Four imprints,
one house.
An imprint, for us, is not a sub-label or a marketing distinction; it is a smaller editorial house with its own editor, its own taste, and its own readers. Carter & Co. is the roof. Little Particle Press, Ten Thousand Lake, Sapientia Editions, and Velvet Thread are the rooms.
小粒出版 Little Particle Press
Edited by Mei Lin · Brooklyn, NY
A boutique imprint devoted to picture books and visual storytelling. We believe every story begins as a particle, quiet, radiant, full of wonder. Our books celebrate creative freedom, cultural diversity, and the magic of childhood.
小粒出版是一家专注于儿童出版物的独立出版品牌绘本、童话、涂色书,以及面向年轻读者的创意作品。"粒子"象征着微小却充满能量的存在。
萬湖書屋 Ten Thousand Lake
Edited by Yu Yang · St. Paul, MN
An independent imprint devoted to publishing in Chinese literature, poetry, essays, scholarship, and accessible nonfiction. Named for the lakes of Minnesota; oriented toward voices that bridge the Chinese-speaking world and the diaspora.
萬湖書屋專注於出版各類中文書籍文學、詩歌、隨筆、學術研究以及面向大眾的非虛構作品。我們致力於為中文世界帶來豐富而深邃的思想與敘事。
Sapientia Editions
Edited by M. R. Carter · Plymouth, MN
A curated series reviving timeless works of humanistic thought from the public domain, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and cultural studies. Foundational texts that continue to illuminate the questions of our time, returned to print in clean, scholarly editions.
致力于复兴公版人文思想经典人类学、社会学、哲学与文化研究。让那些持续启发当代问题的奠基之作以清晰、学术的版本重回印刷。
Velvet Thread
An imprint of Carter & Co.
Early 20th-century literary works by and about women voices that shaped, questioned, and quietly revolutionized their time. Each Velvet Thread edition is newly typeset, with patterned endpapers, a fresh introduction, and an emphasis on the materiality of the book.
20 世纪初由女性创作、关于女性的文学作品那些塑造、质疑、并悄然变革了她们时代的声音。