Ampersand

Ampersand is an independent press dedicated to the discovery and publication of fundamental works in the field of social history of written culture, visual communication, and fashion. Our mission is to make available to Spanish readers the most representative works of foreign authors such as Martyn Lyons, Guglielmo Cavallo, Valerie Steele, Michael Baxandall. Additionally, we publish prestigious works by Argentinian researchers, such as Libros, lectores y sociabilidades de lectura, by Javier Planas, and Fantasmas del saber, by Noé Jitrik. Ampersand’s offices include a library specialized in written culture and a space dedicated to reading workshops.

Published titles
20
Active titles
20
Published titles in 2016
2
Average print run
700

Founded:
2012

Distribution:
Galerna en la Argentina, Canoa en España, Heraldos Negros en Perú, Librería Bonilla en México.

Main authors

Noé Jitrik

José Emilio Burucúa

Daniel Link

Guglielmo Cavallo

Martyn Lyons

Jean-Yves Mollier

Valerie Steele

Most sold titles in past year

Libros más vendidos en el último año:

Historia de las bibliotecas, de Frédéric Barbier

El arte de describir, de Svetlana Alpers

La otra cara de Jano, de José Luis de Diego

 

Featured titles

Title: Escribir, leer, conservar. Tipologías y prácticas de lo escrito, de la Antigüedad al Medioevo (Write, read, converse. Classification and practices of the written, from Antiquity to the Medieval)

Author: Guglielmo Cavallo

Excesos lectores, ascetismos iconográficos (Reader excesses, iconographic austerity)

Author: José Emilio Burucúa

Prensa, política y cultura visual. El Mosquito (Buenos Aires, 1863-1893) (Press, politics, and visual culture. El Mosquito ((Buenos Aires, 1863-1893))

Author: Susan R. Hallstead y Regina A. Root (comps.)

Pasado de moda. Expresiones culturales y consumo en la Argentina (Out of fashion. Cultural expressions and consumerism in Argentina)

Author: Susan R. Hallstead y Regina A. Root (comps.)