Thunder Bay Press

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Thunder Bay Press
Parent company Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC
Founded1990
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location San Diego, California
Distribution Publishers Group West
Publication types Illustrated books
Nonfiction topicsadult crafts & leisure activities; pop culture;
cooking; pets &
domestic animals;
sports; history;
transportation; & nature
Fiction genres Non-fiction
Official website www.thunderbaybooks.com

Thunder Bay Press is a California-based publisher of illustrated non-fiction books. Subject matter includes adult crafts and leisure activities, pop culture, cooking, pets and domestic animals, sports, history, transportation, and nature. [1]

Contents

Thunder Bay was founded by the book distributor Advanced Marketing Services in 1990. [2] Advanced Marketing Services was acquired by Baker & Taylor in 2007. [3]

It is owned by the book distribution firm, Readerlink Distribution Services, who acquired Thunder Bay from Baker & Taylor in 2015. [4] The imprint's distribution is handled by Publishers Group West.

Then and Now series

It is also one of the two United States publisher of books in the Then and Now series of books [5] that include:

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References

  1. "Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  2. https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/advanced-marketing-services-inc [ bare URL ]
  3. "Baker & Taylor in Bid to Acquire AMS". 13 February 2007.
  4. Milliot, Jim (23 February 2015). "Readerlink Buys B&T Publishing, Warehouse Units", Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 20 December 2015
  5. published in the United Kingdom and Australia by Pavilion Books
  6. Mitchell, Alexander D (2001), Baltimore then & now, Thunder Bay Press, ISBN   978-1-57145-688-5
  7. Richards, Hanje (2002). Minneapolis-Saint Paul Then and Now. Thunder Bay Press. ISBN   978-1-57145-687-8.
  8. Reiss, Marcia; Witheridge, Annette. New York then & now (2005), New York then & now (Revised ed.), Thunder Bay Press, ISBN   978-1-59223-649-7