Editing Loompanics (section)

{{Short description|American book publisher  (1975–2006)}}
{{Infobox company
| name             = Loompanics Enterprises, Inc.<br />([[Trade name|d.b.a]] Loompanics Unlimited)
| logo             = [[File:Loompanics Logo.png|center|150px|Loompanics Logo]]
| type             = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry         = Publishing, Catalog book sales
| foundation       = 1975
| defunct          = {{End date|2006|05|08}}
| hq_location      = [[Port Townsend, Washington]]
| products         = Books
| revenue          = 
| key_people       = Michael Hoy, President, Book editor<br />Lou Rollins, Proof reader<br />Gia Cosindas, Publicist
| num_employees    = 
| net_income       = 
| operating_income = 
}}

'''Loompanics Unlimited''' was an American book seller and publisher specializing in nonfiction on generally unconventional or controversial topics. The topics in their title list included drugs, weapons, survivalism, anarchism, sex, [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]], and so on.<ref>{{cite news |first=Robin |last=Clarke |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-08-27-9308270118-story.html |title=Anarchy Reigns at Loompanics |work=[[Chicago Times]] |date=27 August 1993 |access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Sonni |last=Efron |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-05-fi-2525-story.html |title=Manuals Fit for Mayhem--by Mail |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=5 January 1992 |access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19910908&slug=1304340 |title=Publisher Profits From Horrifying And Bizarre |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=8 September 1991 |access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref> Many of their titles describe some kind of illicit or extralegal actions, such as ''Counterfeit I.D. Made Easy''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Luger |first1=Jack |title=Counterfeit I.D. Made Easy |date=1990 |publisher=Loompanics Unlimited |isbn=0915179903 |pages=137}}</ref> and ''Opium for the Masses'', while others are purely informative, such as ''Uninhabited Ocean Islands'', ''How to Buy Land Cheap'' and ''The Muckraker's Manual'' (recommended by [[Stewart Brand]]).<ref>{{cite news |last=Brand |first=Stewart |title=Do your own muckraking |work=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |date=24 September 1985 |page=51}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Frauenfelder |first=Mark |url=http://www.streettech.com/bcp/BCPgraf/StreetTech/loompanics.htm |title=Loompanics |website=Street Tech: [[Gareth Branwyn]] & Peter Sugarman's Tech Review Site |access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref>