Publication Studio Hudson

Publication Studio Hudson Publication Studio Hudson designs and prints original books on demand by authors and artists we admi We are interested in the social life of the book.

Publication Studio Hudson designs and prints original books by authors and artists we admire. Using three machines and desktop publishing software we can make durable, attractive novels and poetry collections, historical reissues and agricultural texts, picture books, artists’ books, essays, catalogues, bootlegs and anything else we put our mind to. PS Hudson launches in January 2014 and joins twe

lve other independent studios in North America and Europe which also approach the work of publication as a political strategy: the creation and fostering of public life and discourse, again and again, through bookmaking and other means. The hosting of conversations in real spaces is also central to our vision of the publisher’s role. To this end we bring writers, artists and readers together through book launch dinners, art installations, readings, workshops, debates, performances, and work parties. We will also maintain a digital commons on our website where authorized texts can be downloaded for free and annotated online by anyone. First, though, comes the creation of well-made and deliberately designed books. Most will cost in the range of $15 or $20. All will be stamped with a d.o.b. and made to order. PS Hudson books planned for release in 2014 include:

-an existential detective story (novel) (To Sleep As Animals, Douglas W. Milliken)
-a romance novel set in 18th-century England (The Merry Widow, Aimee Lutkin)
-a pocket-sized guide to organizing for farmers (Punk Yeoman, Greenhorns)
-a bound series of illustrated guides to NYC’s harbors and ships, current and historical (Christin Ripley)
-a reissue of a 1981 book on Maine boat-building ("Barns, Beams and Boats," Lance Lee)

We print our books on-demand and share profits equally with the authors through a non-exclusive agreement. At the core of this enterprise is a spirit of reciprocity and collaboration that attends not only to the creation of the books but also to their circulation among a readership who cares. PS Hudson books are not merely products for private consumption, but invitations to participate in ongoing public dialogues and form new relationships. At a local level - meaning in Hudson - we think publication can be a hands-on creative practice for finding out what our community is interested in talking about formally. It can also be a tool for self-organizing and building a sense of belonging. By making and circulating books and hosting gatherings in Hudson, we hope to take part in the work of shaping our shared purposes and affinities. PS Hudson also performs print service jobs for clients with their own file or manuscript, including the design work. If you have a book you would like us to print, please contact us for rates. Come find us at 608 Warren St., Hudson. It is an apartment but it is also a working studio!

02/28/2025



Totally unprompted and without my help, my daughter is trying to sell her books on the dining room table
02/20/2025

Totally unprompted and without my help, my daughter is trying to sell her books on the dining room table

This small edition of chain-stitched books catalogs the LEGO sculptures of Chris Galloway, friend of my friend who commi...
02/06/2025

This small edition of chain-stitched books catalogs the LEGO sculptures of Chris Galloway, friend of my friend who commissioned this special project, Matthew Stadler. A really fine, generous book I am proud to have worked on.

For only $750 we will:-take four pictures of your child-cut them out with scissors -glue to faux-marbled car stock that ...
02/04/2025

For only $750 we will:
-take four pictures of your child
-cut them out with scissors
-glue to faux-marbled car stock that is
-also cut with scissors then
-slip it inside an old book and finally
- Send it to you

Get in touch: [email protected]

A copy of “Two Augusts in a Row in a Row” on the feast day of witchy St Brigid. 🔵
02/01/2025

A copy of “Two Augusts in a Row in a Row” on the feast day of witchy St Brigid. 🔵

Verbatim is a fantastic new book fair tradition in our region— help support it by going to their fundraiser on Feb 6 in ...
01/28/2025

Verbatim is a fantastic new book fair tradition in our region— help support it by going to their fundraiser on Feb 6 in Catskill, and drink cider. Details over at

🚨BOOK RELEASE🚨OF THE DAY by Matthew Klane ()LINK IN BIO. (Novelty size Tabasco bottle for scale.🌶️)Crack open a li’l can...
01/28/2025

🚨BOOK RELEASE🚨

OF THE DAY by Matthew Klane ()

LINK IN BIO. (Novelty size Tabasco bottle for scale.🌶️)

Crack open a li’l can of poetry oil and pour it into your petrified lexicon. Microdose the language via Albany, NY-based poet and collage artist Matthew Klane’s bountiful meditations/mediations. Of the Day contains — count ‘em! — three of Klane’s daily practice serial projects. The title sequence, Of the Day, a whole tear-off calendar’s worth of sweet-and-sour Smarties(R). Chimes: a collection of weird word studies that you can dangle from your porch and let the wind jangle ‘em around. And Rending Stories, volumes 1-4, heartbreaking newsflashes ripped from your silly app: they’ll make you laugh-until-you-cry or cry-until-you-laugh. What else are you gonna do?

