PDF Directory of Current ABPA Members

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From the President of the American Book Producers Association:
Dear Publisher:
For 35 years the ABPA has supported and promoted the crucial work of book
producers in the publishing industry. Because packagers usually work behind the
scenes, educating people about what we do is integral to our mission.
I’m often asked, “What is a book producer?” The short answer is that we’re akin
to independent producers in film and television. But instead of shows, we make books,
e-books, and online content for publishers, corporations, non-profits, and others. Book
producers perform all of the creative and production functions commonly performed
by agents and publishing houses, with the exception generally of marketing, sales,
and distribution.
Most book producers have worked in the publishing industry for years and
are knowledgeable about every aspect of the publishing process. Producers are
generalists within the industry whose daily jobs deal with editing, design, marketing,
contracts, finance, printing, and many other functions. They have a keen sense for
the demands of the marketplace and are savvy about what is technically feasible.
Book packagers can handle every stage of the publishing process and be counted
on to deliver a product on schedule and with the highest level of professionalism.
Whether you’re looking for fresh innovative proposals, help developing in-house
concepts, or a la carte services, the best way for you to learn which packagers might
serve your needs is to get to know the packagers out there. A careful review of the
American Book Producers Association Member Directory is one good way to get a
clearer sense of the packaging world.
Yours truly,
Richard Rothschild (Print Matters Productions Inc.)
President, ABPA
The American Book Producers Association
The American Book Producers Association was founded in 1980 as the trade
association for independent book producers, also called packagers, in the United
States and Canada. Members of this rapidly growing profession produce, from concept
through bound books, a wide variety of titles for publishers, nonprofits, corporations,
and others.
book producers are creative players
Book producers are some of the most valuable players on the creative side of the
publishing industry today. They have earned this distinction for their mastery of one
type of book in particular—namely, the “complicated” book, which is just about any
book that involves more than a straightforward, single-author text. Complicated books
include all manner of highly illustrated, elaborately designed, or multi-authored titles,
such as how-to books, coffee table books, reference books, textbooks, cookbooks, and
more. Quietly, these books make up the backbone of the publishing business.
Creating complicated books is a labor-intensive craft that often involves teams
of writers, editors, designers, illustrators, photographers, researchers, and other
specialized talent whose
separate contributions
Books created by producers—“packaged
must be integrated
books”—cover all the essential subjects:
into a seamless whole.
art, medicine, cooking, history, parenting,
Sometimes it means
executing a highly
gardening, sports, popular culture, selfhelp, and more. They cover the spectrum of elaborate design, or even
incorporating non-print
publishing markets, including trade, mass
materials such as CDs,
market, educational, juvenile, professional, juggling balls, or other
merchandise into a final
and reference. And every year some of the
product. Often it means
most impressive and lucrative titles on the
working closely with an
market are packaged books.
outside organization to
shape a custom, one-ofa-kind title for a special event. Book producers make it their business to devote the
focused time, energy, and attention necessary to bring these projects to fruition.
But the book producer’s mastery of complicated books goes well beyond mere
execution. Book producers are visionary as well, conceiving and developing the books
that they create. They are able to pull together the necessary ingredients to see these
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visions through. Books created by producers—“packaged books”—cover all the
essential subjects: art, medicine, cooking, history, parenting, gardening, sports, popular
culture, self-help, and more. They cover the spectrum of publishing markets, including
trade, mass market, educational, juvenile, professional, and reference. And every year
some of the most impressive and lucrative titles on the market are packaged books.
Book producers bring their products to market through deals with book publishers.
For the most part, producers make these deals based on proposals they have developed
and written themselves, selling the publication rights to a book before starting work.
This sale, in turn, finances the book’s creation.
Depending on the particular arrangement, the book packager may deliver to
the publisher anything from an edited manuscript to printer-ready files to finished
books—and the publisher takes the project from there. Marketing and distribution are
virtually always the publisher’s responsibilities.
why publishers use packagers
Book packagers can expand a publisher’s list with titles they can’t get anywhere else—
books or projects that literary agents cannot offer to publishers and that publishers
themselves generally cannot execute in-house. And yet without such complicated
books, publishers’ lists would be missing many remarkable—and lucrative—titles.
Packaged books generally make their way onto publishers’ lists in one of two ways:
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ditors
may acquire original submissions from packagers. Like agents, packagers
routinely submit book proposals to publishers. As a rule, these constitute some of
the smartest ideas around. For this reason, it makes sense to get on a packager’s
submission list.
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ditors may hire packagers to develop and execute in-house ideas. Packagers are
quite willing to help shape editors’ ideas into viable projects. Teaming up with
a packager is often the only way editors can transform solid in-house ideas into
actual books. It’s also an excellent way for publishers to exploit their own corporate
brands. Book packagers fill many different niches. Each company has its own areas
of expertise and working style.
The professional, comprehensive approach of book packagers ensures that these
complicated projects will be completed in a timely and efficient manner. We invite
you to peruse the American Book Producers Association Member Directory to get a
fuller picture of who we are, what we do, and the many ways we can work with the
publishing community.
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Ardent Media Inc.
522 East 82nd Street, Suite 1
New York, NY 10028
primary contact:
member since: 1991 1001 Insults in 200 Languages
Safely Sexual
Contraceptive Technology, 19th ed.
Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR)
Film Scripts One
Classic Screenplays
Film Scripts Two
Classic Screenplays
Film Scripts Three
Classic Screenplays
TBA
TBA
Irving B. Naiburg
tel: 212.861.1501 | cell: 917.284.0279 | fax: 212.861.0998
naiburgirv@post.harvard.edu | www.ardentmediainc.com
Since 1975, we have co-published with Wiley, Rodale, Macmillan, Applause,
Prometheus, Pilgrim, Samuel French, Free Press, PDR, and BMJ Books. Ardent
co-publishes popular trade, professional, and reference titles, and usually delivers
bound books. Ardent specializes in the behavioral and health sciences and the
performing arts.
