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Engangled Publishing
Entangled Publishing is an exclusive, boutique publisher of romantic fiction. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, Entangled’s goal is to bridge the gap between traditional and indie publishing, giving both readers and authors the best of both worlds.
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Company was founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus and John C. Farrar. In 1964 Robert Giroux's name was added to the roster and the company became Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The firm is renowned for its international list of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry and children's books. Farrar, Straus and Giroux authors have won extraordinary acclaim over the years, including numerous National Book Awards, Pulitzer Prizes, and twenty-two Nobel Prizes in literature. Nobel Prize-winners include Knut Hamsun, Hermann Hesse, T. S. Eliot, Pär Lagerkvist, François Mauriac, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Salvatore Quasimodo, Nelly Sachs, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Pablo Neruda, Eugenio Montale, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Czeslaw Milosz, Elias Canetti, William Golding, Wole Soyinka, Joseph Brodsky, Camilo José Cela, Nadine Gordimer, Derek Walcott, Seamus Heaney, and Mario Vargas Llosa.
Poetry has always played a pivotal role on the Farrar, Straus and Giroux list, which boasts some of the greatest names in modern verse, ranging from Elizabeth Bishop, Ted Hughes, and Philip Larkin to John Ashbery, Thom Gunn, and Les Murray.
Fiction has an even greater international reach, distinguished by Michael Cunningham, Jonathan Franzen, Peter Høeg, Amitav Ghosh, Roberto Bolaño, Denis Johnson, Jamaica Kincaid, Marilynne Robinson, Bernard Malamud, Alice McDermott, Péter Nádas, Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, Richard Powers, Susan Sontag, Scott Turow, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Tom Wolfe.
History, art history, natural history, current affairs and science round out a strong list in nonfiction represented by Thomas Friedman, Philip Gourevitch, George Packer, Alex Ross, Michael Holroyd, William Langewiesche, Gina Kolata, Louis Menand, and John McPhee, among others.
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Mass Market Publishers
Raincoast Books distribute mass market paperbacks from St. Martin's Press, Tor / Forge and Sourcebooks. The most recent mass market catalogues from these publishers are available below.
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Kingfisher
Kingfisher, a division of Macmillan Publishing, publishes children's and young adult fiction and non-ficition books.
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September 19, 2011 - Notes From A Children’s Book Publicist- Volume Nine- Talk Like A Pirate Day
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Papercutz
Papercutz offers the new generation of graphic novels for tweens featuring Geronimo Stilton, BIONICLE and Disney Fairies in all-new full color comics stories! All our graphic novels are in pocket format thick paperbacks and hardcovers at easy prices. Also available: graphic novels of Tales From The Crypt and its best-selling Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid, Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys and the rebirth of Classics Illustrated. Coming soon: The Smurfs!
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September 19, 2011 - Notes From A Children’s Book Publicist- Volume Nine- Talk Like A Pirate Day
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Priddy Books
Priddy Books publishes innovative, photographic books for children. Using simple, attractive elements, our books are specially designed to stimulate your child's imagination and encourage their development and awareness of the world around them. We have taken great care to use the highest-quality materials in the production of our children's books-all of which are rigorously tested. Our range is aimed at three key age groups: Happy Baby 0 - 2 years, Preschool 2-5 years and Smart Kids for children aged 5 and over. We produce books for a world-wide market, with translations into 30 different languages.
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Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
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Macmillan Audio
Macmillan Audio (formerly Audio Renaissance) was founded in 1987, published its first titles in 1988, and was acquired by Holtzbrinck in 2001. In 2007, it launched its children’s program, newly named Macmillan Young Listeners, to publish audio editions of exciting new and classic children’s literature from among the Macmillan young readers publishers. Macmillan Audio offers titles both abridged and unabridged both on physical media and by digital delivery. The division was honored with prestigious Audie Awards in three categories in 2007, and has Pulitzer Prize-winning authors and Academy Award-winning narrators on its list. Macmillan Audio publishes audio editions of the best fiction and non-fiction books for adults and children, from among the Macmillan trade publishers including Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Feiwel and Friends, Henry Holt and Company, Picador, Roaring Brook Press, Square Fish, St. Martin's Press, and Tor Books, and it acquires titles from outside publishers as well.
The Macmillan Audio list is filled with such bestselling and acclaimed authors as Jackie Collins, Michael Cunningham, Jeffrey Eugenides, Janet Evanovich, Thomas L. Friedman, Robert Jordan, Robert Ludlum, Tom Perrotta, Marilyn Robinson, Scott Turow, and Tom Wolfe. Narrators of its titles include Dylan Baker, Timothy Dalton, Cynthia Nixon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Campbell Scott, Meryl Streep, and Stanley Tucci.
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Rodale
With a mission to inspire and enable people to improve their lives and the world around them, Rodale has been the leading publisher of information on healthy, active lifestyles for more than 60 years. Rodale's magazine properties include Prevention, Men's Health, Women's Health, Runner's World, Bicycling, Mountain Bike, Running Times, and Organic Gardening. As the largest independent book publisher in the U.S., Rodale delivers trusted content to readers worldwide. Recent successes include the New York Times bestsellers The Kind Diet, by Alicia Silverstone, and The End of Overeating, by former FDA commissioner Dr. David Kessler, as well as franchise titles such as The South Beach Diet; Eat This, Not That!; Flat Belly Diet!; and The Biggest Loser. Rodale reaches consumers through retail and direct response channels, and its products span multiple media formats and platforms, including print, video and the Internet.
