Encounter Books
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Encounter Books is an American conservative book publisher. It is an activity of Encounter for Culture and Education, Inc. [1] Founded in 1997 in San Francisco, it publishes non-fiction, on mostly political or social subjects, but also lesser topics as well. The founding publisher of Encounter Books was Peter Collier. Collier resigned in late-2005, and Encounter Books was taken over by the commentator Roger Kimball, who is also co-editor and publisher of The New Criterion. Kimball moved Encounter Books to New York early in 2006.
Encounter Books has published scores of well known writers, including Ward Connerly, Theodore Dalrymple, John Fund, Victor Davis Hanson, Peter Hitchens, David Horowitz, Leon Kass, William Kristol, Melanie Phillips, Wesley Smith, Thomas Sowell, David Stove, and Keith Windschuttle.
[edit] Criticism
Alleged publishing of Islamophobic books
Carl Ernst, an academic scholar of Islamic studies, states that the Encounter for Culture and Education Inc. owning Encounter Books, is 'promoted and supported by right-wing organizations, who are perpetuating a type of bigotry similar to anti-Semitism and racial prejudice'. It has 'been funded with $4,635,000 for its publications over the past ten years all from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.' [1]
