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Felony & Mayhem Press
Founded2005
FounderMaggie Topkis
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City
DistributionNational Book Network
Publication typesBooks
Fiction genresMystery
Official websitefelonyandmayhem.com

Felony & Mayhem Press is an American book publisher which specializes in re-issues of out-of-print mystery novels, first paperback editions of books previously published in hardcover, and U.S. editions of books that initially came out overseas.[1][2] The company is located in New York City and was founded in June 2005 by Maggie Topkis,[3] co-owner of the Greenwich Village bookstore, Partners and Crime.[2] All Felony & Mayhem imprints are trade paperbacks.[2] The company was called "the most dastardly local press" in the Village Voice's Best of New York 2008 issue.[4]

Felony & Mayhem initially distributed only through independent bookstores and catalog sales,[2] but later expanded distribution to major retailers. In 2005, the company's first catalog featured only twelve titles including Caroline Graham's The Killings at Badger's Drift, and Reginald Hill's Who Guards a Prince?. In 2009, the Felony & Mayhem catalog listed more than 125 titles.

Founder[edit]

Maggie Topkis (born February 8, 1960, in New York City). Prior to establishing Mayhem, she was the co-owner of New York bookseller Partners and Crime, which closed in 2012.[5] for over 15 years and had been the editor of a financial magazine.[6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gunpowder, Treason & Plotz".
  • ^ a b c d Otto Penzler, "Who Killed Mystery Imprints?", The New York Sun, August 3, 2005
  • ^ Rosemary Herbert, "Mystery Booksellers—Publish and Perish", Publishers Weekly, December 5, 2005
  • ^ "Most Dastardly Local Book Press", The Village Voice, Best of 2008, retrieved 19-05-2009
  • ^ Wilson, Michael (8 August 2012). "City Room City Room Blogging From the Five Boroughs A Store With Shelves Full of Crime Faces Its Demise". New York Times. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  • ^ Adams, Susan (7 July 2006). "Publish or Perish". Forbes. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  • ^ Nolan, Tom (19 January 2006). "A Mystery's Back Road to American Success". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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