Founded | 2012 |
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Founder | David Thomas Roberts |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Conroe, Texas, U.S. |
Nonfiction topics | Conservatism |
Imprints | Bluebonnet Kids, Keynote Books, Nicholsan Books, and Yellow Rose Romance |
Defiance Press & Publishing is a politically conservative book publisher based in Conroe, Texas that was founded by David Thomas Roberts in 2012. [1]
The company was founded by David Thomas Roberts in 2012 to counter liberal publishers, saying:
For a long time the left was the champion of free speech. Look at the McCarthy era and look at the protesters in the sixties, in the Vietnam era. But today I think it’s mostly the conservative voices that are silenced...When you walked into a publishing conference, it was like walking into a Star Wars bar, with those creatures. My god. I couldn’t tell a man from a woman at those events." [1] [ importance? ]
In July 2021,the company began publishing a 12-book series Violent But True Bedtime Stories. [2]
In 2023, the company sponsored the "Rally against Censorship" at the Lone Star Convention & Expo Center. [3] [4]
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