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Pineapple Press
is a niche publisher in Florida. Its catalogue includes non-fiction titles such as "Baseball in Florida" and "Florida's Birds" (a reference book with artwork by
Karl Karalus
) as well as compilations such as "Cracker literature", books on historic homes, lighthouses, Gulf Coast islands, and fiction including historical novels from
Patrick D. Smith
and a mystery by
Virginia Lanier
("
Death in Bloodhound Red
" set in Georgia's
Okefenokee Swamp
). Pineapple also publishes works by
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
. The publisher adds approximately 12?14 titles a year. The "hits" sell 3,000 or 4,000 copies annually adding up to total revenue of about $1 million for the publisher annually. It is run by June and David Cussen. Some books have been optioned for movies.
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Pineapple Press was acquired by
Rowman & Littlefield
in 2018 and became an imprint of
Globe Pequot Press
.
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Other titles
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Florida's First People: 12,000 Years of Human History
by
Robin C. Brown
, a doctor in
Fort Myers
who also authored
Florida's Fossils
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