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Tor / Forge
Tor Books is the most successful science fiction and fantasy publisher in the world. Winner of the Locus Award for best SF publisher 20 years in a row, Tor regularly puts books like Robert Jordan’s Knife of Dreams and Terry Goodkind’s Chainfire atop national bestseller lists. Tor’s Orb imprint offers trade paperback editions of outstanding, award-winning SF and fantasy backlist titles. Additionally, the Tor Kids program includes Starscape, Tor Teen, and one of the largest classics lines in North America.
The Forge imprint publishes a wide range of fiction, including a strong line of historical novels and thrillers, plus mysteries, women’s fiction, and a variety of nonfiction titles. Tor/Forge has also become the leading modern publisher of American westerns.
Well-known authors recently published by Tor and Forge include Andrew M. Greeley, Douglas Preston, Orson Scott Card, Michael & Kathleen O’Neal Gear, Harold Robbins, Susan Kearney, Jonathan Carroll, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Andre Norton, Terry Goodkind, Robert Jordan, former Secretary of Defense William B. Cohen, Susanna Clarke, Allan Folsom, Eric Lustbader, Elizabeth Haydon, Gene Wolfe, Morgan Llewelyn, David Lubar, David Weber, Christopher Pike, and Philip K. Dick.
About Starscape And Tor Teen Books
The richly imagined worlds of science fiction and fantasy novels encourage readers to hold a mirror up to their own realities, exploring them in a way that is secure yet challenging and demanding. Whether surviving in a complex alternate universe or navigating life on Earth in the presence of a strange new discovery, the characters in these works help readers realize what it truly means to be a human being. Starscape and Tor Teen strives to encourage such critical discoveries by making the very best science fiction and fantasy literature available to young readers, providing numerous unique universes through which young readers can travel on the critical journey to the center of their own identities.
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Starscape Award-winning science fiction and fantasy for middle grade readers ages 10 and up (grades 5 and up), published in hardcover and paperback. All titles are age- and theme-appropriate. Some editions include reader’s guides and other supplemental materials.
Tor Teen
Critically-acclaimed science fiction and fantasy for young adult readers ages 13 and up (grades 8 and up), published in hardcover and paperback. All titles are age- and theme-appropriate. Some editions include reader’s guides and other supplemental materials.
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January 21, 2013 - The #1 Bestselling Book in Canada
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St. Martin’s Press
St. Martin’s Press has a long and respected history of publishing a solid and varied list. We are dedicated to publishing emerging new authors, and offering a fresh perspective on classic genres, while maintaining a diverse and interesting range of books. Our strength is derived from a dedication to solid publishing of many books, while consistently producing the occasional blockbuster. The vast majority of St. Marton's hardcovers are published in paperback through our internal paperback lines.
Griffin
The Griffin list features a wide range of contemporary paperbacks (some original publications, others published in conjunction with the St. Martin’s Press hardcover list), and includes hundreds of bestselling works of fiction—from commercial, literary, and graphic (illustrated) novels to titles of African American and young-adult interest. The hallmarks of Griffin’s varied nonfiction publishing program extends to such categories as: Biography and memoir, pop-culture and politics, business and self-help, humor and reference, gay and lesbian, health and fitness, home and travel (including the Let’s Go® guides), crafts and hobbies, nature and medicine, New York Times crossword puzzles and Will Shortz’s sudoku, and much more.
Minotaur
Established in 1999, Minotaur is a premier publisher in the bestselling category of crime fiction. Garnering domestic and international awards from the Edgar to the Gold Dagger, the list encompasses the entire genre from cozies to historicals to thrillers. Minotaur is dedicated to nurturing rising new talent as well as cultivating the fullest potential of its popular genre mainstays.
St. Martin's Paperbacks
St. Martin’s Paperbacks continually produces a strong list of bestselling mass-market books—from already established to up-and-coming authors—in both original and reprint form. The scope of the SMP list is extensive and inclusive—from contemporary fiction and historical romance to paranormal suspense, mysteries (under the Minotaur imprint) and thrillers to the True Crime library, military nonfiction to movie tie-ins, and many other sub-categories in each genre.
Thomas Dunne Books
Established in 1986, Thomas Dunne Books publishes popular trade fiction and nonfiction. With an output of approximately 175 titles each year, his group covers a range of genres including commercial and literary fiction, thrillers, biography, politics, sports, popular science, and more. The list is intentionally eclectic and includes a wide range of fiction and nonfiction, from first books to international bestsellers.
Truman Talley Books
Truman “Mac” Talley has been one of New York’s most respected editors over the past forty years. Mac focuses on management, financial, and other related non-fiction.