We are looking for a publisher to co-publish a companion series to a TV or
documentary film, of books and multimedia on the Golden Age of American Music.
We are seeking partners to co-publish some of our reference titles online, and as
eBooks. One example is Henry M. Roberts, author of our title Parliamentary Law.
The Robert’s Rules Association is eager to have a new printing of this classic work.
We have just purchased Ayer Publishers, formerly a division of the New York
Times. Ayer has brought back into print more than twenty thousand classic scholarly
titles. We continue to be interested in acquiring backlist titles and/or to joint venture
with other publishers to sell digital access to libraries and other customers. Ardent
titles nearing completion and seeking a co-publisher include such topics as insults
in two hundred languages, secrets of solo sex (erotica), stress in the workplace, Safely
Sexual (a trade book by the authors of our professional title Contraceptive Technology,
which has sold over two million copies), and The World of Human Sexuality, an
updated edition; the prior edition sold over fifty thousand trade hardcovers.
The draft cover shot for Safely Sexual and 1001 Insults in 200 Languages is
on the facing page. We are looking for a co-publisher for the first edition of Safely
Sexual and 1001 Insults, and for the next edition of Contraceptive Technology.
Applause
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Applause
Applause
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Arena Books Associates LLC
22 Silent Grove
Westport, CT 06880
primary contact:
member since: 2005 Leslie Carola, President
tel: 203.856.1288
arenabooks@optonline.net | www.arenabooksassociates.com
The Glass Garden: A Therapeutic
Oasis in New York City
Ireland: A Luminous Beauty
Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin’s Press
Arena Books Associates LLC is an independent book producer developing highquality illustrated nonfiction books and materials for adult and juvenile markets,
with special interest in social and cultural history, lifestyle, crafts, art, science,
food, and gift books. We offer complete editorial, design, art and photo research,
project management, and production services for publishers, corporations,
nonprofit groups, and individuals.
selected titles:
cultural and social history:
Ireland: A Luminous Beauty;
The Irish: A Treasury of Art and Literature; Spectacular Ireland;
Italian Americans: The Immigrant Experience (series); Christmas Treasures
Magenta Style Paper Enchantments
St. Martin’s Press
Creative Techniques for Stylish
Cards, Tags, Boxes, and More
Wrapped with Style
Washington Irving: A Treasury
lifestyle:
The Glass Garden; Nine Months to a Miracle; Sharing Memories: A
Keepsake Journal
the arts:
The Metropolitan Opera: A Guide
craft:
Wrapped with Style; Mrs. Grossman’s Sticker Magic; Magenta Style Paper
Enchantments; Creative Techniques for Stylish Cards, Tags, Boxes, and More;
Cut It, Fold It, Use It
book plus:
Scrapbooks to Go; The Paper Airplane Kit; The Night Sky Kit; Baby’s
Scrapbook; Grandmother’s Scrapbook
Rizzoli/Universe
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Rizzoli/Universe
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becker&mayer! Book Producers
11120 NE 33rd Place
Bellevue, WA 98004
primary contact:
Mike Oprins
tel: 425.827.7120 | fax: 425.828.9659
infobm@beckermayer.com | www.beckermayer.com
Transformers: Covenant of Primus
Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy
Build Sleeping Beauty’s Castle
Papercraft Kit
Star Wars Crochet Kit
Explore the Human Body
Sink Your Teeth into Dinosaurs!
457 North
Chronicle Books
member since: 1995
staff:
Mike Oprins, President | 425.629.6125 | mikeo@beckermayer.com
Amber Galik, Sales Associate | 425.629.6157 | amberg@beckermayer.com
becker&mayer! is a leading creator, producer, and manufacturer of innovative books
for adults as well as engaging books and toy products for children. A renowned
book packager, becker&mayer! creates original illustrated books in award-winning
formats that integrate paper components, digital content, electronics, audio, and
other specialty features for publishers worldwide.
licensed publishing:
Sterling Innovation
Thunder Bay
From Disney to Sanrio, Audrey Hepburn to Kurt Cobain, becker&mayer! partners
with top-notch properties, estates, and icons to create unique books and book
packages. becker&mayer! works closely with their licensing partners to bring an
innovative sensibility, luscious designs, great authors, and brand-new formats to
the table, giving everyone from retailers to fans something new to get excited about.
publishing services:
The publishing services team at becker&mayer! helps shape beautiful, enduring
products designed to exceed a client’s vision and expectations. This full-service
team starts with concept development and guides the process through to finished
books. In-house editorial, design, and production capabilities can handle the most
complex book projects imaginable.
Silver Dolphin
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Scholastic
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Beth Allen Associates Inc.
347 West 22nd Street, Suite #9
New York, NY 10011
primary contact:
member since: 1999
Beth Allen, President/Editorial Director
tel: 212.206.1138 | fax: 212.989.5157
bethallen@icloud.com
staff:
Professional team selected to match project needs.
Junior’s Home Cooking
A Cozy Book of Tea Time Treats
Perfect Pies
Junior’s Cheesecake Cookbook
The Taunton Press Inc.
Founded in 1981, Beth Allen Associates Inc. is a creative cookbook producer
specializing in consumer food books for such publishers as The Taunton Press
Inc., Reader’s Digest Association, Rodale Inc., HarperCollins Publishers/
William Morrow, and Random House Publishing Group/Prima Publishing. The
company excels in producing innovative, top-quality, illustrated, and cuttingedge cookbooks. The firm’s expertise includes: developing branded recipe
books, Americanizing UK cookbooks, and creating lifestyle cookbooks, which
are not only treasured kitchen helpers but also enjoyable armchair companions.
