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{{short description|American nonprofit literary publisher}} {{Infobox publisher | name = Open Letter Books | image = | caption = | parent = | status = | traded_as = | predecessor = | founded = 2008 | founder = Chad W. Post | successor = | country = United States | headquarters = Rochester, New York | distribution = Ingram Content Group, Consortium Book Sales & Distribution | keypeople = | publications = Books | topics = | genre = | imprints = | revenue = | owner = | numemployees = | website = {{URL|https://www.openletterbooks.org/}} }}

'''Open Letter Books''' is an American publishing house based at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. It was founded in 2008 by Chad W. Post, the Editor-in-Chief of Dalkey Archive Press.<ref name="pw1">{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/78116-chad-post-s-open-letter-books-turns-10.html#:~:text=Chad%20Post%20founded%20Open%20Letter,continues%20to%20serve%20as%20publisher|title=Open Letter Books|last=Nawotka|first=Ed|date=2008-09-20|publisher=Publishers Weekly|access-date=2021-06-18}}</ref> It specializes in translation,<ref name="pw2">{{cite web|url= https://spinemagazine.co/articles/open-letter-books|title=OPEN LETTER BOOKS, TRANSLATING STORIES FROM ACQUISITION TO PUBLICATION|last=Baird|first=Susanna|date=2018-01-22|publisher=Spine Magazine|access-date=2021-06-18}}</ref> a less-populated field in American publishing.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Rohter|first=Larry|date=2009-12-25|title=Small Publisher Finds Its Mission in Translation|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/26/books/26open.html|access-date=2021-06-22|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Publications== Open Letter is a literary press that publishes ten books annually—mostly novels and short stories, and one book of poetry.<ref name="pw9">{{cite web|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/10/19/university-of-rochester-open-letter-books-celebrates-rochester-translation-books/92374724/|title=UR's Open Letter Books celebrates Rochester, translation|last=Cleveland|first=Will|date=2016-10-19|publisher=Democrat and Chronicle|access-date=2021-06-18}}</ref> The press also runs Three Percent, an extensive online resource for literature in translation, which presents the yearly Best Translated Book Award.<ref name="TP1">{{cite web|url=http://translationista.com/2011/09/three-percent-problem.html|title=The Three Percent Problem|last=Bernofsky|first=Susan|work=Translationista|date=16 September 2011 |access-date=2021-06-18}}</ref> The press has received funding perennially from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as from the University of Rochester, New York State Council on the Arts, Amazon.com, and a variety of international foundations and individuals.<ref name="pw4">{{cite web|url=https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/open-letter-books-finishes-2016-strong/Content?oid=2944961&media=AMP+HTML|title=Open Letter Books finishes 2016 strong|last=Rafferty|first=Rebecca|date=2017-01-14|publisher=Rochester City Newspaper|access-date=2021-06-18}}</ref> At present, they have published around a hundred books from over twenty different languages.<ref name="pw6">{{cite web|url=https://bookmarks.reviews/publishers-spotlight-open-letter-books/|title=Publishers Spotlight: Open Letter Books|last=Cleary|first=Heather|date=2018-11-29|publisher=Literary Hub|access-date=2021-06-18}}</ref>

Past publications include the works of Marguerite Duras, Can Xue, Rodrigo Fresán, Sara Mesa, Bae Suah, Kristín Ómarsdóttir, Mercè Rodoreda, and Bragi Ólafsson.

==Premises and personnel== The Press is affiliated with the Literary Translation Studies program at the University of Rochester.<ref name=":0" /> Its current editors are Chad W. Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Anastasia Nikolis (poetry). Decisions on publication are made jointly by Open Letter's editorial board and executive committee and manuscripts are acquired both through open submission and solicitation.<ref name="pw7">{{cite web|url=https://bookriot.com/talking-translation-chad-post-open-letter-books/|title=TALKING TRANSLATION WITH CHAD POST OF OPEN LETTER BOOKS|last=Cordasco|first=Rachel|date=2016-02-12|publisher=Book Riot|access-date=2021-06-18}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.openletterbooks.org/}} *[http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/ Three Percent at the University of Rochester] *[https://blog.pshares.org/the-three-percent-10-years-later-an-interview-with-chad-post/ Interview with Chad W. Post] {{US-publish-company-stub}}

Category:Book publishing companies based in New York (state) Category:Publishing companies established in 2008 Category:Poetry organizations based in the United States Category:2008 establishments in New York (state)