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Picador
Since its launch in 1995 Picador has rapidly established itself as one of the leading literary trade paperback imprints in the country. Working closely with the hardcover houses Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Henry Holt and St Martin’s Press, Picador has enjoyed fast sales growth, reflecting the general strength of trade paperbacks in the marketplace.
Picador authors of fiction and non-fiction include Pulitzer Prize winners Michael Chabon, Michael Cunningham, Marilynne Robinson and Jeffrey Eugenides; National Book Award winners Richard Powers, Shirley Hazzard, Susan Sontag and Jonathan Franzen; and National Book Critics Circle Award winners Jim Crace and Philip Gourevitch. Picador’s bestselling authors include Anita Diamant, Augusten Burroughs, Salman Rushdie, Lorrie Moore, Atul Gawande and Tom Wolfe.
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December 17, 2012 - My Favourite Books of 2012, Dan Wagstaff
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March 01, 2012 - Meet the author: Claire Dederer
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Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan is a global cross-market publisher specializing in quality trade non-fiction and cutting-edge academic books. We publish general interest books as well as textbooks, journals, monographs, professional and reference works in print and online. We presently have over 5,000 active titles. In subjects ranging from Political Science, Economics and History, to Literature, Linguistics and Business, the list contains original works by many of the foremost writers and editors in the world, including Nobel laureates and internationally recognized experts. In addition, Palgrave Macmillan is the distributor of the following UK publishers: Berg Publishers, I.B. Tauris, Manchester University Press and Zed Books.
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Henry Holt and Company
From the poetry of Robert Frost to classic works by Robert Louis Stevenson, Erich Fromm, and Norman Mailer, Henry Holt and Company has, for almost a century and a half, published writers that define their era and endure far beyond it. Founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt, Henry Holt is one of the oldest trade publishers in the United States. Today the company continues to build upon its illustrious history by publishing bestselling, award-winning books in the areas of literary fiction, mysteries and thrillers, history, biography, politics, current events, science, psychology, and books for children and young adults. In addition to the Henry Holt imprint, the company also publishes books under the Metropolitan Books, Times Books, Holt Paperbacks, Picador, Books For Young Readers, Square Fish, and Audio Renaissance imprints. Each imprint offers a distinctive list of books that contributes to the spectrum of views and voices that Henry Holt brings to readers of all ages each day.
Henry Holt
The flagship imprint of Henry Holt and Company continues to carry on the house’s long history of publishing books of high quality that appeal to a diverse and substantial readership. Under the Henry Holt imprint, the company publishes fiction and nonfiction with a focus on the following categories: literary fiction, mysteries and thrillers, history, current events, social science, adventure, biography, and psychology. Maintaining the award- winning tradition of the imprint, Henry Holt titles have in recent years won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. The Henry Holt list features such acclaimed authors as Paul Auster, Rick Atkinson, John Banville, Kevin Boyle, Tony Horwitz, Richard North Patterson, and Jacqueline Winspear.
Metropolitan Books
Metropolitan Books, established in 1995, publishes American and international fiction and nonfiction. With a mission to introduce unconventional, uncompromising and sometimes controversial voices, Metropolitan publishes titles in categories ranging from world history to American politics, foreign fiction to graphic novels, social science to current affairs. In 2003 Metropolitan launched The American Empire Project, a collection of books dedicated to bringing progressive voices on U.S. politics and policy to mainstream audiences. Writers such as Barbara Ehrenreich, Atul Gawande, Susan Faludi, Orlando Figes, Tom Segev, Noam Chomsky, and Thomas Frank are featured on the Metropolitan list. Regardless of the writer or topic, Metropolitan always upholds its commitment to diversity, distinction, and surprise.
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Times Books
Times Books is a publishing partnership between The New York Times and Henry Holt and Company. Times Books publishes quality nonfiction books in the fields of politics, current events, international relations, history, science, and American society and culture. Approximately half of the imprint’s books are written by New York Times reporters, and the rest are written by some of America’s leading intellectuals, journalists, and public figures; all of these works are informed by their authors’ unparalleled expertise on the most important issues of our day. Times Books is also the home of the American Presidents Series of brief biographies of the presidents of the United States, for which Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., serves as general editor. The Times Books list includes works by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn, Linda Greenhouse, Gary Hart, Stephen Kinzer, Bill McKibben, Jeffrey Rosen, Michael Shermer, and David Weinberger.
Holt Paperbacks
Holt Paperbacks publishes reprints from all the company’s adult imprints including Henry Holt, Metropolitan Books, and Times Books. Holt Paperbacks also publishes original trade paperbacks across all the categories that Henry Holt focuses on, including literary fiction, mysteries and thrillers, history, current events, social science, adventure, biography and memoir, personal development, and psychology. Whether as an original or reprint, every book on the Holt Paperbacks list strives to deliver to the paperback reader the same high caliber of information and entertainment that is the hallmark of all Henry Holt publications. Acclaimed and bestselling authors published under the Holt Paperbacks imprint include Rick Atkinson, Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Harville Hendrix, Julie Morgenstern, and Stacy Schiff.