In addition to reliable consumer recipes, books include regional food trends,
traditional recipes made healthier, historical food facts, and nutritious cooking
to match current lifestyles.
The company is noted for its consumer-trusted cookbooks, including
Junior’s Home Cooking and Junior’s Cheesecake Book, which are two of four
collaborations with restaurant owner Alan Rosen (The Taunton Press Inc.), plus
Perfect Pies, Down Home Cooking: The New Healthier Way, and the continuity
series Cooking Smart for a Healthy Heart—all published by Reader’s Digest. The
firm provides complete cookbook development—including original kitchen-tested
recipes created in-house, recipe conversions from large-quantity-to-consumer,
easy-to-follow and accurate how-to instructions, appetizing photographs, metric
conversions, and, most of all, trustworthy recipes known for their scrumptious taste.
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Reader’s Digest Association Inc.
Random House Publishing Group/
Prima Publishing
The Taunton Press Inc.
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The Book Shop, Ltd.
The Book Shop, Ltd.
7 Peter Cooper Road #7G
New York, NY 10010
primary contact:
Nancy Christensen Hall, President
tel: 917.388.2493 | fax: 917.534.1304
nancy@thebookshopltd.com | www.thebookshopltd.com
member since: 2008
The Book Shop, founded in 2008, produces adult-nonfiction and juvenile
educational and novelty formats.
How to Host a
Wine Tasting Party
Hollywood Makeup Lab:
Industry Secrets and Techniques
Race Point
Race Point
selected titles:
food and wine:
How to Host a Wine Tasting Party, Race Point, 2014;
Artisan Cake Company’s Visual Guide to Cake Decorating, Race Point, 2014;
Morano Gelato: The Art of Making Gelato and Sorbetto, Race Point, 2015;
50 Best Bed & Breakfasts and Inns: New England, Running Press, 2015
fashion: Alexander McQueen: Evolution, Race Point, 2012;
Shoegasm, Race Point, 2012; Anatomy of Steampunk, Race Point, 2013;
Hollywood Makeup, Race Point, 2014
Dollar Bill Origami, Thunder Bay, 2013; Geometric Origami, Thunder
Bay, 2014; Bonsai Origami, Sterling, 2014; Origami Chess, Thunder Bay, 2015;
Nativity Origami, Sterling, 2015
origami:
Build Your Own Train
Sterling
Simply Adorable Crochet, Race Point, 2013; The Art of the Doodle,
Race Point, 2013; Build Your Own Train, Sterling, 2014; Cute Critter Crochet,
Race Point, 2014; Snowflakes, Sterling, 2014
crafts:
science:
Our Sun, Race Point, 2013
parenting:
Baby Sign Language, Thunder Bay, 2013
the occult:
The Golden Tarot, Race Point, 2013; Tarot de Marseilles, Race
Point, 2015
Henna Sourcebook, Race Point, 2012; Deluxe Tattoo and
Henna Art, Sterling, 2013; Glitter Henna, Sterling, 2014
body decorating:
juvenile novelty:
Sunny Trails, The Book Shop, Ltd., 2015
Origami Chess: Cats vs. Dogs
Thunder Bay
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Sunny Trails
The Book Shop, Ltd.
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Connected Dots Media LLC
155 Montgomery Street #507
San Francisco, CA 94104
primary contact:
member since: 2013
Leslie Jonath
tel: 415.235.9360
leslie@connecteddotsmedia.com | www.connecteddotsmedia.com
At the Farmer’s Market with Kids
Chronicle Books
Miette: Recipes from
San Francisco’s Charming Bakery
Everyone Loves Paris
Arts for the City: Civic Art in San Francisco
Chronicle Books
Connected Dots Media specializes in full-color illustrated books with expertise in
cooking, art, design, gardening, lifestyle, and children’s media. Services include
concept and editorial development, art direction, and design to finished books.
We delight in working with publishers and corporate clients to create content-rich,
visually stunning books.
upcoming titles:
The Flower Workshop (Ten Speed Press), Give Yourself a Gold Star
(Chronicle Books), Meaningful Arrangements (Chronicle Books), Feed Your
People (powerHouse Books), and Amazing Edible (Mostly) Experiments
(Quarry Books).
TeNeues Press
The Model Bakery Cookbook
Chronicle Books
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Heyday Books
Give Yourself a Gold Star
Chronicle Books
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Focus Strategic
Communications Inc.
Nurse Shark
(Let’s Look—1 of 12 books)
Planets (Smart Words
Beginning Reader—1 of 10 books)
Bizarre Things We’ve Done to Our Bodies
(Edge Books—1 of 4 books)
Capstone Press
Secrets of Pompeii:
Buried City of Ancient Rome
(Edge Books—1 of 24 books)
What You Need to Know About Cancer
(Fact Finders—1 of 4 books)
Discover Math through Sport (Cisco
I Can Learn/Pan Am Games—1 of 4 books)
Scholastic
Scholastic
2474 Waterford Street
Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6L 5E6
primary contacts:
member since: 2002
Adrianna Edwards, Ron Edwards, Directors
tel: 905.825.8757 | fax: 905.825.5724
aedwards@focussc.com; redwards@focussc.com | www.focussc.com
Established in 1988, Focus Strategic Communications Inc. is a North American
full-service book packaging firm, providing complete book production development
and production, from original concept to finished product, both print and digital.
Focus is innovative in assembling tailored and creative teams of experts
to develop and produce superior products, on time and on budget. We provide
hands-on, personal service designed especially for your needs. When you hire
us, you get the full and special attention of the principals. We do not subcontract
offshore or to junior staffers. Our track record, impeccable reputation, and nearly
three decades of experience speak for themselves. Also, we’re really nice!
