In December McSweeney's distributor filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This hurt not only McSweeney's but about 150 other small publishers who relied on them. Several months of earnings are now lost. The survival of these small publishers? Critical.
That said, McSweeney's is trying to recoup its losses by having a sale on all sorts of marvelous literary items, including works by David Bryne, Nick Hornby, and a painting by Dave Egger's of George W. Bush as a double amputee.
If you're going to support book publishing at its finest, now is the time:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2007/6/12agoodtime.html
Some good books, by the way, that McSweeney's has published (they also produce The Believer magazine and McSweeney's Quarterly Concern), includes...
What is the What, by Dave Eggers. It is an astonishing novelization of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese refugee.
The Polysyllabic Spree, by Nick Hornby. A collection of essays by the author of High Fidelity about what he's been reading lately.
The Children's Hospital, by Chris Adrian. A hospital is preserved, afloat, after the Earth is flooded beneath seven miles of water. Amazing doesn't begin to describe the book.
Update: We've help save them! From their site: You've made a very real difference: Because of your incredible response, McSweeney's isn't going anywhere. We're sticking around as long as you'll have us. The ship is damp but afloat, sails full, jib doing whatever the jib is supposed to do, and we're getting back to work.
Thanks all.
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