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers is known for publishing quality picture books, chapter books, and novels for preschoolers through young adults. Covering a wide variety of genres, our books feature imaginative authors and illustrators who inspire young readers. Our list includes the classic picture books Tikki Tikki Tembo and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Caldecott Honor Winners In the Small, Small Pond and Hondo and Fabian; and National Book Award Winner When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. Our award winning authors and illustrators include Melvin Burgess, Eric Carle, Bryan Collier, Denise Fleming, Nikki Giovanni, Kimberly Willis Holt, Laurie Keller, Betsy Lewin, Bill Martin Jr., and Peter McCarty.
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Simply Read Books
Simply Read Books' approach to illustrated children's books follows the finest publishing tradition and spirit with inspired content, extraordinary artwork, outstanding graphic design form, and quality production. They introduce contemporary books with a modern appeal and fresh outlook, and offer a careful selection of timeless stories that link the past with the present.
Simply Read Books' commitment to excellence has succeeded in awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), IPPY, the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), the Alcuin Society, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), ForeWord Magazine, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, the Ontario Arts Foundation, the BC Book Prizes, and the Canadian Toy Testing Council.
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December 22, 2011 - My Favorite Books of 2011: Crystal (Children’s Book Publicist)
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Prufrock Press
Supporting Gifted and Advanced Learners:
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Sourcebooks
Founded In 1987, a determined Dominique Raccah left a promising career with advertising giant Leo Burnett, cashed in $17,000 from her 401K plan and launched a publishing house from her upstairs bedroom in Naperville, Illinois. She called it Sourcebooks.
Over the years, Sourcebooks has grown and flourished by following its independent vision, and by publishing extraordinary authors and unique books with readers in mind. Noted for its strong publicity and marketing efforts on behalf of its authors and retailers, Sourcebooks stands today as one of the leading independent book publishers in North America.
Founded with one title, Financial Sourcebooks Sources, Sourcebooks initially focused on publishing professional finance titles and books for bankers. In the early 1990s, Sourcebooks had its initial success in bookstores with business titles like The Small Business Survival Guide and The Complete Book of Business Plans, titles that continue to thrive for the company today.
Sourcebooks also began expanding outside business and finance with a highly successful gift book for women entitled Finding Time. In 1993, Sourcebooks partnered with retailer Sally Beauty Supply to develop and publish 500 Beauty Solutions, later expanded to 1001 Beauty Solutions. These books led to Sourcebooks’ first six-figure print run, and furthered its reach into other general trade books and nonbookstore markets. From the early 1990s to today, self-help, parenting, business and reference paperbacks have always formed a backbone of the Sourcebooks list.
In 1997, just ten years after its conception, Sourcebooks was listed by trade magazine Publishers Weekly as the sixth-fastest-growing small publisher in the country; it would move up to No. 3 the next year. Its 1999 appearance at No. 2 was Sourcebooks’ final time on the list—the company is now too large to be eligible. Sourcebooks’ sales figures also reflected its success by doubling every two years during this era.
Sourcebooks’ growth has also been due in part to frequent acquisitions of imprints that continue to thrive today. In 1996, Sourcebooks added Casablanca Press with its love- and romance-oriented self-help books, including the legendary bestseller 1001 Ways To Be Romantic by Gregory Godek. Now dubbed Sourcebooks Casablanca, the imprint has grown to encompass relationship, sex and wedding titles and in 2007 began publishing romance fiction.
Sphinx Publishing, a Florida-based publisher of self-help law books, joined Sourcebooks in 1997. Since then, Sphinx has grown many times over, firmly establishing itself among the top sources of consumer legal information in the country. Its line of national and state-specific titles help take the mystery out of the law for everyday people, and the imprint has expanded into new arenas, including Spanish-language titles, real estate and citizens' rights.
In 1998, Sourcebooks purchased Hysteria Publications, a Connecticut-based publisher of humor and women’s interest books. Today called Sourcebooks Hysteria, it makes up our humor imprint.
Sourcebooks’ growth accelerated rapidly from there. In the summer of 1998, the publisher was the talk of BookExpo America with We Interrupt This Broadcast by Joe Garner. The book, featuring two compact discs with integrated content, was the introduction of a new genre for the publishing industry and the birth of a new chapter for Sourcebooks. It was also by far Sourcebooks' largest first printing with 150,000 copies, and it went on to become Sourcebooks’ first New York Times bestseller. The brilliant pairing of live audio with photographs and the written word resonated enormous interest within the bookselling community and generated more than 700,000 copies sold to date.
In 1999, the sports-themed And The Crowd Goes Wild landed in stores by the pallet for the holiday season. Featuring compact discs narrated by broadcast sports journalist Bob Costas, the book was an immediate sensation, spending nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. In Publishers Weekly’s ranking of the bestsellers of 1999, the trade publication identified Sourcebooks with five books from three different authors. This put Sourcebooks on the same level of publishers and imprints twice its size and six times its age, such as Knopf, Morrow, Norton and Houghton Mifflin.
The new century dawned brightly as Sourcebooks celebrated January 2000 with two titles on the first New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller list of the twenty-first century. Shortly thereafter, it became the only book publisher named to that year's prestigious Inc. 500, the annual ranking of America’s fastest-growing companies.
