Small Press has become the accepted term for modestly financed book publishers that issue the sorts of titles that commercial publishers would not publish. . . . Thus, compared to commercial publishers, Small Presses have been particularly open to those who are generally excluded – political or sexual radicals, avant-garde writers, black writers, or religious writers, to name a few.
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In short, Little Magazines are independently-produced magazines with a very small circulation and, usually, a short existence compared with large, commercially published magazines like Vogue or The Atlantic. Historically, the term "Little Magazines" has referred to art and literary publications of the early 20th Century. In the 21st Century, the terms "independent magazine," or indie magazine may be used instead.