ "CBCA". www.cbca.org.au. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  12. ↑ "'The Nowhere Child' is the fastest-selling Australian fiction debut since BookScan records began". Books+Publishing. 2018-08-15. Archived from the original on 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  13. ↑ "Sales and Distribution". orendabooks.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  14. ↑ "Ordering Information". The Experiment. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  15. ↑ "Affirm Press signs exclusive international agency deal with Kaplan/DeFiore". Books+Publishing. 2016-05-27. Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
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