Ecco Press
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| Parent company | HarperCollins |
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| Founded | 1971 |
| Founder | Daniel Halpern |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Manhattan, New York City |
| Key people | Lee Boudreaux, Matt Weiland |
| Publication types | Books |
| Fiction genres | Literary Fiction, Poetry |
| Official website | www |
Ecco Press is a New York-based publishing imprint of HarperCollins. Ecco was founded in 1971 by Daniel Halpern as an independent publishing company. In 1999 it was acquired by HarperCollins, with Halpern remaining at the head. Since 2000, Ecco has published the yearly anthology The Best American Science Writing, edited by Jesse Cohen. In 2011, Ecco created two separate publishing lines "curated" by chef & author Anthony Bourdain and novelist Dennis Lehane.
Halpern founded Ecco in 1971, originally to publish the literary magazine Antaeus (which folded in 1994). Ecco's name was suggested by Halpern's initial backer, ketchup heiress Drue Heinz. Initially, Ecco specialized in reissues and paperback editions of hardcovers previously published by other companies, including works by Paul Bowles, Cormac McCarthy,Charles Bukowski, and John Fante.
Notable titles published by Ecco since its sale to 1999 sale to HarperCollins include the paperback edition of Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly and Patti Smith's memoir, Just Kids. Currently, Ecco releases between 35 and 40 titles a year, usually a mixture of literary novels, celebrity memoirs, and culinary titles; by authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Ford, David Wroblewski, Mario Batali, Daniel Boulud, and April Bloomfield.
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