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Down There Press

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Status
  
Active

Owner(s)
  
worker owned

Founded
  
1975

Key people
  
Joani Blank

Founder
  
Joani Blank

Country of origin
  
United States of America

Publication types
  
Books, DVDs, Audiobooks

Nonfiction topics
  
sexuality, health, erotica, self help

Headquarters location
  
San Francisco, California, United States

Down There Press is an independently run feminist book, DVD, and audiobook publisher that focuses on sexuality. They are well known for their publications regarding youth and adolescent sexuality. Down There Press was founded by sex educator Joani Blank in 1975 in San Francisco, California.

Blank's 1975 book The Playbook for Women About Sex was their first publication. Blank has published all of her work through the press.

Down There publishes erotica both visual and literary.

Herotica, a collection of women's erotica, was the first fiction series that the press published.

Down There Press carries titles from authors such as Carol Queen, Jack Morin, Isadora Alman, Kate Dominic, Susie Bright, Cathy Winks, and Martha Cornog.

References

Down There Press Wikipedia