Later in the year 2000, Sourcebooks formalized the launch of its Sourcebooks MediaFusion imprint, today the nation's leading publisher of books with integrated mixed-media. And The Crowd Goes Wild merited a follow-up, And The Fans Roared, which became a holiday favorite, hitting the New York Times list in January 2001.
In 2001, Sourcebooks MediaFusion reinvigorated the way Americans experience poetry with Poetry Speaks, a book and three-CD combination featuring noted poets from Tennyson to Plath reading their own work. This remarkable anthology, a Los Angeles Times bestseller and a New York Times extended list bestseller, was lauded by Publishers Weekly as having "the potential to draw more readers to poetry than any collection in years."
2001 also featured the launch of its fiction imprint, Sourcebooks Landmark, so named to reflect the quality, value and longevity of its books. Tony Parsons’ Man and Boy, the 2000 British Book of the Year, and bookseller favorite Michael Malone led the way. Malone returned to writing fiction after a ten-year absence with the Book Sense 76 selection and New York Times extended list bestseller First Lady, as well as reissues of all his backlist, including Handling Sin, Foolscap, Time’s Witness and Uncivil Seasons.
Sourcebooks again claimed space on bestseller lists in spring 2003, placing Charles Cerami's engrossing history Jefferson's Great Gamble on the New York Times nonfiction hardcover extended list. At the same time, chef Cary Neff's bold, unique and flavorful style of cooking made Conscious Cuisine a favorite. Boosted by an appearance on Oprah, Conscious Cuisine made Neff a New York Times bestselling author in his inaugural effort.
In 2004 and 2005, Sourcebooks began developing its first calendar list, dedicated to publishing unique and contentful wall and box calendars. Its successful calendar line now grows each year on the backs of hits like Getting in Touch with Your Inner Bitch, The History Channel On This Day and The Weather Channel.
Later in 2005, the renowned Poetry Speaks finally got its follow-up book, but not the sort you’d expect. The publisher took an audacious detour and released its first children’s picture book, Poetry Speaks to Children. The unique grouping of poems, illustrations and a CD of poets (mostly) reading their own work delighted booksellers and found its way into the hearts of children and parents alike. It also found its way to the New York Times bestsellers list for ten weeks, the longest of any Sourcebooks title at the time. The title eventually marked the springboard for the launch of Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, a children’s imprint started in 2007. Though a fresh face in the children’s section, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky quickly published several bestsellers, including the picture book I Love You More, by Laura Duksta, illustrated by Karen Keesler, and the revolutionary book-plus-CD Hip Hop Speaks to Children, edited by Nikki Giovanni.
2007 and 2008 also featured the extension of our Sourcebooks Casablanca imprint into the wonderful realm of romance fiction. In a wide variety of romance genres and in multiple formats, our Casablanca authors continue to enthrall and titillate.
But the Sourcebooks story is not one just of bestsellers lists and major accomplishments. It’s the story of its roster of hundreds of talented writers (and a growing number of hard-working, book-loving employees). Most books don’t make the Times’ bestsellers list, but Sourcebooks’ titles will have an impact and they will find their way into people’s homes.
If they had a Times list for college guides, Sourcebooks would be there, right at the top (Fiske Guide to Colleges and the U.S.News & World Report Ultimate College Guide). The same goes for college life books (The Naked Roommate, by Harlan Cohen). And Jane Austen sequels (Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife and Darcy and Elizabeth, by Linda Berdoll). And baby names (The Complete Book of Baby Names, by Lesley Bolton). And wedding books (Do You Know Your Bride/Groom, by Dan Carlinsky). And Valentine’s Day gift books (Great Sex Coupons). And grieving/recovery books (I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye, by Brook Noel). And martini books (The Ultimate Little Martini Book, by Ray Foley). And wall calendars (George W. Bush Out of Office Countdown; Barack Obama: Words of Hope and Inspiration). And the list goes on.
Today, Sourcebooks continues to publish titles in nearly every shape, size and format. The eclectic and exciting breadth of its list—nonfiction in most categories, commercial and literary fiction, romance novels, gift books, calendars, children’s books and more—is unmatched anywhere. Its future is guided by its continuing commitment to reaching readers with books that will illuminate, inspire and enlighten their lives.
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Pop Sandbox
Pop Sandbox is a multimedia production and publishing company with a central focus on graphic novels and film. It is a small boutique operation centered on innovative and meaningful storytelling across platforms.
“Pop” because the company develops projects for a variety of popular visual mediums including graphic novel, film, television and the web. “Sandbox” because the company is intended as a broad creative environment that fosters childlike creativity and innovation.
Pop Sandbox was officially launched in 2008 and currently has 3 announced projects in production with additional projects in development.
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Gibbs Smith
"To Enrich and Inspire Humankind"
In 1969, Gibbs Smith and his wife, Catherine, started the company known today as Gibbs Smith, Publisher.
If you’re not familiar with Gibbs Smith's titles, think smart. Think stylish. Think sophisticated. Think original. This not only describes the company’s focus on design and architecture books, but also encompasses every category the trade division publishes in, which includes business, cooking, western, holiday, children’s, and sports. Both the company and its impressive collection of titles are internationally renowned and respected.