Focus specializes in children’s nonfiction books for the trade, library, and
classroom markets, as well as educational materials such as K–12 classroom books
and teacher resources. Our curriculum experts guide clients in the best approaches
to the CCSS and NGSS.
Focus is a member of AAP, ABPA, AEP, ILA, ISTE, NAEYC, NCSS, NCTE,
NSTA, and TSOL. We attend and exhibit at numerous tradeshows in North America
and around the world—from London to Frankfurt, from Cape Town to Beijing.
Capstone Press
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Capstone Press
Cisco
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7 East 14th Street, Suite 20-S
New York, NY 10003
primary contact:
The Art of the Map
Sterling Publishing
member since: 2003
Joseph Gonzalez
tel: 212.414.1058 | fax: 212.924.6845
josgon@gonzalezdefino.com | www.gonzalezdefino.com
staff:
Joseph Gonzalez, Partner | 212.414.1058 | josgon@aol.com
Perri DeFino, Partner | 718.875.5098 | pdefinodesign@gmail.com
gonzalez defino is a full-service edit/design firm, providing complete book
development from concept generation to final disk or film. We specialize in highly
illustrated adult general reference books with a focus on food, wine, health, antiques
& collectibles, home, and DIY. Our clients include American Express Publishing,
Sterling Publishing, FOOD & WINE Magazine, Time Inc., NYU Langone Medical
Center, and Reader’s Digest, to name a few. Recent projects include the American
Express Appointment Book program, the annual FOOD & WINE Magazine Wine
Guide, and, for Sterling Publishing, The Art of the Map, The Civil War in Color, Ray
Davies Americana, and Gardening by Cuisine. Joseph Gonzalez has more than thirty
years’ experience in illustrated general reference book publishing—including eight
years at Doubleday and nearly seventeen years at Reader’s Digest Books. He has
written, edited, managed, and packaged projects for a wide variety of publishing and
institutional clients, including Hearst, Dorling Kindersley, Grolier, Marshall Editions,
Mitchell Beazley, Microsoft Press, and the NYU Stern School of Business. Perri
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titles, including FOOD & WINE Magazine’s Best of the Best and its Annual Cookbook.
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FOOD & WINE Wine Guide
Time Inc. Books
Ripe
Riordan / RGR Publishers
GARDENING BY CUISINE 87
chapter six
The Asian Garden
Asian Stir-Fry &
Salad Garden
I’m cramming a lot into this garden, but you’ll see that a little goes
along way. Many of the traditional Asian plants you’ll be growing are
perennials in subtropical and tropical climates, so if you live in zones
9–10 you can keep them growing outside all year long; if you live in
zone 8 you can protect them in a hoop house when there’s a cold
snap. For the rest of us they are a seasonal pleasure. After you’ve
gotten the hang of growing an Asian garden and started to enjoy the
fresh tastes of this cuisine, you’ll never look at takeout the same way
again, I promise.
What to Plant
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he greens in this cuisine garden come straight from the gardens
and woks of Southeast Asia, and the recipes are inspired by one of
my favorite salads from the area—Thai Cabbage Salad. It makes all
my taste buds tingle, and my desire for a crunchy dinner is more
than satisfied by this simple, carbohydrate-free dish.
Not only will you be able to grow all the ingredients for Thai Cabbage
Salad in your own garden—you can also use the same ingredients to make
great stir-fries. Just add meat, poultry, or seafood to the basic recipe (see
page 105) and you can make a different Asian meal every day of the week.
Because salad greens grow very quickly, you can begin harvesting a mixture of Asian greens, including the mighty bok choy, in about a month. The
first crop can be planted in a raised bed from seed as early as five weeks
before the average last (spring) frost date (see “Determining Frost Dates” on
page 25). The minimum amount you’d spend on purchasing seedlings—or
the $18 or so you’d shell out for six seed packets—is far less than you’d spend
on a single meal at a Thai restaurant on date night.
And if you have no experience with making Asian food, think of this
garden and the recipes in this chapter as an opportunity to expand your
culinary skills. Don’t worry. No matter what you do, you can’t make a bad
meal when you start with ingredients fresh from the garden.
Get your chopsticks ready, everybody!
In this garden you’ll plant Asian greens, Bunching onions, Snow
peas, Cucumbers, Hot peppers, Asian eggplants, Culinary herbs
(Cilantro, Basil, Lemongrass)
Difficulty level Easy
Zones All
Sunlight Full sun
Earliest planting date Five weeks before the average last spring frost
Garden Add-ons
Hoop house If you live in zones 3–8, protect your garden with a
hoop house (see pages 58 and 63) until average nighttime temps are
in the 50s.
Trellis You can grow cucumbers vertically to maximize your growing
space and produce super-straight cucumbers.
PLANTS YOU NEED
Asian Greens
seed
16 per 1 sq. ft.
Bunching Onions
seed
16 per 1 sq. ft.
Snow Peas
seed or seedling
9 per 1 sq. ft.
Cucumbers
seed or seedling
2 per 1 sq. ft.
Asian Eggplant
seedling
1 per 2 sq. ft.
Hot Peppers
seedling
1 per 2 sq. ft.
Basil
seed
4 per 1 sq. ft.
Lemongrass
seedling
1 per 4 sq. ft.
Cilantro
seed
9 per 1 sq. ft.
Gardening by Cuisine
Sterling Publishing
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Hollan Publishing Inc.
