Thunder Bay Press

Thunder Bay Press
Parent companyReaderlink Distribution Services, LLC
Founded1990
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationSan Diego, California
DistributionPublishers Group West
Publication typesIllustrated books
Nonfiction topicsadult crafts & leisure activities; pop culture;
cooking; pets &
domestic animals;
sports; history;
transportation; & nature
Fiction genresNon-fiction
Official websitewww.thunderbaybooks.com

Thunder Bay Press is a California-based publisher of illustrated non-fiction books. Subject matter includes adult crafts and leisure activities, pop culture, cooking, pets and domestic animals, sports, history, transportation, and nature.[1]

Thunder Bay was founded by the book distributor Advanced Marketing Services in 1990.[1] Advanced Marketing Services was acquired by Baker & Taylor in 2007.[2]

It is owned by the book distribution firm, Readerlink Distribution Services, who acquired Thunder Bay from Baker & Taylor in 2015.[3] The imprint's distribution is handled by Publishers Group West.

Publications

Then and Now series

It is also one of the two United States publisher of books in the Then and Now series of books,[4] published in the United Kingdom and Australia by Pavilion Books, that include:

  • Mitchell, Alexander D (2001). Baltimore then & now. Thunder Bay Press. ISBN 978-1-57145-688-5.
  • Richards, Hanje (2002). Minneapolis-Saint Paul Then and Now. Thunder Bay Press. ISBN 978-1-57145-687-8.
  • Reiss, Marcia; Witheridge, Annette (2005). New York then & now (Revised ed.). Thunder Bay Press. ISBN 978-1-59223-649-7.

Bathroom readers

Thunder Bay is also known for publishing The Bathroom Reader and The Ultimate Bathroom Reader.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Advanced Marketing Services, Inc". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  2. ^ "Baker & Taylor in Bid to Acquire AMS". American Booksellers Association. 13 February 2007.
  3. ^ Milliot, Jim (23 February 2015). "Readerlink Buys B&T Publishing, Warehouse Units". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  4. ^ Berthel, Ron (2005-08-24). "Coffee-table books tour U.S. cities then and now". Pharos-Tribune. Vol. 161, no. 236. p. A6 – via Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Sykora, Helen (2003-06-25). "digressing | On summer reading...". Marshall Community AD-VISOR. Vol. 33, no. 26. p. 14 – via Newspaper Archive.


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