Talk:Alan Swallow

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:47, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that Alan Swallow started his own solo publishing imprint, Swallow Press, and published popular works by the likes of Anaïs Nin? Source: "Swallow became Nin’s publisher in 1958 when she approached the press after her publisher had allowed her fiction works to go out of print."
• ALT1 ... that Alan Swallow started his own solo publishing imprint, Alan Swallow Press, and published popular works by the likes of Anaïs Nin?

• Reviewed: Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt
• Comment: There's no one source for the hook, so I just gave one that represents the end part.

Created by Silver seren (talk). Self-nominated at 22:26, 15 February 2020 (UTC).

• Review by Maile

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• Article created by Silver seren on February 13, 2020
• 3898 characters (641 words) "readable prose size"

Sourcing

• Every paragraph is sourced, often more than once

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• Hook is 127 characters, stated in the article, and sourced (as linked above) at the end of the sentence where stated

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• Earwig tool shows nothing of concern

Congratulations! - nomination passes. — Maile (talk) 23:40, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

• Coming to promote this, I find the hook mentions "Swallow Press" while the article alternates between "Swallow Press" and "Alan Swallow Press". Which is it? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:45, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

• @Cwmhiraeth: Both names are used in the sources, so I assume it is variable, depending on if one wants to use his full name or not. Silverseren^C 07:04, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

• If both names are used in sources, then I think you should mention this in the article, because at the moment it is contradictory to have a section headed "Alan Swallow Press" which thereafter only mentions "Swallow Press". Actually, come to think of it, he did not found an "imprint", he founded a publishing house that used the imprints "Swallow Press" and "Alan Swallow Press". Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:36, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

• Not sure if he ever actually made an official publishing house or a company for it. It's kinda difficult to say with his history. And all the sources talk about the imprint, such as what OU acquired in 2008. I have changed all usages in the article though to "Alan Swallow Press", so that's all consistent now. Silverseren^C 08:06, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

• Replacing tick, now that hook and article are consistent. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:57, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Alan Swallow Press name

While the name "Alan Swallow Press" frequently appears in Alan Swallow obituaries and sometimes appears in works discussing the publishing house. However, after thorough searching, I am now fairly confident that name was never printed in the paratext of any book. Instead, books were described as published by "Alan Swallow", "Swallow Press", and "The Swallow Press, Inc.". I imagine that "Alan Swallow Press" emerged as a combination of these names, rather than ever having been a name commonly used by the business. I propose that this page be moved to Swallow PressSwallow Press. Daask (talk) 21:04, 28 March 2026 (UTC)