Turner Publishing Company is an American independent book publisher based in
Nashville, Tennessee
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. The company is in the top 101 independent publishing companies in the U.S. as compiled by Bookmarket.com, and has been named four times to ''
Publishers Weekly
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''s Fastest Growing Publishers List.
History
Turner Publishing Company was founded in 1984 in
Paducah, Kentucky
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, as a publisher of books.
From 1984 to 2005 the company published specialty and commemorative titles focusing on history. During this period, Turner Publishing Company produced over 500 titles in the categories of military history, local history, and organizational history, including: History of the FDNY (New York City Fire Department) and History of the 101st Airborne Division.
In 2002 the company was sold to new management and moved to
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
. Turner launched its move into trade publishing with a program of regional history titles in 2005. This series of local history photography books, called "Historic Photos," numbered over four hundred titles and sold nationwide through all major retailers of books with numerous bestsellers in local markets.
In 2009 Turner purchased over 400 titles from the sale of Cumberland House. Turner acquired the book division of
Ancestry.com the following year, as well as the assets of
Fieldstone Alliance, a publisher of business books for non-profit organizations. Turner went on to acquire selected assets of Providence House, including the rights to bestselling author
Eugenia Price.
Having reached capacity of its distribution facility by the year 2011, Turner outsourced distribution of its titles to Ingram Publisher Services. In 2013 Turner acquired over 1,000 titles from
John Wiley & Sons
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, including the backlist of
Howell Book House. In 2014, Turner acquired
Hunter House Publishers. In 2016, Turner acquired
Jewish Lights Publishing and three other imprints from LongHill Partners. In 2018, Turner acquired
Gurze Books.
In 2022, Turner acquired
West Margin Press from
Ingram Content Group
Ingram Content Group is an American service provider to the book publishing industry, based in La Vergne, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Ingram Industries.
Shawn Morin is CEO, and John R. Ingram is chairman of Ingram Industries.
History
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Imprints
*Turner: The flagship imprint
*Wiley: Turner publishes under the Wiley name, with permission, for over 1,000 acquired titles.
*Ancestry: Genealogy, acquired assets of the book division of
Ancestry.com
*Fieldstone Alliance: Business Books for Non-profits, acquired assets of
Fieldstone Alliance
*Iroquois Press: Fiction and Literature
*Ramsey and Todd: Children's books
*Cumberland House Press: Titles acquired from Cumberland House Press in 2009
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Hunter House
*
Jewish Lights
*SkyLight Paths
*Christian Journeys
*Gemstone Press
*
Gurze Books
*
West Margin Press
**Graphic Arts Books
**Alaska Northwest Books
References
External links
Turner Publishing Company Official website{{Authority control
Book publishing companies based in Tennessee
Companies based in Nashville, Tennessee
Publishing companies established in 1984