Sourcebooks LLC is an American independent
book publisher located in
Naperville, Illinois. The company publishes books, eBooks, and digital products.
History
The company was founded in 1987 by Dominique Raccah as a business and finance publisher.
Raccah cashed in $17,000 from her retirement fund to start the press. The company expanded into other categories of trade publishing. As of 2010, they had 54 apps in development. By 2015, the publisher had 120 employees, working on a diverse list of adult, children's, and young adult books, in addition to its rapidly expanding
e-commerce businesses.
As of 2010, they were the largest woman-owned book publisher in the United States.
In 2013, the publisher launched a personalized book engine with its "Put Me In The Story" application and website. It added brands such as
Sesame Street, the
Berenstain Bears, and
Hello Kitty, in addition to authors and illustrators such as
Nancy Tillman
Nancy Tillman (born 1954) is an American author and illustrator of children's books.
Tillman's picture books focus on the love parents have for their children with animals. Her books ''On the Night You Were Born'', ''Wherever You Are, My Love Will ...
. Later additions to Put Me In The Story included
Curious George
Curious George is a fictional monkey who is the title character of a series of popular children's picture books written by Margret and H. A. Rey. Various media, including films and TV shows, have been based upon the original book series.
Geor ...
and characters from
Disney and
Nickelodeon, among others.
In 2013, Sourcebooks acquired motivational and inspirational book publisher Simple Truths. The company reported a 20% gain in sales in 2014, with particular gains from its Sourcebooks Jabberwocky children's imprint and Sourcebooks Fire young adult imprint. The results also included sales of more than two million picture books by Marianne Richmond.
In December 2016, Raccah was named book publishing's "Person of the Year" by ''
Publishers Weekly'', a book publishing trade magazine.
In February 2017,
Publishers Weekly reported
NPD BookScan
BookScan is a data provider for the book publishing industry that compiles point of sale data for book sales, owned by The NPD Group in the United States and the Nielsen Company in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, South ...
data showing Sourcebooks as the 18th-largest trade publisher in America. Sourcebooks published 385 titles in 2017 and was the 14th-largest trade publisher in the U.S.
In 2018, Sourcebooks acquired mystery imprint
Poisoned Pen Press. The following year,
Penguin Random House acquired 45% of Sourcebooks, with the company forming a new management board that included Penguin Random House executives.
Imprints
* Sourcebooks (adult nonfiction)
* Sourcebooks Landmark (fiction)
* Sourcebooks Casablanca (romance fiction)
* Cumberland House (gift, cookbooks, and history)
* Simple Truths (business, leadership, motivation, and inspiration)
* Sourcebooks Fire (young adult)
* Sourcebooks Kids
**Sourcebooks Wonderland (specialized)
**Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (children)
**Sourcebooks Young Readers (middle grades)
**Sourcebooks eXplore (nonfiction)
*
Poisoned Pen Press (mystery)
* Bloom Books (romance)
References
External links
*{{official website, http://www.sourcebooks.com
Companies based in Naperville, Illinois
Publishing companies established in 1987
Book publishing companies based in Illinois