About
First To Knock publishes books and records.
First To Knock titles have been featured in outlets such as Los Angeles Review of Books, Hermitix, CrimeReads, The Washington Post, Apocalypse Confidential, Volupté, Rain Taxi Review of Books, Tulsa World, Cinepunx, Aquarium Drunkard, The Rodeo, This Land, Tulsa Public Radio/NPR, KCRW Los Angeles, and Weird History. Chris Via of Leaf by Leaf has called First To Knock "one of my favorite presses."
Writer Michael P. Daley formed First To Knock in 2017. The company is based in Michigan City, Indiana. It is independently operated.
First To Knock independently distributes its own titles around the world—except for the UK and Europe, which is handled by Antenne Books. First To Knock also distributes books and records by the New York City-based archivist and publisher Boo-Hooray.
First To Knock titles are available on the FTK webshop, or at some some of the finest bookshops in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Asia, and the United Kingdom. Stockists include:
Arizona
The Heard Museum (Phoenix)
California
Skylight Books (Los Angeles)
The Daily Planet Bookstore (Los Angeles)
Stories Bookstore (Los Angeles)
North Figueroa Bookshop (Los Angeles)
Secret Headquarters (Los Angeles)
Point Reyes Books (Point Reyes Station)
Escapist Comics (Berkeley)
Spectator Books (Oakland)
Dog Eared Books (San Francisco)
Fabulosa Books (San Francisco)
Silver Sprocket (San Francisco)
Florida
Dale Zine (Miami)
Illinois
Quimby's (Chicago)
Seminary Co-Op (Chicago)
Shuga Records (Chicago)
First Aid Comics (Chicago)
Indiana
Static Age Records (Michigan City)
Kentucky
Indie Northern Kentucky (Bellevue)
Conveyor Belt Books (Covington)
Maryland
Atomic Books (Baltimore)
Third Eye Comics (Annapolis)
Michigan
The Book Beat (Oak Park)
Vault of Midnight (Ann Arbor)
Booksweet (Ann Arbor)
A Novel Concept (Lansing)
New York
Mast Books (New York City)
Topos Bookstore (Ridgewood, Queens)
North Carolina
Malaprop's (Asheville)
Oklahoma
Magic City Books (Tulsa)
The Gilcrease Museum (Tulsa)
Oregon
Revolutions Bookshop (Portland)
Pennsylvania
50 Watts Books (Philadelphia/Online)
Wooden Shoe Books (Philadelphia)
Partners and Son (Philadelphia)
Fungus Books (Pittsburgh)
Apport Used Books (Allentown)
Rhode Island
Riffraff (Providence)
Virginia
Small Friends Records & Books (Richmond)
Washington
Apparition Books (Renton)
Left Bank Books (Seattle)
Wisconsin
A Room of One's Own (Madison)
Australia
The Dragonfly Rose Bookshop (Sydney)
Metropolis Bookshop (Melbourne)
Belgium
Librebook (Brussels)
Canada
The Beguiling (Toronto)
The Printed Word (Dundas)
France
After 8 Books (Paris)
La Manoeuvre (Paris)
Germany
Zabriskie Buchladen (Berlin)
Greece
Hyper Hypo (Athens)
Singapore
Spain
Modern Life Fun (Barcelona)
Sweden
Très Bien (Malmö)
United Kingdom
Hill of Dust Books (Leeds)
Errant Books (UK/Online)
Donlon Books (London)
Dash the Henge (London)
Artwords Bookshop (London)
The Horse Hospital (London)
Institute of Contemporary
The Jewish Museum (London)
Très Bien (London)
Unitom (Manchester)
Rare Mags (Stockport)