Prospect Park Books

Prospect Park Books
Founded2006
FounderColleen Dunn Bates
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationLos Angeles, California
DistributionConsortium Book Sales & Distribution
Key peopleColleen Dunn Bates, Patricia O'Sullivan
Publication typesBooks
Fiction genresFiction, cookbooks, regional, humor
ImprintsProspect Park Books, Raymond Press, Spectrum Publications
No. of employees4
Official websitewww.prospectparkbooks.com

Prospect Park Books was a Los Angeles–based independent publisher. Its titles are distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution,[1] a member of the Ingram Content Group. It is a member of the American Association of Publishers, Publishers Association of the West, the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses. In January 2021, the company was acquired by Turner Publishing Company.[2][3]

Overview

Prospect Park Books was founded by Colleen Dunn Bates[4] in 2006 with a focus on regional titles,[5] including Hometown Pasadena and EAT: Los Angeles. both of which led to online magazines, Eat-LA.com and Hometown-Pasadena.com. In 2012, Prospect Park Books sold Hometown-Pasadena.com[6] and greatly expanded its book line.[7]

Notable publications

Prospect Park Books' notable books include: Little Flower Baking by Christine Moore, the SCIBA Best Nonfiction[8] title of 2016; Little Flower: Recipes from the Cafe, which was chosen as one of the best cookbooks of 2012 by Food52.com;[9] After Abel & Other Stories by Michal Lemberger, a Sophie Brody Medal finalist and Jewish Book Council honoree;[10] Sayonara Slam, Strawberry Yellow and Blood Hina by Naomi Hirahara, the fourth, fifth and sixth installments in the Mas Arai mystery series;[11] Mark Twain's Guide to Diet, Exercise, Beauty, Fashion, Investment, Romance, Health and Happiness by journalist and Mark Twain scholar Mark Dawidziak[12]; and Helen of Pasadena, a novel by Lian Dolan (one of the Satellite Sisters), which spent more than a year on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list.[13]

References

  1. ^ Consortium Book Sales & Distribution Archived October 27, 2012, at archive.today
  2. ^ "Turner Publishing Buys Prospect Park Books". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "Altadena-Based Prospect Park Books is Acquired By Turner Publishing – Pasadena Now". www.pasadenanow.com. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  4. ^ Caroline (March 19, 2016). "CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: The amazing, book-passionate, force of nature, Colleen Dunn Bates talks about the incredible publishing house (celebrating its tenth anniversary): Prospect Park Books". CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  5. ^ Timberg, Scott (October 2, 2007). "This 'Hometown' Girl Makes Good". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 2, 2007.
  6. ^ Roderick, Kevin (September 28, 2012). "Hometown Pasadena sold by Prospect Park Books". L.A. Observed. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  7. ^ Werris, Wendy. "Prospect Park Books: Finding the Sweet Spot". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  8. ^ "SCIBA Attracts 300 Attendees to Upbeat Show". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  9. ^ Food 52 (January 11, 2013). "The 2013 Piglet Tournament of Cookbooks!". Retrieved March 6, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "After Abel and Other Stories by Michal Lemberger | Jewish Book Council". www.jewishbookcouncil.org. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  11. ^ Yamamoto, J.K. "Hirahara gives her readers more Mas". Rafu Shimpo. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
  12. ^ "Thurber House picnic performer sees Twain as sage for our time". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  13. ^ Sonksen, Mike. "Arroyo Culture: In the Shadow of the San Gabriels". KCET. Retrieved September 20, 2013.


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