Each copy comes with a one-of-a-kid bookmark containing a collage by the author.

Tonight in Troy we’re joining a book+record launch organized by to celebrate some new creations. Music, performance, po...
01/11/2025

Tonight in Troy we’re joining a book+record launch organized by to celebrate some new creations. Music, performance, poems, and of course books. Fresh copies of “Of the Day” are varnished and ready for you. Weathered Wood downtown at 7.

Illicit theoretical view of a new book of poems by Matthew Klane forthcoming January 11 —
01/01/2025

Illicit theoretical view of a new book of poems by Matthew Klane forthcoming January 11 —

We are making another batch of Sam Gould’s musical and kaleidoscopic “America Composes Itself” a book of essays, letters...
12/14/2024

We are making another batch of Sam Gould’s musical and kaleidoscopic “America Composes Itself” a book of essays, letters and reports written between 2010 and 2020. This s**t is scintillating like a very long wick. These copies are for the Minneapolis launch in early January. A long time coming home! Like all of our books it is available for order on our webshop. Publicationstudio.biz. We get your order 👉we make your book 👉 USPS usually follows through.

Yesterday was publication day for Joshua Escobar’s sizzling debut novel “Demons of Eminence,” the 16th book in the Fello...
12/11/2024

Yesterday was publication day for Joshua Escobar’s sizzling debut novel “Demons of Eminence,” the 16th book in the Fellow Travelers Series, and you can buy your copy at our webshop publicationstudio.biz. Listen to the book’s 3-hour-long Spotify soundtrack by clicking the link in our bio.

12/07/2024

12/06/2024

We’re playing with digital finger paint to convey to you that Tim Young’s Cambridge lecture “Isness & Aboutness” and the...
12/04/2024

We’re playing with digital finger paint to convey to you that Tim Young’s Cambridge lecture “Isness & Aboutness” and the little publication derived thereof is not the stiff stuff you might imagine. In fact it is one of Tim’s libraric gifts to enliven the arcane with the force of electric thought. Follow the link to get zapped! ⚡️🧠📖📚 then buy your own copy of this special publication.


Work on the new seaweed cookbook from
11/27/2024

Work on the new seaweed cookbook from

We are excited to be selling our hand made books including several brand new titles by the likes of and many more at ...
11/21/2024

We are excited to be selling our hand made books including several brand new titles by the likes of and many more at these two markets quickly approaching.

THANKSGIVING WKND: Farm& Flea at Basilica Hudson

DEC 7+8: Press Play at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn

Announcing the release of an exquisite and marvelous piece of writing! One-in-a-million librarian Timothy Young () has a...
11/18/2024

Announcing the release of an exquisite and marvelous piece of writing! One-in-a-million librarian Timothy Young () has adapted his lecture on bibliography into this booklet, “Isness & Aboutness.”

Provocative, fun, intelligent, calorically rich and no strings attached—except for the binding. Delivered in a dainty donut envelope stamped with searing hot white foil.

If you love books, you should read this essay. If you are still on the fence about books, you may also enjoy this essay.

AND you can watch Tim give his lecture tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov 19) from Cambridge UK (link in bio).

ABOUT IT:
“Based on the 2024 Sandars Readership in Bibliography lectures, delivered at Cambridge University Library in November 2024, our favorite supposed-author (previously of 10 Reasons Books Matter and 10 Reasons Libraries Matter) shares his insights and puzzlements over the present direction of book history. Drawing from the experiences of—and aimed at—readers, writers, librarians, catalogers, and bibliographic workers of all ages, Young gathers curious examples and odd strategies from past centuries to explore how books resist our attempts to identify and control them. Cutting a path between 17th century Dutch fake printers, World War II tarnschriften, traditional wisdom about bibliographic practice, Art Brut philosophy, and modern identity theory, the text focuses on how to reconcile Chaos & Order * Logic & Sentiment * Isness & Aboutness.”


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You HAVE to read this “Oddtober” review of James Nulick’s forthcoming novel PLASTIC SOUL. Because if you read the review...
10/10/2024

You HAVE to read this “Oddtober” review of James Nulick’s forthcoming novel PLASTIC SOUL. Because if you read the review you will surely want to buy a copy of the book. It’s available for preorder now! Link to this article in bio. As always navigate to publicationstudio.biz/books to buy our books.

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Working on one of one thousand cases for a hardcover book, at Renascent Bindery in Troy, NY.

That’s eight scores, count ‘em. On 100 books that means 800 scores. That’s all

Proof of concept for an unusual but very elegant binding structure I learned about recently, sometimes known by the trade name “otabind.” The sewn text block floats free of the cover with the help of a little book cloth on the spine. The book opens flat easily and the spine stays nice and square. What’s not to like? This book costs $5000. #otabind #bookbinding

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