Publisher history

Established in 1897, Baylor University Press publishes about thirty new books each year for scholars, students, and intellectually curious general readers.

Fordham University Press, established in 1907, the seventh-oldest university press in the country and the nation's oldest Catholic university press, is the not-for-profit publishing arm of the University.

Since 1909 Branden Books has been publishing award winning books and reference materials about women, children, military, Italian-American or African-American themes.

Popular series include 'Scenes Along the Rails' which takes a look at the pre-1925 era of railroading during the Golden Age of Steam; and 'Railroads Over Time' which depict the evolution of a railroad from its inception through the modern age of steam, diesel, and electric operations.

Pelican Publishing Company was established in 1926.

Since its first book appeared in 1937, the Press has published and distributed more than 3000 titles.

Since its founding in 1938, the primary mission of the University of Georgia Press has been to support and enhance the University's place as a major research institution by publishing outstanding works of scholarship and literature by scholars and writers throughout the world.

Founded in 1941, the University of Nebraska Press is a nonprofit scholarly and general interest press that publishes 170 new and reprint titles annually under the Nebraska, Bison Books, and Potomac Books imprints, and in partnership with the Jewish Publication Society, along with 30 journals.

Templegate Publishers is an independent religious book publisher founded in 1947.

Established in 1954, Goose Lane Editions is a literary press with a particular interest in contemporary fiction and poetry, as well as high profile non-fiction, including history, biography, Canadiana and fine art books.

Established in 1967, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press has published over 1,500 books in the humanities and social sciences, with special strengths in history and literature.

Established and incorporated in Ontario in 1969.

Women's Press was established with collective ownership in 1972 and is Canada's oldest English-language feminist publisher.

Acair Ltd was established in 1976 to provide Gaelic language materials for the ground breaking bi-lingual education project in the Western Isles.

The Chinese University Press was established in 1977 as the publishing house of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Bamboo Ridge was founded in 1978 to foster the appreciation, understanding, and creation of literary, visual, or performing arts by, for, or about the people of Hawai'i.

The University of Arkansas Press was founded in 1980 as the book publishing division of the University of Arkansas.

High Plains Press, located near Glendo, Wyoming, has published over 50 books since its beginning in 1984.

In 1985 historian John Hubbell assumed the directorship and grew the staff and publishing program to include widely regarded lists in Civil War and Ohio history.

Welcome to Glenbridge Publishing founded in 1986.

Camino Books was founded in 1987 for the purpose of publishing quality nonfiction books of regional interest to people in the Middle Atlantic states.

Arcade Publishing is an independent trade publishing company that started in 1988 in New York, USA. They are publishers of American and world fiction and non-fiction.

Lakota Books was founded in 1990 for the purpose of writing, publishing, and distributing monographs and books about Lakota and Dakota culture, history, and language.

Acquired by The Orion Publishing Group in 1991.

Amsterdam University Press (AUP) was established in 1992 by the University of Amsterdam and has built up a publishing list of more than 1400 titles.

New World is a small, eclectic company founded in 1995 to produce books that make a difference in peoples lives.

Started in 1997, Hellgate Press is named after the historic Hellgate Canyon on the Rogue River, which was the first river in the United States to be designated as a wild and scenic river.

Founded in 2000, Black Inc. is an independent Australian publisher of quality non-fiction, fiction and poetry, based in Melbourne.

Founded in 2001 by publisher and writer Dennis Stovall, Ooligan Press houses one of PSU's two master's programs in writing.

The company publishes literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, science, history, biography, memoir, travel and nature writing that is entertaining, absorbing, surprising and prize-winning. It was acquired by Hachette (Lagardere) in 2004.

Figueroa Press was created in 2005 to keep scholarly and literary works of lasting merit in print.

Soft Skull Press is an imprint of Counterpoint Press, a company that was created in 2007 through the acquisition of three notable independent presses: Counterpoint, Shoemaker & Hoard, and Soft Skull Press.

In 2008 Hancock House launched its first e-books.