Aegean Park Press

Aegean Park Press was a publisher based in Walnut Creek, California, specializing in cryptology, military intelligence, contract bridge and Mayan languages. The company's books on cryptology were "mostly reprints of fairly advanced texts, "[i]ncluding at least 16 books by World War II cryptologists William F. Friedman, Lambros D. Callimahos, and Solomon Kullback. It published more than 50 books related to cryptology and a smaller number of books on other areas such as military intelligence."[1] It did most of its business by direct mail.[2]

It was founded in 1973 by Wayne Barker (1922-2001).[3] [4] [5] [6]

One of the company's ostensible customers has reported that it "ceased to exist either in lat[e] 2011 or early 2012".[7] Better Business Bureau reported it was out of business as of January 2014.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Cryptography-related Journals". austinlinks. 11 February 1997.
  2. ^ "Aegean Park Press". Goliath. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Low-tech secret codes kick ass". Stim. 10 March 1997. Archived from the original on 22 October 1999.
  4. ^ "Wayne Griswold Barker". Ancient Faces.
  5. ^ "Biographies of Contributors". Cryptologia. 2: 95–96. April 1978. doi:10.1080/0161-117891852839.
  6. ^ "About Aegean Park Press". 16 August 2000. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Aegean Park Press; Replacement?". The Crypto Forum. 16 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24.
  8. ^ "Aegean Park Press". Better Business Bureau. Archived from the original on 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
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