contact · 20 exchange place, new york

letterpress& lantern

The studio door, the phone line and the inbox, all answered by someone with ink on a cuff.

Lamp on by half past nine. The kettle clicks, the phone sits by the proof tray, and the first thing we read each morning is whatever you sent overnight.

  • replies within one working day
  • mon–thu 9:30am–4:30pm · fri to 3pm
  • 20 exchange place apt624 · new york, ny
Tintype photograph of an old telephone, brass lantern and ink-spotted proofs on a studio desk
the line is open, weekdays
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pick your channel: phone, post, or the front door

A voice on the line settles most questions in ten minutes. A written note gives us something to underline. Either is welcome.

by phone · fastest

(716) 861-5444

Ask which package to skip. We’ll answer honestly, even when it costs us the sale.

by email · for the long version

newbusiness@letterpresslanterncreative.com

Attach the page you cringe at. We read attachments first, with tea.

by form · below

the first paragraph

Tell us what you sell and how it sounds on your best day. It lands in the same inbox, stamped with the time.

jump to the form
in person · by appointment

20 exchange place

Apt624, New York, NY 10005. Ring ahead so someone is at the door.

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lamp hours, set in a ledger

Weekends the press sleeps. A note sent Friday at 4pm is read Monday at 9:30, first thing, before the kettle cools.

Tintype of a glowing brass lantern in a studio window over Lower Manhattan rooftops
lantern in the window, 4:30pm
studio hours · new york time
monday9:30am – 4:30pm
tuesday9:30am – 4:30pm
wednesday9:30am – 4:30pm
thursday9:30am – 4:30pm
friday9:30am – 3:00pm
sat · sunpress resting

pay by card or ach · invoices at kickoff and handoff

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find the door on exchange place

Down in the Financial District, a few steps from Broad Street and the old stone of the exchange buildings. Buzz Apt624; we’ll come down the stairs ourselves.

walk me to exchange place
20 Exchange Place Apt624
New York, NY 10005
(716) 861-5444
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first note to us: what helps most

a.

The thing you sell, in the words you’d use across a kitchen table.

b.

A launch date, real or hoped-for.

c.

A link to the page you’d like us to rewrite.

d.

Which package caught your eye: $450, $685, $1,085 or $1,400.

before you write

quick answers about getting in touch

how fast will you reply?

Within one working day, Monday to Friday. A note sent on Friday afternoon gets its answer Monday morning, with a time offered for the kitchen-table call.

do I have to know which package I want?

No. Say what you sell and what’s stuck. We’ll point you to the weight that fits, and tell you plainly if none of them do.

can I visit the studio?

Yes, by appointment at 20 Exchange Place. Ring (716) 861-5444 first so we can be at the door.

is the first call free?

The first conversation, about ten minutes by phone or email, costs nothing. The forty-minute kitchen-table call begins once you’ve booked a package.

ready when you are

ready to start? send us the first paragraph.

Tell us what you sell and how it sounds on your best day. Fixed fees run $450 to $1,400, agreed in writing before the first word is set.