Amplify Publishing Group
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.
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Amplify Publishing Group
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- Mascot Books
- Founded
- 2003
- Headquarters
- Herndon
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• Name — Mascot Books • Founded — 2003 • Headquarters — Herndon, Virginia, United States • Genre — Nonfiction, Fiction, Children's, Cookbooks • Owner — Naren Aryal • Numemployees — 17 • Website — mascotbooks.com
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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. After a successful initial title, Aryal left his job as a corporate attorney to start Mascot Books. 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.
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- 1.Mascot Books - Book Publishing. Mascot Books.
- 2.Onward and Upward at Amplify Publishing Group. PublishersWeekly.com.
- 3.This Herndon publisher's business plan doesn't go by the book. Washington Post.
- 4.USATODAY.com - Series of mascot books began in ride from game. usatoday30.usatoday.com.
- 5.Go, State! Publisher Mascot Books is a start-up all-star.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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