founder dave eggers country of origin united states headquarters location san francisco distribution publishers group west publication types books magazines official website mcsweeneys.net cover of issue 9 of timothy mcsweeney s quarterly concern published in 2002 . mcsweeney s publishing is an american non profit publishing house founded by editor dave eggers in 1998 headquartered in san francisco . mcsweeney s initially published only the literary journal timothy mcsweeney s quarterly concern but has grown to publish novels books of poetry and other periodicals . the recipient of dozens of awards for its contributions to literature and publishing mcsweeney s was named the country s seventh most innovative media company for 2012 for proving the value of print publishing . . 1 2 contents 1 company history 1.1 company name 2 publications 2.1 authors 3 non mcsweeney s collections 4 826 valencia publications 5 references 6 external links company history edit in december 2006 advanced marketing services which had been the parent company of mcsweeney s distributor publishers group west pgw since 2002 declared bankruptcy . at the time of the filing pgw owed mcsweeney s about 600 000 . 3 mcsweeney s eventually accepted an offer from perseus books group to take over distribution ; the deal paid mcsweeney s 70 percent of the money owed by pgw . 4 in june 2007 mcsweeney s held a successful sale and ebay auction which helped make up the difference . 5 mcsweeney s has expanded its operations into partnerships with companies including eyewear one for one warby parker and accommodations marketplace airbnb . the musician beck has worked in tandem with warby parker and mcsweeney s to design a custom pair of spectacles . in addition to its fastcompany award mcsweeney s has received best of awards and plaudits from sf weekly and other several other publications . the company s archives including rare material from its founding and its early history are held in the harry ransom center at the university of texas . 6 in october 2014 founder dave eggers announced that mcsweeney s will become a nonprofit and began asking for donations for several projects on its website . eggers cited declining sales and increased opportunities for raising funds as reasons for mcsweeney s long discussed change to a nonprofit publishing house . 7 company name edit eggers says that when he was a child his family received letters addressed from someone named timothy mcsweeney who claimed to be a relative of his mother . the name took on an aura of mystery . eggers now claims that the real mcsweeney is in care for mental illness and his letters arrived as a result of confusion over the fact that eggers grandfather who delivered timothy at birth and the mcsweeney family who adopted him had the same name . 8 9 publications edit in addition to a book list of approximately thirty titles a year mcsweeney s also publishes the quarterly literary journal timothy mcsweeney s quarterly concern the daily updated literature and humor site mcsweeney s internet tendency and the bimonthly magazine the believer . the quarterly food journal lucky peach and the sports journal grantland quarterly in association with sports and pop culture website grantland were both established and incubated by mcsweeney s. a quarterly dvd magazine wholphin was decommissioned in 2012 . the publishing house also runs four additional imprints believer books ; mcsweeney s mcmullens a children s book department ; mcsweeney s poetry series and the collins library which reprints unusual titles . version 2.0 of the mcsweeney s ios app was released in 2011 ; the organist a podcast produced by the editors of the believer and kcrw launched in 2012 . authors edit mcsweeney s has helped launch the careers of dozens of emerging writers such as philipp meyer wells tower and rebecca curtis ; it has also published the works of well established authors such as michael chabon stephen king david foster wallace george saunders michael ian black nick hornby and joyce carol oates . the house has also published the work of musicians critics and artists including david byrne and beck . the band one ring zero gained notoriety by performing at early mcsweeney s events in new york and solicited lyric writing assistance from mcsweeney s contributors for the 2004 album as smart as we are . mcsweeney s was also the subject of the they might be giants song the ballad of timothy mcsweeney . non mcsweeney s collections edit these titles are typically compilations of mcsweeney s works either from print or online sources . the publisher of the works is listed at the end . mcsweeney s mammoth treasury of thrilling tales by michael chabon 2003 vintage created in darkness by troubled americans by dave eggers 2004 knopf mcsweeney s enchanted chamber of astonishing stories by michael chabon 2004 vintage created in darkness by troubled americans by dave eggers 2005 vintage the mcsweeney s joke book of book jokes 2008 vintage mountain man dance moves 2006 vintage greetings from the ocean s sweaty face 100 mcsweeney s postcards 2009 chronicle 826 valencia publications edit these titles are releases of by 826 valencia . they are not the focus of this page but these titles have been published by mcsweeney s 826 . 826 quarterly vol . 1 students in conjunction with 826 valencia 2003 05 01 826 quarterly vol . 2 students in conjunction with 826 valencia 2003 09 01 826 quarterly vol . 3 students in conjunction with 826 valencia 2004 09 01 826 quarterly vol . 4 students in conjunction with 826 valencia 2005 05 01 826 quarterly vol . 5 students in conjunction with 826 valencia 2005 10 28 826 quarterly vol . 6 students in conjunction with 826 valencia 2006 10 01 826 quarterly vol . 7 students in conjunction with 826 valencia 2007 10 28 826 quarterly vol . 8 students in conjunction with 826 valencia 2007 11 28 826nyc review issue one students in conjunction with 826 valencia seeley scott potts sam 2005 08 01 826nyc review issue two students in conjunction with 826 valencia seeley scott potts sam 2006 06 01 826nyc review issue three students in conjunction with 826 valencia seeley scott potts sam 2008 09 28 826nyc art show a limited edition catalog of 23 original pieces by prominent contemporary artists 826nyc edt 2007 08 28 references edit fast company most innovative companies 2012 1 a financial thriller in the publishing world from the san francisco chronicle indie publishers act all indie from new york magazine mcsweeney s internet tendency book distribution bankruptcy and mcsweeney s itzkoff david 21 july 2013 . mcsweeney s archive acquired by ransom center in austin . new york times . new york times . retrieved 30 september 2014 . mcmurtrie john 16 october 2014 . mcsweeney s to become nonprofit publishing house . sfgate . retrieved 20 october 2014 . flak magazine interview march 2000 the real timothy mcsweeney mcsweeney s internet tendency february 2010 external links edit official website too cool for words by judith shulevitz a 2001 review of everything mcsweeney s from the new york times a.o. scott s new york times piece on mcsweeney s and n 1 stephen amidon sunday times their master s voice the rise and rise of brand mcsweeney s february 3 2008 v t e mcsweeney s publications timothy mcsweeney s quarterly concern the believer former publications wholphin grantland lucky peach people dave eggers vendela vida heidi julavits other believer book award believer poetry award v t e dave eggers novels you shall know our velocity what is the what the wild things a hologram for the king the circle your fathers where are they and the prophets do they live forever heroes of the frontier short story collections how we are hungry non fiction a heartbreaking work of staggering genius teachers have it easy zeitoun visitants projects 826 valencia the best american nonrequired reading mcsweeney s timothy mcsweeney s quarterly concern the believer wholphin might scholarmatch 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