New World Library

In 1977, Marc Allen and his girlfriend at the time, Shakti Gawain, self-published hand-stapled booklets under the name Whatever Publishing; they consider this to be the founding of the press. Total sales in 1977 were $800. Their first three books were written by Marc Allen. Their fourth, Shakti Gawain's Creative Visualization, in December 1978, became an international bestseller. The success of Gawain's book launched the new company as a source of books for the creative and New Age communities. In the mid 1980s, they changed their name from “Whatever Publishing” to “New World Library“. Gawain also founded Nataraj Publishing as a division of New World Library. In 2000, New World Library entered into a joint venture with H J Kramer, the publisher of Dan Millman, Sanaya Roman, and John Robbins's Diet for a New America. In 2001, they began publishing the works of Joseph Campbell. In 2007, New World Library acquired Inner Ocean Publishing, involving the purchase of 45 titles, including books by MoveOn, Jean Houston, and Barbara Marciniak. Library has worked with distributor Publishers Group West (PGW) since 1978 which makes it PGW's oldest distribution client.

• Founded — 1977 • Founder — Marc Allen and Shakti Gawain • Headquarters — Novato, California, U.S. • Distribution — Publishers Group West (US) Publishers Group UK (UK) • Publications — Books • Url — http: www.newworldlibrary.com

In 2014, the company partnered with Eckhart Tolle to create Eckhart Tolle Editions, an imprint consisting of books identified by Tolle. In 2015, the imprint released as its first titles The Calm Center by Steve Taylor and Parenting with Presence by Susan Stiffelman.