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Baker and Taylor Publishing Group
Baker & Taylor Publishing Group, based in San Diego, California, is comprised of three imprints: Silver Dolphin Books, Thunder Bay Press, and Portable Press.
Silver Dolphin Books (www.silverdolphinbooks.com) publishes novelty and educational books featuring bold, colorful, and striking titles that appeal to children and parents alike.
Thunder Bay Press (www.thunderbaybooks.com), known for its bestselling Then and Now series, publishes non-fiction reference, coffee table, and gift books on such subjects as art, architecture, pets, cooking, travel, religion, transportation, and nature.
Publishing since 1987, Portable Press (www.bathroomreader.com) has squeezed out the competition with the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader® series, which has become the longest-running and most successful bathroom reader series in the country. With over 10 million copies in print, Uncle John brings the best in pop culture, forgotten history, strange lawsuits, trivia, fun facts, and more.
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Thunder Bay Press
Thunder Bay Press publishes nonfiction, illustrated books that often contain specially commissioned photography. Subjects include architecture, cooking, sports, history, transportation, and nature. From comprehensive reference titles like Totally Interactive Guitar Bible, to regional picture books such as the best-selling Then & Now series, to the ever-popular Astro-Pack, each Thunder Bay Press book presents exceptional value and broad market appeal.
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Portable Press
Portable Press is the publisher of the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series—the longest-running, most popular series of its kind. With more than seven million books sold and tens of thousands of Bathroom Reader Institute members globally, the series is an undisputable success. Since 1988, the staff and authors who create the Uncle John's series (including Uncle John himself!) have faithfully worked to serve those who read in the bathroom. The Uncle John's books are full of fun and weird facts - the books include tales of dumb crooks, strange lawsuits, ironic deaths, forgotten history, amazing luck, odd superstitions, crazy conspiracies, spaced-out sports, word origins, movie bloopers, and much, much more.
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Berrett-Koehler is an independent publisher dedicated to an ambitious mission: Creating a World that Works for All.
Berrett-Koehler believe that to truly create a better world, action is needed at all levels--individual, organizational, and societal. At the individual level, their books help people align their lives with their values and with their aspirations for a better world. At the organizational level, they promote progressive leadership and management practices, socially responsible approaches to business, and humane and effective organizations. At the societal level, they advance social and economic justice, shared prosperity, sustainability, and new solutions to national and global issues.
A major theme of their books is "Opening Up New Space." They challenge conventional thinking, introduce new ideas, and foster positive change. Their common quest is changing the underlying beliefs, mindsets, institutions, and structures that keep generating the same cycles of problems, no matter who our leaders are or what improvement programs we adopt.
Berrett-Koehler strives to practice what they preach, operating in line with the ideas in the books. At the core of this approach is stewardship defined as a deep sense of responsibility to administer the company for the benefit of all of our "stakeholder" groups: authors, customers, employees, investors, service providers, and the communities and the environment.
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Raincoast Books
Raincoast Books offers a dynamic and diverse list of titles in a variety of genres: informative and engaging adult non-fiction ranging from current affairs, culture and environment to memoir, history, science and health; award-winning children's books; exceptional young adult fiction; and more.
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The Mountaineers Books
Today, with more than 500 titles in print, The Mountaineers Books is a leading publisher of quality outdoor books, including many award winners. So whether you're hiking with the family, cycling over a country road, clinging to a big wall or dreaming of a trek in Nepal, The Mountaineers Books has the information you need to guide you on your next journey in confidence and safety.
Skipstone, an imprint of the Mountaineers Books, produces books that are focused on the outdoor lifestyle, promoting a deeper understanding of the natural world through physical activity, adventure, tongue-in-cheek humor, or sustainable practice. Skipstone authors come from all spectrums—travelers, adventurers, humorists, artists and leaders.
Braided River books bring the work of some of the world’s best nature photographers together with thoughtful essays by well-known authors, conservationists and public figures. But the books reach beyond the printed page, as their distinctive voices are carried to a wider audience through a national series of lectures, exhibits and multi-media presentations in collaboration with leading environmental organizations.
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Bilingual Books
Bilingual Books, Inc. has been helping people learn languages for over 30 years. Whether you're traveling abroad for pleasure, communicating with friends and family, or doing business overseas, Bilingual Books can help you speak a new language.
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New Harbinger Publications
Fore more than thirty-five years, New Harbinger Publications has brought readers effective, scientifically sound self-help books that deal with a range of topics in psychology, health, and personal growth. Launched by psychologist Matthew McKay and writer Patrick Fanning in 1973, New Harbinger pioneered a style of self-help book that has become the standard of today.
Instant Help Books is a publisher of one-of-a-kind self-help books for children and teens founded by child psychologist Lawrence Shapiro. These books offer easy and fun activities to teach kids and teens effective skills for dealing with a variety of mental health issues--skills they will continue to draw on throughout adulthood.
Context Press was established by Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D. in 1990 to disseminate progressive ideas in behavior therapy, cognitive therapy, behavior analysis, and empirical clinical psychology.
