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'''Ghost Publishing''' is an anonymous publishing movement. The basic philosophy of the movement is in part derivative of the [[new criticism]] of the early part of the [[twentieth century]]. The new criticism held that a work should be treated as though it were contemporary and anonymous whether it was a text by [[Tacitus]] or [[Ernest Hemingway|Hemingway]]. The Ghost Publishers take the belief one step further and hold that works of literature are most powerful when they are [[anonymous]]. Most texts that have come out of this movement are photocopied booklets that are distributed through one of three typical methods: the drop-off, blind mail, and piggy-backing.  The most common is the drop-off whereby the writer simply prints his texts and drops them someplace where they are likely to be found, such as a park or a city bus. Blind mail is held by (contracted; show full)

The movement is sometimes referred to by the term [[Guerilla Publishing]] which has been co-opted by more overground efforts to publicize small press and independent publications but the anonymous writers’ movement should not be confused with these efforts at viral marketing.