100 Cummings Center, Suite 123A
Beverly, MA 01915
primary contact:
Holly Schmidt, Principal
tel: 617.852.6348
holly@hollanpub.com | www.hollanpub.com
member since: 2014
The Quest for the Diamond Sword:
An Unofficial Gamer’s Adventure,
Book One
Hacks for Minecrafters: The Unofficial
Guide to Tips and Tricks That the Other
Guides Won’t Teach You
The Rainbow Juice Cleanse:
Lose Weight, Boost Energy, and
Supercharge Your Health
Amazing Food Hacks:
75 Incredibly Easy Tips, Tricks,
and Recipes to Amp Up Flavor
Healthy Happy Vegan Kitchen
How to Get Dressed: A Costume Designer’s
Secrets for Making Your Clothes
Look, Fit, and Feel Amazing
Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing
staff:
Allan Penn, Principal | 617.413.1675 | allan@hollanpub.com
Monica Sweeney, Associate Editor | 978.927.2665 x304 | monica@hollanpub.com
Hollan has a unique business model that we call “conceptual agenting,” a mash-up
of a literary agency and a traditional book packager. We develop all of our book
ideas in-house, then find talented, promotable authors to apply their vision and
expertise to the concepts.
If you’re a publisher, you work with us the same way you would any literary
agent. If you’re a prospective author, it’s a bit different. We don’t represent outside
ideas, but we work to develop careers for our authors. In fact, some of our authors are
on their third and fourth books with us.
We do books across a wide range of categories, from humor to health to
cookbooks. We sell books to both major trade houses and smaller indie publishers,
and even provide the photography for many of our books. Since we choose to focus
on ideas we are confident will sell, we have a 90 percent success rate. Our authors
include many high-profile experts, as well as substantial online properties like
BuzzFeed, xoJane, and Cracked.com.
We also package original concepts for select publishers on a joint-venture
basis. We focus this part of our business on popular culture trends, and our recent
hits include the Loom Magic! series, with more than two million copies sold, the
New York Times best-selling Hacks for Minecrafters series, with more than a million
copies sold, and Winter Morgan’s series of middle-grade novels for Minecrafters,
with more than a million copies sold.
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Running Press
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Clarkson Potter
Ten Speed Press
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Hourglass Press LLC.
321 East Ninth Street, Suite 8
New York, NY 10003
primary contact:
member since: 2009
Gourmet Pizza Made Easy
Amazing Paper Planes
Origami, Kimono Patterns
and Jewel Toned Solids
Parragon Publishing
Rossella Matamoros
The Soldiers’ Story
Sterling Publishing
Hourglass Press
Karen Matsu Greenberg
tel: 917.449.3707 | fax: 212.533.2539
karen@hourglasspress.com | www.hourglasspress.com
Hourglass Press creates book-centric gift products and custom-illustrated books
for the adult and juvenile markets. We specialize in high-quality illustrations and
graphics, creating beautiful and useful craft books, kitchen-tool cookbooks, activity
books, artist catalogues, and illustrated editions for publishers, private clients, and
retailers. From concept to finished goods, we focus on original concepts, sourcing
unique components and providing high-quality production management. We tailor
our workflow to your needs and keep our eyes on your required schedule. Delivering
final files ready for press or finished goods to your port or warehouse, Hourglass
Press is your full-service house for ideation, editorial development, design creation,
production, and manufacturing services.
Hourglass Press
Private client, artist’s catalogue
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Fabulous Shoes
Quarto U.S.
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Hudson Bible
639 Yorkshire Drive
DeKalb, IL 60115
primary contact:
Christopher Hudson, President
tel: 815.483.7980 | fax: 815.880.8960
Chris@HudsonBible.com | www.HudsonBible.com
member since: 2013
Legendary Women of the Bible
Jesus: 89 Inspiring Ways to Know Christ
The Most Significant People,
Places, and Events of the Bible
Time Home Entertainment Inc.
50 Ways the Gospels Can Change Your Life
Five Love Languages for Men
American Bible Society
We create superior titles that help publishers connect with the faith-based
audience. We create Bibles, reference books, children’s products, study guides,
curriculum, and inspirational titles for publishers like HarperCollins, Time Home
Entertainment Inc., Worthy, and Moody.
In the last year we have created full-color children’s books, reference books,
coffee table books, daily devotionals, study Bibles, and bookazines.
Because our products connect with the Christian market, we are regularly
entrusted with top brands and best-selling authors such as:
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F The
F Randy
F Duck
Bible
Dynasty
F American Bible Challenge
F The Five Love Languages
F American
Case for Christ
Bible Society
F YouVersion
F Max Lucado
F Gary
Frazee
Chapman
F Lee Strobel
Zondervan
Bible Tell Me: Who?
Our services include market research, cover design, manuscript development, and
full book packaging.
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Moody/Northfield
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Idea Platforms Inc.
The Resilience Dividend:
Being Strong in a World Where
Things Go Wrong
1 Main Street, Suite 1370
Cambridge, MA 02142
primary contact:
member since: 2009
Perseus/PublicAffairs
John Butman
tel: 617.301.8260 | fax: 617.576.3015
john@ideaplatforms.com | www.ideaplatforms.com
staff:
John Butman, Founder and Principal | 617.301.8261
Henry Butman, Writer/Researcher/Content Creator | 617.301.8262
Patricia Lyons, Office Manager | 617.301.8260
Idea Platforms Inc. works with individuals and organizations to develop and
create idea-driven nonfiction books, with a focus on topics related to social change,
organizations and management, and the culture of ideas.
