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Founded | 2003 |
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Headquarters location | Herndon, Virginia, United States |
Fiction genres | Nonfiction, Fiction, Children's, Cookbooks |
Owner(s) | Naren Aryal |
No. of employees | 17 |
Official website | mascotbooks |
Mascot Books is a full-service, multi-genre, independent book publisher and distributor. It is a hybrid publishing company headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. The company publishes a variety of genres, including fiction, nonfiction, children's, cookbooks, and coffee table books. [1]
Naren Aryal co-founded Mascot Books in 2003 with the publication of Hello, Hokie Bird, a children's book about his alma mater's mascot, the Virginia Tech's HokieBird. [2] After a successful initial title, Aryal left his job as a corporate attorney to start Mascot Books. [2] Since inception, the business has published more than 2,500 titles. In 2017 and 2018, Mascot Books was featured in The Washington Post,USA Today, and The Costco Connection. [2] [3] [4]