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, 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)

Secret Headquarters (Los Angeles)

Point Reyes Books (Point Reyes Station)

Escapist Comics (Berkeley)

Silver Sprocket (San Francisco)

Illinois

Quimby's (Chicago)

Seminary Co-Op (Chicago)