Enchanted Objects:
Design, Human Desire,
and the Internet of Things
Scribner
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MTM Publishing
435 West 23rd Street, #8C
New York, NY 10011
primary contact:
Seward Johnson: A Life in Public Art
Grounds for Sculpture: A Living Legacy
Horrors of History series
Charlesbridge Publishing
Brazil: Tradition, Culture, and Daily Life
Major Nations in a Global World series
Baseball: 100 Classic Moments
in the History of the Game
Women in American Politics:
History and Milestones
The Sculpture Foundation
The Sculpture Foundation
member since: 2003
Valerie Tomaselli, President
tel: 212.242.6930 | fax: 212.242.6906
vtomaselli@mtmpublishing.com | www.mtmpublishing.com
MTM Publishing produces innovative, engaging, and high-quality books for a range
of clients, including trade and library publishers; juvenile and children’s publishers;
educational and institutional publishers; and individuals, institutions, and brands.
MTM Publishing’s works have garnered over twenty awards and citations,
including an honorable mention for the American Library Association’s Dartmouth
Medal in 2008 for the Encyclopedia of Journalism (SAGE). Other awards include:
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Booklist’s Best Bets for Student Researchers, Food and Nutrition (2009) series
Booklist starred review, Inventors and Inventions (2008)
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hoice Outstanding Academic Title, World at Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook
(2002)
S ociety for Military History Distinguished Book Award, Encyclopedia of War
and American Society (2007)
Mason Crest
selected titles:
children’s and ya:
Major Nations in a Global World nonfiction series
(Mason Crest, 2015); Horrors of History narrative fiction series (Charlesbridge
Publishing, 2012–2015); I Like Nature board book series (PlayBac, 2009)
culture, art, and design: Grounds
for Sculpture: A Living Legacy (The Sculpture
Foundation, 2013), Baseball: 100 Classic Moments in the History of the Game
(Dorling Kindersley, 2000)
The Princeton Companion to Atlantic History (Princeton
University Press, 2015); Debates on U.S. Health Care (Sage Publications, 2012);
Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History (CQ Press, 2010)
history and politics:
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Dorling Kindersley
CQ Press
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Oomf Inc.
420 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
primary contact:
member since: 2002
Mark Shulman, Director
tel: 212.807.1385
Mark@Oomf.com | www.Oomf.com
The Big Book of Why
Are You “Normal”?
Time for Kids
National Geographic Kids
Bagel Books: Big Bagel, Little Bagel
Madagascar
Shark Week: Shark Attack!
James Patterson: Treasure Hunters
staff:
Pat Miller, Editor | Kara Pranikoff, Education Consultant
Oomf Inc. is the author, designer, and packager of many original children’s books.
We create quality nonfiction, picture books, preschool, educational, novelty,
activity, merchandise, and licensed titles for a whole lot of leading publishers.
We produce adult humor, trivia, and gift titles as well.
There is no single look or style at Oomf Inc. Generally our books come
from original concepts and inspirations, though we also enjoy developing or codeveloping a publishers new book ideas. We can also quickly provide concepts
and text which publishers develop in-house. (Our background in advertising and
publishing helps us pursue concepts that sell.)
Oomf Inc. titles are known for their original themes, superior art, quality
writing and design, intelligence and/or humor, and a few unique twists. There is
almost always an educational element, and it is almost always hidden away where
our readers won’t realize. Please inquire about our many unpublished concepts.
We prefer they be published.
Grosset & Dunlap/Penguin
Dreamworks
our skills & services:
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provide original, complete books in any genre
We create original books for any existing series
e develop any publisher’s new concepts
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e work with publishers to create new concepts
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e deliver finished manuscripts
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e rewrite or re-work works in progress—text,
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art, concept—or ghostwrite whole books
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work closely with literacy
specialists for just-right
content at any reading level
e provide creative direction
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and editorial services
e help promote, market,
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and otherwise add value after
the book is complete
. . . which is why we have so many satisfied publishing partners.
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Discovery Channel
Little, Brown
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Plan B Book Packagers
32 Tuliptree Road
Thorold, Ontario, Canada L2V 0A6
Just Joking 6
primary contact:
member since: 2009
Rosie Gowsell Pattison, Creative Director
tel: 289.362.2811 | 1.905.380.9276
rosie@planbbookpackagers.com | www.planbbookpackagers.com
My Time Travel Adventure
Funny Fill Ins series
staff:
Ellen Rodger, Editorial Director | 1.905.650.6632 | ellen@planbbookpackagers.com
Plan B Book Packagers is a trusted producer of engaging and vibrant books. We work
closely with publishing clients, institutions, and non-profits to create quality products
from concept development to finished books. Our specialty is reference, edu-trade,
and trade nonfiction for the child and adult market, and we are known for our
research, design, and attention to detail. Plan B understands the demands of
contemporary publishing schedules and workflows. We also provide part-work
services including design, editorial, production, photo research, and fact checking.
Anxiety and Phobias
Understanding Mental Health series
Eyefoods for Kids: A Tasty Guide
to Nutrition and Eye Health
Everything Vikings
Everything Dinosaurs
Crabtree Publishing
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LB Media Concepts
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Print Matters Productions Inc.
New York, NY 10011
primary contact:
member since: 2004
Richard Rothschild
tel: 212.675.1363 | fax: 212.675.1364
Richard@PrintMattersInc.com | www.PrintMattersInc.com
staff:
Top Shot
Science of Everything
Opening Doors: Carole Noon and
Her Dream to Save the Chimps
Weird Canada
Foods for Health: Choose and Use
the Very Best Foods for You
Performance of the Century: 100 Years
of Actors’ Equity Association
NAL Penguin
National Geographic
David Andrews, Managing Editor | 212.675.7845 | David@PrintMattersInc.com
Print Matters is an independent book producer specializing in illustrated nonfiction.
We create books, e-books, and online content for publishers, corporations, nonprofits,
and individuals. Making complex topics accessible and inviting is our forte, and we
love working with clients to develop concepts.
