Thunder Bay Press
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. Thunder Bay was founded by the book distributor Advanced Marketing Services in 1990.
Thunder Bay Press
- Founded
- 1990
- Headquarters
- San Diego
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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. Thunder Bay was founded by the book distributor Advanced Marketing Services in 1990.
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Advanced Marketing Services was acquired by Baker & Taylor in 2007. It is owned by the book distribution firm, Readerlink Distribution Services, who acquired Thunder Bay from Baker & Taylor in 2015. The imprint's distribution is handled by Publishers Group West.
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Key facts
• Parent — Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC • Founded — 1990 • Country — United States • Headquarters — San Diego, California • Distribution — Publishers Group West • Publications — Illustrated books • Topics — adult crafts & leisure activities; pop culture; cooking; pets & domestic animals; sports; history; transportation; & nature • Genre — Non-fiction • Url — http: www.thunderbaybooks.com
Then and Now series
Then and Now series
It is also one of the two United States publisher of books in the Then and Now series of books, published in the United Kingdom and Australia by Pavilion Books, that include: * * *
Bathroom readers
Bathroom readers
Thunder Bay is also known for publishing The Bathroom Reader and The Ultimate Bathroom Reader.
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1990
Thunder Bay Press established.
1990
Thunder Bay Press is recorded from 1990.
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- 1.Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. Encyclopedia.com.
- 2.Baker & Taylor in Bid to Acquire AMS. American Booksellers Association. 13 February 2007.
- 3.Milliot, Jim. Readerlink Buys B&T Publishing, Warehouse Units. Publishers Weekly. 23 February 2015.
- 4.Berthel, Ron. Coffee-table books tour U.S. cities then and now. Pharos-Tribune. 161. 236. A6. 2005-08-24.
- 5.Sykora, Helen. digressing On summer reading. Marshall Community AD-VISOR. 33. 26. 14. 2003-06-25.
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