2/16/08: RENAISSANCE CLEARANCE SALE!
alright:
Listen.  Things have been really busy around here for the last few months, and this is partly due to the fact that I'm in the midst of migrating all of this website's inventory and contact into new management programs and software, all designed to synchronize with a completely new Parcell Press DOT COM interface!  For the last few weeks at least I've been working with two websites on two different computers in two different offices.  Which is nuts.  And in the middle of this manic, bipolar parallel process, I realized that I just needed to more efficiently manage this transition.

I am no longer going to be adding NEW TITLES to the current Parcell Press website, but instead will be focusing on importing all of the new (and currently available) zines, comics, and books into the new Parcell Press web headquarters.  There's no point pretending that I'll be able to tackle the massive pile of new material and process the data twice -- once in each interface -- for the next month or so.  

Additionally, I am hoping to clear out some of the older titles that are currently available in the catalog in this current website's last days.  I predict that this site will remain live for at least another month, maybe two, but will be replaced with something so beautiful, so functional, so refreshing, and so good that we'll all be excited.

To chug this all along at a more effective speed, I'm holding a very special sale to help with Parcel Press' pending rebirth: a RENAISSANCE CLEARANCE SALE.  This is going to be my biggest sale to date in Parcell Press' four-year history: all US orders over just $6 will receive FREE SHIPPING.  That's it, all you have to do is spend a mere $6 and I'll ship your order for free.  Amazing!  Stock up stock up stock up!  I want these zines out of my crates and onto your coffee tables!

In the meantime, I'll be communicating a bit with all of my loyal and longtime customers about the new future of Parcell Press.  This is a very big deal, y'all!  And very exciting for me!  We're talking about a much more pleasurable zine-perusing experience, a much wider and more diverse catalog, a great deal more beautiful, engaging, and fascinating art and literary artifacts, at least THREE new titles from the Parcell Press imprint, and much more.

Hey, the times are changing.  It's time to beef up and stay relevant.
Thanks for your continued support!  See you at our new internet house as soon as possible!

Taylor
taylor AT parcellpress DOT com

 
9/25/07:
Between working through stories for my upcoming zine project, The Big Shrink, compiling pieces for Parcell Press's next book release, Mental Skillness, making plans to publish an updated Radical South, teaching myself how to use an offset printing press, and keeping on top of the mail and e-mail around here, I've been just barely able to keep my head above water.  It's been a busy summer and a lot of that can be blamed on adjusting to a new working space and tackling an additional pursuit: the full-service print shop.

The machines are here - a nice old printing press capable of churning out beautiful copies all day and all night without getting tired, a paper cutter that effortlessly slices through a phone book with incredible precision, a collator that would make any zinester swoon, plus various automatic this and intimidatingly powerful thats, which will ultimately make zine and book creation an in-house sinch.  But what a skill to learn!  Half-ton pieces of equipment running on account of well-timed gears, belts, chains, and cylinders can give the impression that they'll run themselves.  But no, lithographic printing is a gentle and temperamental art.  All summer I've worked with my spacemate and enduring partner The Archivalist, to repair and test machines, test and repair our skills, seek knowledge and practice, practice toward quality and consistency in our printing processes.  And just as the temperatures begin to cool, we are so very close to holing up all winter to make books.

In the meantime, if you're interested to hear more about the future of our printing services, please get in touch with me!

On October 7, 2007, I'll be at the Philadelphia Zine Fest (at the Rotunda from 12pm - 6pm) tabling all of the great new stuff I've gotten in stock this summer and much more.  Be sure to stop by and say hi and chat with me -- I've got two whole tables this time so you'll be more than welcome to linger.

Thanks for your support!
Taylor

7/31/07:
This is just a quick base-toucher to point you to the UK-based Zine Arcade website, which is currently featuring an interview with yours truly.  

Where is everyone?  Drop me a line and let me know how your summer is going.

6/18/07: Greetings from sweaty Richmond
The Richmond Zine Fest took place on April 28th and was a complete success. This was the first zine fest in Virginia’s capital city in about a decade and was incredibly well-received. I’m proud to say that I had a small part (a very small part) in helping with some of the organizing of the fest in its very final planning stages. Sarah, Liz, and Nicole were all good enough to allow me to jump on board when I moved to town in February, despite the fact that, by then, they’d done the vast majority of the organizing work on their own. The fest was held in two venues – The Firehouse Theater and The Camel, both on the 1600 block of West Broad Street – and each spot was incredibly busy with foot traffic throughout the day. I was very pleased with the consistency of the turnout, as well as the diversity of the people who participated and attended. I met people of all ages and backgrounds, people who’ve been doing zines for years and people who hadn’t even heard of them until that day. It was great to see Richmond so receptive and supportive of this event.

Shortly after recuperating from the zine fest, I was invited to move Parcell Press operations into a shared workspace in the beautiful Fan District of Richmond. I’m now sharing space with a handful of new and talented friends. The Parcell Press inventory was beginning to take over my living space, so I’m grateful to finally have enough room to expand and work comfortably. Not to mention, this building is far cooler than my boiling second-floor apartment. As with any move, there’s a definite period of adjustment to endure, so while I’m real excited to have a veritable Parcell Press office to work from, I’m not quite beyond the period of disorientation that comes with redesigning an environment that is conducive to creativity and productivity. As this evolves, I’m sure I’ll have more news, photos, and some interesting developments that come from the natural collaboration of a shared creative workspace.

I’ve been adding new titles to the catalog vigorously for the last couple of months, so please be sure to check out the website and browse through the catalog. I’d love to pack up some orders for everybody soon, so if you haven’t stocked up on your summer reading material, please do! Right now I’m focusing on raising funds for a couple of new publishing projects that are slated for later in the summer or early fall. Mental Skillness: Creativity, Dissent, and the Pursuit of Mental Health is an anthology book of independent writing and artwork on the theme of mental health that Juliette and I will be working to compile this summer, and The Big Shrink is the title of my next zine/book (also doubling as cultor-sore #17), which will contain stories relating to my search for peace and comfort within various communities, observations on cultural and geographic landscapes, as well as the old faithful topics of belonging and homesickness. Kind of vague, I know. It’s a serious work-in-progress, but I’m excited about it and have big plans for both of these projects.

In the meantime, thanks for supporting independent artists and writers and for challenging mainstream media and culture!

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