Print Matters combines creative bookmaking with cutting-edge technology,
offering a full menu of writing, development, editing, project management, design,
manufacturing, and distribution solutions. We are happy to completely produce a
book from proposal through printer-ready files or provide a la carte services.
As a boutique firm, we tailor our services to the content, schedule, and budget
needs of each project. We excel at the personal touch, providing clear and consistent
communication throughout the process. We also bring to the table abundant
experience turning around projects in need of TLC and winning over challenging
authors with expert care.
Save the Chimps
Portable Press
subjects:
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business and finance F design F food and wine F gay and lesbian F reference
health and fitness F history and military F media tie-ins F science and technology
select titles:
Organic: Farmers and Chefs of the Hudson Valley (powerHouse Books); Steven
Raichlen’s Big Flavor Cookbook (Black Dog & Leventhal); The Pure Joy of Monastery
Cooking (Countryman Press); L.L. Bean Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing (The Lyons
Press); Color Your Life (St. Martin’s Press); Holidays and Celebrations, 10 volumes
(Chelsea House); From Harm to Home: The Story of the International Rescue Committee
(International Rescue Committee); Top Careers in Two Years, 11 volumes (Ferguson
Publishing); All About Day Trading: The Easy Way to Get Started (McGraw-Hill)
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National Geographic
Applause Books
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ROBIE LLC
1172 Park Avenue, 8C
New York, NY 10128
primary contact:
member since: 2013
Robie Rogge, President
tel: 212.427.5328
Robie.nyc@gmail.com | www.Robieproducts.com
Do One Thing Every Day
That Scares You
Bandanarama
Do One Thing Every Day
That Inspires You
Hidden Pencil Journal
Potter Style
C & T Publishing
staff:
Dian Smith, Editorial Director | 212.580.0188
ROBIE LLC is a company established in 2012 to create, refresh, and extend
products for clients in the United States and England. ROBIE LLC sells concepts,
complete manuscripts, and finished designs to publishers and to novelty companies
for their production and sales distribution. Clients include PotterStyle, Chronicle,
Abrams, Laurence King, Museum of Modern Art, Race Point, C & T Publishing,
and Kikkerland.
Potter Style
Animals in the Stars Lacing Cards
Chronicle Books
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Museum of Modern Art
Writings
Race Point
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Scout Books & Media Inc
Peter Stuyvesant Station
Post Office Box 365
New York, NY 10009
Discovery™ Sharkopedia
Discovery™ Bugopedia
Superstars Crush
Spookley the Square Pumpkin
A Family to Be Thankful For
Time Home Entertainment
primary contact:
member since: 2011
Susan Knopf
tel: 646.535.4741 | fax: 646.478.9279
susan@scoutbooksandmedia.com | www.scoutbooksandmedia.com
Scout Books & Media turns good ideas into bestselling books, makes complicated
projects easy for publishers, and develops brands for lasting success. We partner
with publishers, IP developers, brand partners, licensors, corporations, and individuals, and we can deliver everything from manuscripts and art to printer-ready
files or finished books. No project is too big or too complicated for our team of top
writers, photo researchers, artists, and designers. We offer expert production and
safety testing capabilities, too.
Scout is your creative source for character and property creation, series development and franchise expansion, as well as list building and market expansion. We work
with top sales and marketing professionals to bring profitable growth to our clients.
From picture books, novelty formats, mystery series, pop culture, and informational reference for young readers to cookbooks, humor, how-to, and gift books for
adults, Scout brings expertise and excellence to each and every project.
Holiday Hill Enterprises LLC
Scholastic Book Clubs, B&N Nook
Current series include fiction and informational nonfiction.
OPEDIAS: Sharkopedia – Snakeopedia – Dinopedia – Bugopedia – Spaceopedia
COLD WHISPERS: 8-book mystery series for middle-grade readers
Clients include: Scholastic, Time Inc., Time Home Entertainment, Bearport
Publishing Company, Barnes & Noble, The Toon Studio of Beverly Hills, Holiday
Hill Enterprises LLC, and The Nerdel Company.
Innovative books of quality and value. On time, every time.
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My First Book of Tigers
and Other Big Cats
Not Yet Published
Christmas Cookie Jar
Not Yet Published
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SHELTER
HARBOR
PRESS
Shelter Harbor Press
603 West 115th Street, Suite 163
New York, NY 10025
primary contact:
member since: 2013
Jeanette Limondjian
tel: 212.864.0427 | fax: 212.316.6496
jeanette@shelterharborpress.com | www.shelterharborpress.com
The Elements: An Illustrated History
of the Periodic Table
The Universe: An Illustrated History
of Astronomy
Mathematics: An Illustrated History
of Numbers
Physics: An Illustrated History
of the Foundations of Science
Shelter Harbor Press, established in 2012, is a growing specialty packager and
small publisher, specializing in high-quality trade reference books, new age
packs and gifts, and novelty titles suitable for the international market. Successful
titles include the Ponderables series: Mathematics, The Elements, Physics, and
Philosophy.
TypewriTer
The hisTory * The machines * The wriTers
by Tony allan
Philosophy: An Illustrated History
of Thought
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Typewriter: The History,
The Machines, The Writers
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Shoreline Publishing Group
125 Santa Rosa Place
Santa Barbara, CA 93109
primary contact:
member since: 2001
Jim Buckley, President/Editorial Director
tel: 805.564.1004 | fax: 800.840.6713
jbuckley@shorelinepublishing.com | www.shorelinepublishing.com
So here’s the thing.
You’re looking for a book producer (okay . . . “packager”) who can deliver your
product on time and on budget, and can do so with style, verve, and good humor.
You’re looking for a company that can handle just about any size project (and
probably has . . . we’ve made more than 400 books and we’ve been doing this for
more than 15 years).
