This article is about the publishing company. For the novels by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, see
The Red Wheel
.
Red Wheel/Weiser
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Founded
| 1956
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Founder
| Samuel Weiser
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Country of origin
| United States
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Headquarters location
| Newburyport, Massachusetts
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Distribution
| self-distribution (US)
Georgetown Publications (Canada)
Brumby Sunstate (Australia)
Hay House
(South Africa)
Deep Books (Europe)
Curreri World Services (Asia)
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Publication types
| Books
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Fiction genres
| New Age, occult
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Imprints
| Red Wheel, Weiser Books, Disinformation Books, Turning Stone Press, Career Press, New Page Books
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Official website
| redwheelweiser
.com
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Red Wheel/Weiser
, also known in different periods in its history as
RedWheel/Weiser/Conari
and
Samuel Weiser, Inc.
, is a book
publisher
with three
imprints
: Red Wheel, Weiser Books and Conari Books. It is America's second-largest
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citation needed
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publisher
of
occult
and
New Age
books, behind
Llewellyn Worldwide
, and is also one of the oldest American publishers to concentrate exclusively on that
genre
. It publishes on average 60-75 new titles per year and maintains a large
backlist
, partly of books that it originally published, and partly of older
public domain
rare occult books.
Imprints
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Weiser Books
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This main imprint is also the oldest. It was founded as
Samuel Weiser, Inc.
in 1956, a time when few other publishers were willing to tackle occult subjects, and was originally an offshoot of the New York City retailer,
Weiser Antiquarian Books
. This imprint publishes the backlist and continues to acquire books on occultism,
astrology
,
esoteric
subjects, Eastern religions,
Wicca
and related topics.
Red Wheel
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Red Wheel was founded in 2000 as an imprint for spiritually oriented or occult
self-help
and
how-to
books, and at that time the company name was changed from Samuel Weiser, Inc. to RedWheel/Weiser, with several other variations being commonly seen, including Weiser, Inc.
Conari Books
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This imprint was acquired in 2002. Before this, Conari Books had been a separate publisher, based in
Berkeley, California
, dating back to 1989. This imprint focuses on books that view
sociology
and
parenting
issues through a spiritual or New Age perspective.
Mango Publishing
acquired Conari in 2019.
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Turning Stone Press
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Turning Stone was founded in 2012. It is a self-publishing imprint in collaboration with
Hampton Roads Publishing Company
and Hierophant Publishing.
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Disinformation Books
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Disinformation Books was founded in 1997 as the publishing division of
Disinformation
. It was acquired by Red Wheel/Weiser in 2012.
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Career Press
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Career Press was founded in 1985 by Ron Fry and is focused on business books. Red Wheel/Weiser acquired Career Press in 2017.
[5]
New Page Books
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New Page Books was founded in 1999 as the general nonfiction imprint of Career Press.
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Location
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The company has been previously located in
Boston
and in
York Beach, Maine
for most of its history. In 2006, the editorial department moved to
San Francisco
and the sales and marketing department moved to
Newburyport, Massachusetts
.
Famous authors
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Notes
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References
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- 2007 Writer's Market
, Robert Lee Brewer & Joanna Masterson. (2006)
ISBN
1-58297-427-6
- Jeff Herman's Guide To Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents 2007
, Jeff Herman. (2006)
ISBN
0-9772682-1-7
External links
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