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Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet is the number one undisputed authority for travelers. Covering destinations from Antarctica to Zimbabwe, their guides inspire and enable travelers to see every corner of the world. Lonely Planet offers travelers the world's richest travel advice, researched and written by over 350 Lonely Planet authors living in 37 countries and fluent in 70 languages, and are relentless in finding the special, the unique, and the different for travelers wherever they are. Every edition of Lonely Planet guidebooks are updated on the ground, in person, every time, and their authors tell it like it is with incorruptible integrity refusing any kind of endorsement, payment or favor in return for positive reviews (it says so on their business cards!).
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Drawn & Quarterly
With cartoonists that have been instrumental in defining the literary comics medium for the past twenty years and a willingness to experiment with formats and concepts, Drawn & Quarterly has become one of the most influential art and literary comics publishers in North America, if not the whole world.
Back in 1989, Chris Oliveros humbly went in search of artists to contribute to his yet-to-be-published magazine anthology named Drawn & Quarterly. Armed with a honed aesthetic, he advertised in different venues and approached promising artists. As a result, Oliveros assembled the most esteemed and distinct coterie of cartoonists since the days of Art Spiegelman's RAW.
Oliveros's visual acumen and astute production values coupled with the complete editorial and creative freedom offered to the cartoonists enabled D+Q to make an immediate mark in the world of comics. After several anthologies, comic book series and graphic novels, D+Q has established an elite and varied roster of cartoonists that includes Adrian Tomine, Seth, Chester Brown, Joe Matt, Julie Doucet, and James Sturm, who are considered to be some of the medium's best and are synonymous with Drawn & Quarterly.
Big Questions, Or Else, Optic Nerve, Berlin and Atlas have joined Peepshow and Palooka-Ville as D+Q's current ongoing comic book series. Exquisitely designed sketchbooks by iconic luminaries R. Crumb and Chris Ware joined sketchbooks by Julie Doucet and Seth. Graphic novels include war comics-journalism from Joe Sacco, travelogues by Guy Delisle, a charming teenage memoir by Michel Rabagliatti and translations of European masters Igort, Baru, and Dupuy & Berberian. The original magazine anthology became a lavish, oversized, coffee table annual. D+Q has also engaged in ambitious reprint projects, including the work of Frank King, Tove Jansson (Moomin), and Yoshihiro Tatsumi.
Book lovers, who appreciate exceptional quality in literature and design, laud D+Q for creating elegant objects that transcend the boundaries of books and comics. The New York Times Book Review, The Globe & Mail, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Print Magazine, Entertainment Weekly and Time have all sung the praises of D+Q.
By adhering to Oliveros's focused editorial direction, D+Q has grown from being a periodical company to a book publisher with over 20 titles a year and an extraordinary backlist of perennial best-selling titles that are regarded as literary classics. Growing more ambitious every year, the publisher takes on new comic books, art books, and graphic novels by renowned cartoonists and newcomers from around the globe.
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Laurence King
Established in 1991, Laurence King Publishing holds a pre-eminent position globally as a publisher in the creative arts. Their books are acclaimed for their quality, vision and erudition. Authoritatively written and beautifully designed, they cover advertising, architecture, art, the decorative arts, fashion, film & animation, graphic design, interior design, photography and product design.
In all Laurence King books the emphasis is on quality of information, design and production. Some of their books are works of reference on the arts for the general market, some provide technical information for professionals in this field, and some are textbooks for students. Many Laurence King books, for a range of audiences, show the latest developments in the creative arts.
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Silver Dolphin
Silver Dolphin Books publishes activity, novelty, and educational nonfiction books for preschoolers to 12-year-olds. Highly interactive formats such as the Robotic Animals and Uncover series both educate and entertain older children. The lovable characters of the Maurice Pledger series and the boldly illustrated Snappy Sounds series appeal to both young children and parents alike.
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Hay House
Hay House is one of the fastest-growing self-help and transformational publishers in the world, selling our products to more than 35 countries around the world.
Hay House was founded in 1984 by Louise L. Hay as a way to self-publish her first two books, Heal Your Body and You Can Heal Your Life, both of which became international bestsellers and established Louise as a leader in the transformational movement. Today, Hay House is committed to publishing products that have a positive self-help slant and are conducive to healing planet Earth.
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May 04, 2011 - My Mothers
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Beginning Press
Beginning Press is owned by Paula Begoun, a.k.a., The Cosmetics Cop. For over 30 years Paula has been cutting through the hype served up by the beauty industry and letting consumers know what products are proven to really work and which are little more than empty promises. She has written and published more than a dozen best-selling books on the beauty industry.
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Magnetic Poetry
Magnetic Poetry is the creator of a wide variety of creative, magnetic playthings and games, from the Original Magnetic Poetry Kit -- featuring word-bearing magnets that have spawned millions of poems on refrigerators around the world -- to kids' poetry kits, travel games and other novelty magnet items. They have also expanded into the garden with their Make Your Own word-bearing concrete stone kits and popular Stone Face Kits.