You’re looking to work with people who understand every part of the process,
from soup to nuts and everything in between. (We write, we edit, we design, we do
photo research, we print: It’s like a menu, just pick what you need.)
You’re looking, to be perfectly frank, for us. (And make sure to read to the end
to find our special ABPA Directory offer!)
Shoreline Publishing Group has worked with dozens of major national publishers
to create everything from board books to reader series, from sticker books to coffee
table books. We’ve worked with Scholastic, DK, Reader’s Digest, Penguin, and
many more publishers.
Sports is certainly our specialty. We’ve worked with publishers to create
dozens of books with Major League Baseball, the National Football League, and
Major League Soccer, along with many non-licensed sports titles.
We’re not all about sports, though. As a nonfiction illustrated children’s book
packager, we have produced books on history, science, geography, animals, robots,
and something called The World’s Biggest Everything, which really covered it all.
We love to talk about new projects (special ABPA Directory offer: Free
Brainstorming!!) Drop us a line. We’d love to meet you.
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Scholastic Year in Sports 2015
NFL Top 100
Who Is Muhammad Ali?
Ultimate Guide to Basketball
MLS: World of Soccer
Scientists in Action: Astronauts!
Scholastic
Penguin/Grosset & Dunlap
Beach Ball Books
Thunder Bay
Scholastic
Mason Crest
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Spooky Cheetah Press
Rookie Toddler: What Is Pink?
Elmo’s Learning Adventure
Rookie Read-About Science:
What’s the Difference? Frogs and Toads
Rookie Talk About It:
Perseverance: I Have Grit!
Rookie Read-About Science:
How Things Work: Hot Air Balloons
Rookie Biographies:
Jane Goodall
Scholastic
Sesame Workshop
33 Glendale Drive
Stamford, CT 06906
primary contact:
member since: 2002
Stephanie Fitzgerald
tel: 203.357.1160
stephanie@spookycheetah.com | www.spookycheetah.com
Spooky Cheetah Press is a full-service book-producing company specializing
in high-quality illustrated books and continuity series in a wide range of subject
areas. Founded in 1998, Spooky Cheetah Press has built a reputation for bringing
the highest standards of quality, excellence, and innovation to published product
development. From shapes and colors to motorcycles and Muppets, Spooky Cheetah’s
catalog features a wide array of nonfiction topics in a broad range of formats.
Scholastic
Scholastic
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Scholastic
Scholastic
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Content Index
children ’ s books
fiction
Picture/Board Books
The Book Shop, Ltd.
Hourglass Press LLC
Oomf Inc.
Chapter Books (ages 4–8)
Oomf Inc.
Middle-Grade (ages 7–12)
MTM Publishing
Oomf Inc.
YA (ages 12 and up)
Oomf Inc.
MTM Publishing
Series
The Book Shop, Ltd.
Oomf Inc.
MTM Publishing
non fiction
Picture/Board Books
The Book Shop, Ltd.
Focus Strategic Communications Inc.
Hourglass Press LLC
Hudson Bible
MTM Publishing
Oomf Inc.
Biographies/History
Hudson Bible
MTM Publishing
Oomf Inc.
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Reference
Hudson Bible
MTM Publishing
Oomf Inc.
Informational
The Book Shop, Ltd.
Hudson Bible
Oomf Inc.
Self-Help/Inspirational
The Book Shop, Ltd.
Hourglass Press LLC
Hudson Bible
Oomf Inc.
ROBIE LLC
Activity/How-To
The Book Shop, Ltd.
Hourglass Press LLC
Hudson Bible
Oomf Inc.
ROBIE LLC
Novelty/Book-Plus
The Book Shop, Ltd.
Hourglass Press LLC
Oomf Inc.
ROBIE LLC
adult books
fiction
Genre
Oomf Inc.
Literary
gonzalez defino editorial & design services
non fiction
Biography/History/Politics
Ardent Media Inc.
Idea Platforms Inc.
Hourglass Press LLC
Hudson Bible
MTM Publishing
Reference
Ardent Media Inc.
Hudson Bible
MTM Publishing
Oomf Inc.
Art/Culture
Ardent Media Inc.
The Book Shop, Ltd.
Hourglass Press LLC
Idea Platforms Inc.
MTM Publishing
Oomf Inc.
Lifestyle/Travel/Food/Wine
Ardent Media Inc.
Beth Allen Associates Inc.
The Book Shop, Ltd.
Hourglass Press LLC
Hudson Bible
MTM Publishing
Home/Garden/Nature
The Book Shop, Ltd.
Hourglass Press LLC
Religion/Spirituality/New Age
Ardent Media Inc.
The Book Shop, Ltd.
Hourglass Press LLC
Hudson Bible
Games/Sports/Entertainment/Humor
Ardent Media Inc.
Hourglass Press LLC
Oomf Inc.
Science/Technology
Ardent Media Inc.
Idea Platforms Inc.
MTM Publishing
Oomf Inc.
Health/Fitness
Ardent Media Inc.
Hourglass Press LLC
Gay & Lesbian Interest
Ardent Media Inc.
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American Book Producers Association
New York, NY 10011
(212) 675-1363
www.abpaonline.org
ABPA Board of Directors
Richard Rothschild, President (Print Matters Productions Inc.)
Nancy Hall, Vice President (The Bookshop, Ltd.)
Valerie Tomaselli, Treasurer (MTM Publishing)
Leslie Carola (Arena Books Associates LLC)
Susan Knopf (Scout Books & Media Inc)
Karen Matsu Greenberg (Hourglass Press LLC)
West Coast Liaison
Leslie Jonath (Connected Dots Media)
Administrator
Michael Centore
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