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Greenery Press is a
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house based in
Emeryville, California Emeryville is a city located in northwest Alameda County, California, in the United States. It lies in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, with a border on the shore of San Francisco Bay. The resident population was 12,905 ...
, specializing in books on
BDSM BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics. Given the wide range of practices, some of which may be engaged ...
(particularly femdom) and
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, with over 50 titles in print. Most titles are non-fiction, but a smaller number of fiction titles and memoirs are published under the Grass Stain Press name. Greenery's sales top 100,000 books per year.


History

Greenery Press was founded in 1991 by author Janet Hardy. In 1995 it merged with Jay Wiseman Books under the Greenery name. Hardy continues to run the company, while Wiseman continues to serve on the Press's board of directors.

Greenery Press closed its new books program in 2019 upon the retirement of editorial director Janet W. Hardy and is no longer publishing new titles.From "Get to Know Us" section of Greenery's Website http://www.greenerypress.com/


Program

Greenery's list of titles include works by such notable authors such as Hardy herself, Dossie Easton, Wiseman and Midori, their most popular title is '' The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities'', which has been translated into several languages. and has sold over 50,000 copies as of 2004. * Jay Wiseman, ''SM 101: A Realistic Introduction'', Greenery Press, 2000. . * Jay Wiseman, ''Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook'', Greenery Press, 2000. . * Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt, ''When Someone You Love Is Kinky'', Greenery Press, 2000. . * Dossie Easton, Janet W. Hardy, ''The New Topping Book.'' Greenery Press, 2003. . * Dossie Easton, Janet W. Hardy, ''The New Bottoming Book.'' Greenery Press, 2001. . * Midori, ''The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage'', Greenery Press, 2001. . * Lorelei, ''The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl's Guide to Female Dominance'', Greenery Press, 2000. . * John Warren, ''The Loving Dominant'', Greenery Press, 2000. . *
Andrew Conway Andrew Joseph Conway (born 11 July 1991) is an Irish rugby union player for Munster in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup. He plays primarily as a wing, but can also play as a fullback. Blackrock College While atte ...
, ''The Bullwhip Book'', Greenery Press, 2000. . * Joseph W. Bean, ''Flogging'', Greenery Press, 2000. . * M. R. Strict, ''Intimate Invasion: The Erotic Ins & Outs of Enema Play'', Greenery Press, 2004. . *
Lady Green Janet W. Hardy is an American writer and sex educator, and founder of Greenery Press. She has also been published as ''Catherine A. Liszt'' and ''Lady Green''. She is the author or co-author of eleven books, and frequently collaborates with Doss ...
, ''The Compleat Spanker'', Greenery Press, 2000. . *
Charles Anders Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...
, ''The Lazy Crossdresser'', Greenery Press, 2002. . *
Laura Antoniou Laura Antoniou (born 1963) is an American novelist. She is the author of ''The Marketplace'' series of BDSM-themed novels, which were originally published under the pen name of Sara Adamson. Antoniou is also known for her work as an editor and pi ...
,
Christina Abernathy Christina may refer to: People * Christina (given name), shared by several people * Christina (surname), shared by several people Places * Christina, Montana, unincorporated community, United States * Christina, British Columbia, Canada * Chris ...
, ''Erotic Slavehood: A Miss Abernathy Omnibus'', Greenery Press, 2007, * Christina Abernathy, ''Miss Abernathy's Concise Slave Training Manual'', Greenery Press, 1998, * Christina Abernathy, ''Training with Miss Abernathy: A Workbook for Erotic Slaves and Their Owners'', Greenery Press, 1998,


References and further reading

* ''San Francisco Chronicle''
"Greenery Press specializes in off-color topics"
October 19, 2001 * ''Cuir Underground''

Issue 3.6, Summer 1997. ;Specific


External links


Greenery Press - official site- SFStation article about Greenery Press
*San Francisco Chronicle
Greenery Press specializes in off-color topics
{{Authority control Book publishing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area Publishing companies established in 1991 BDSM publishers Companies based in Emeryville, California Feminism and BDSM 1991 establishments in California