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Princeton Architectural Press
In the nearly twenty-eight years since its founding, Princeton Architectural Press has become a world leader in architecture and design publishing, both in market share and in editorial and design excellence. With over 600 titles on their backlist, they have consistently sought the best in their field, and have been able to attract and publish it. They've made their reputation in part by identifying new trends and publishing first books on emerging talents, as well as definitive works on established names, and by creating books of unsurpassed design quality and production values.
They have also successfully broadened the scope of what design publishing constitutes, by publishing everything from theory anthologies to documentation of remote Canadian fishing villages. Crossing boundaries is their strongest suit: they excel at publishing books that defy easy categorization. And in an industry where the average life span of a book is measured in months, if not weeks, Princeton Architectural Press are a committed backlist publisher; indeed, the first book they published, Letarouilly's Edifices de Rome Moderne, is still in print.
Both the Press and their books have won numerous awards, for editorial excellence and for book design. They've been described in professional and popular media as "visually inviting," "elegant and charming," "useful as well as beautiful," "lovingly produced," "authoritative," "thorough and comprehensive," and so on: Princeton Architectural Press try to make books that are smart and beautiful.
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Moleskine
The Legendary Notebook
Moleskine® is the heir and successor to the legendary notebook used by artists and thinkers over the past two centuries: among them Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, and Bruce Chatwin. A simple black rectangle with rounded corners, an elastic page-holder, and an internal expandable pocket: a nameless object with a spare perfection all its own, produced for over a century by a small French bookbinder that supplied the stationery shops of Paris, where the artistic and literary avant-gardes of the world browsed and bought them. A trusted and handy travel companion, the notebook held invaluable sketches, notes, stories, and ideas that would one day become famous paintings or the pages of beloved books.
Chatwin's Story
The notebook was Bruce Chatwin's favorite, and it was he who called it "moleskine." In the mid-1980s, these notebooks became increasingly scarce, and then vanished entirely. In his book The Songlines Chatwin tells the story of the little black notebook: in 1986, the manufacturer, a small family-owned company in the French city of Tours, went out of business. "Le vrai moleskine n'est plus," are the lapidary words he puts into the mouth of the owner of the stationery shop in the Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, where he usually purchased his notebooks. Chatwin set about buying up all the notebooks that he could find before his departure for Australia, but there were still not enough.
The Moleskine® Notebook
In 1997, a small Milanese publisher brought the legendary notebook back to life, and selected this name with a literary pedigree to revive an extraordinary tradition. Following in Chatwin's footsteps, Moleskine® notebooks have resumed their travels, providing an indispensable complement to the new and portable technology of today. Capturing reality in movement, glimpsing and recording details, inscribing the unique nature of experience on paper: Moleskine notebook is a battery that stores ideas and feelings, releasing its energy over time. Today, Moleskine is synonymous with culture, travel, memory, imagination, and personal identity — in both the real world and the virtual world. It is a brand that identifies a family of notebooks,
journals, diaries, and innovative city guides, adapted to various functions. With the diverse array of page formats, Moleskine notebooks are partners for the creative and imaginative professions of our time. They represent, around the world, a symbol of contemporary nomadism, in close connection with the digital world, through a network of websites, blogs, online groups, and virtual archives. With Moleskine, the age-old gesture of taking notes and doing sketches — typically analogue activities — have found an unexpected forum on the web and in its communities.
Moleskine Custom Edition
Customize any Moleskine® notebook for your corporate campaigns, fundraising event or gift giving. Moleskine Custom Editions are an elegant and distinct gift for universities, corporations, social initiatives, fundraising and special occasion gift giving. Click here for more information.
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Chronicle Books
"Inspired by the enduring magic and importance of books, our objective is to create and distribute exceptional publishing that's instantly recognizable for its spirit, creativity, and value. This objective also informs our business relationships and endeavors, be they with customers, authors, vendors, or colleagues."
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One of the most admired and respected publishing companies in the U.S., Chronicle Books was founded in 1967 and over the years has developed a reputation for award-winning, innovative books. The company continues to challenge conventional publishing wisdom, setting trends in both subject and format, maintaining a list that includes fine art titles in design, art, architecture, and photography.
Titles of note include Martha Zamora's Frida Kahlo: The Brush of Anguish (1990), and Nick Bantock's Griffin & Sabine (1991). Originally slated for an edition of 10,000, this interactive book became the most talked-about title of the year and a New York Times best-seller for 50 weeks. The two subsequent volumes in the trilogy, Sabine's Notebook and The Golden Mean, were also Times best-sellers.
The company brought the same innovative philosophy to cookbooks with its four-color release of Sushi (1981) which sold 90,000 copies and is still in print. Chronicle Books also publishes James McNair's eye-catching cookbooks, all perennial best-sellers having sold over one million copies.
The Children's list was launched in 1988 and has published the best-selling Mama, Do You Love Me? (over one million copies in hardcover), Ten Little Rabbits (450,000 copies) and N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims (100,000 copies). The list has grown to include not only traditional picture books but affordable paperbacks, board books, plush toys, and novelty merchandise.
In 1992, Chronicle Books launched its Gift division to develop ancillary products such as the Griffin & Sabine address book and writing box, the best-selling 52 Deck series, and a motorcycle journal and address book based on the Harley-Davidson image archives.
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