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Los Angeles-based independent publisher
Prospect Park Books
Founded
| 2006
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Founder
| Colleen Dunn Bates
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Country of origin
| United States
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Headquarters location
| Los Angeles, California
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Distribution
| Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
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Key people
| Colleen Dunn Bates, Patricia O'Sullivan
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Publication types
| Books
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Fiction genres
| Fiction, cookbooks, regional, humor
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Imprints
| Prospect Park Books, Raymond Press, Spectrum Publications
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No.
of employees
| 4
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Official website
| www
.prospectparkbooks
.com
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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
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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
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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
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- ^
Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
Archived
October 27, 2012, at
archive.today
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"Turner Publishing Buys Prospect Park Books"
.
www.publishersweekly.com
. Retrieved
March 12,
2021
.
- ^
"Altadena-Based Prospect Park Books is Acquired By Turner Publishing ? Pasadena Now"
.
www.pasadenanow.com
. Retrieved
March 12,
2021
.
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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
.
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Timberg, Scott (October 2, 2007).
"This 'Hometown' Girl Makes Good"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
October 2,
2007
.
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Roderick, Kevin (September 28, 2012).
"Hometown Pasadena sold by Prospect Park Books"
. L.A. Observed
. Retrieved
April 1,
2013
.
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Werris, Wendy.
"Prospect Park Books: Finding the Sweet Spot"
.
Publishers Weekly
. Retrieved
July 10,
2014
.
- ^
"SCIBA Attracts 300 Attendees to Upbeat Show"
.
Publishers Weekly
. Retrieved
October 28,
2016
.
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Food 52 (January 11, 2013).
"The 2013 Piglet Tournament of Cookbooks!"
. Retrieved
March 6,
2013
.
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"After Abel and Other Stories by Michal Lemberger | Jewish Book Council"
.
www.jewishbookcouncil.org
. Retrieved
October 28,
2016
.
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Yamamoto, J.K.
"Hirahara gives her readers more Mas"
.
Rafu Shimpo
. Retrieved
September 20,
2013
.
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"Thurber House picnic performer sees Twain as sage for our time"
.
The Columbus Dispatch
. Retrieved
October 28,
2016
.
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Sonksen, Mike.
"Arroyo Culture: In the Shadow of the San Gabriels"
. KCET
. Retrieved
September 20,
2013
.
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