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195: 523: 597:. The company focuses on cooking, design, crafts and hobbies, and expanding the boundaries of general nonfiction. It seeks out authors who are thought-leaders and tastemakers, and works hand-in-hand with them to create physical books that are beautiful in their own right. Artisan's first significant bestseller was 493:
For years Workman's unofficial motto was "no book before its time", which reflected Peter Workman's obsession with getting every part of a book right before sending it out into the world. It's part of the reason that one out of three Workman books have over 100,000 copies in print, and that
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Algonquin Young Readers was founded in 2011 by Peter Workman and then Algonquin publisher, Elisabeth Scharlatt, as an imprint of Algonquin Books to publish books of enduring value for young readers, including
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books for adults and children, with a focus on farming, gardening, crafts, cooking, nature appreciation, backyard building, and natural wellness and herbal medicine. Popular titles include
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In 1983 John Storey bought Garden Way Publishing from Garden Way and changed the name to Storey Publishing. The company specializes in highly illustrated
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Workman, Workman Children's, Workman Calendars, Artisan, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill and Algonquin Young Readers, Storey Publishing, and Timber Press.
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In 1994 Peter Workman founded his second company, Artisan, with the mission to publish subjects that can best be expressed visually, whether through
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Throughout its history, Workman has specialized in quirky but useful books, often with unusual formats. It published its first “book-plus” in 1983:
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Peter Workman died in 2013. In 2015, Workman appointed Dan Reynolds, former President and Publisher of Storey Publishing, as its new President and
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for the best presentation of the Latin experience in a book for young adults. Algonquin Young Readers titles have also won
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The following decades saw a succession of titles that had strong sales and strong cultural impact, beginning in with
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brands both have pages with moving images. In 2020, Workman and its imprints expanded into the
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readers. It also has a robust regional program. Some of their popular titles include
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for the most distinguished contribution to children's literature in the prior year.
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came with a real kazoo. Among its million-copy children's bestsellers are
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for young people's literature. Algonquin Young Readers authors include
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and Chapel Hill and its numerous bestsellers and prizewinners include
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From the beginning Workman focused on publishing adult and children's
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brand started with two decks of grommeted cards sold in a box.
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Artisan, Algonquin, Algonquin Young Readers, Storey, Timber
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pregnancy and childcare guide; the educational series,
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and juvenile mystery, and have been nominated for the
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Parent company
Hachette Book Group
Varick Street
New York City
Thomas Allen & Son
Books
calendars
Imprints
workman.com

Varick Street
New York City
publisher
trade books
imprints
non-fiction
What to Expect
Brain Quest
1,000 Places to See Before You Die
Atlas Obscura
The French Laundry Cookbook
The Barbecue Bible
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Water for Elephants
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
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