Prospect Park Books
Prospect Park Books was a Los Angeles–based independent publisher. Its titles are distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, a member of the Ingram Content Group. It is a member of the American Association of Publishers, Publishers Association of the West, the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses.
Prospect Park Books
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- Prospect Park Books was established or created in 2006.
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- Prospect Park Books is situated in United States.
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Prospect Park Books was a Los Angeles–based independent publisher. Its titles are distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, a member of the Ingram Content Group. It is a member of the American Association of Publishers, Publishers Association of the West, the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses.
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In January 2021, the company was acquired by Turner Publishing Company.
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• Founded — 2006 • Founder — Colleen Dunn Bates • Country — United States • Headquarters — Los Angeles, California • Distribution — Consortium Book Sales & Distribution • Keypeople — Colleen Dunn Bates, Patricia O'Sullivan • Publications — Books • Genre — Fiction, cookbooks, regional, humor • Imprints — Prospect Park Books, Raymond Press, Spectrum Publications • Numemployees — 4 • Url — www.prospectparkbooks.com/
Overview
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Prospect Park Books was founded by Colleen Dunn Bates in 2006 with a focus on regional titles, including Hometown Pasadena and EAT: Los Angeles. both of which led to online magazines, Eat-LA.com and Hometown-Pasadena.com. In 2012, Prospect Park Books sold Hometown-Pasadena.com and greatly expanded its book line.
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Prospect Park Books is situated in United States.
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Prospect Park Books' notable books include: Little Flower Baking by Christine Moore, the SCIBA Best Nonfiction title of 2016; Little Flower: Recipes from the Cafe, which was chosen as one of the best cookbooks of 2012 by Food52.com; After Abel & Other Stories by Michal Lemberger, a Sophie Brody Medal finalist and Jewish Book Council honoree; Sayonara Slam, Strawberry Yellow and Blood Hina by Naomi Hirahara, the fourth, fifth and sixth installments in the Mas Arai mystery series; Mark Twain's Guide to Diet, Exercise, Beauty, Fashion, Investment, Romance, Health and Happiness by journalist and Mark Twain scholar Mark Dawidziak; and Helen of Pasadena, a novel by Lian Dolan (one of the Satellite Sisters), which spent more than a year on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list.
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The circumstances in which Prospect Park Books stands. A pool surrounded by a rocky embankment thickly wooded with trees, in which a monk reads from a book and another monk stands in front of him. Established or created in 2006. Recorded as book publisher. Situated in United States.
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Prospect Park Books is associated with United States. Recorded from 2006.
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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