Sterling Publishing
Encyclopedia
Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. is a publisher of nonfiction titles, with more than 5,000 books in print. Founded in 1949, it publishes a wide range of nonfiction and illustrated titles in categories which include art, biography/autobiography, body/mind/spirit, crafts, culinary, do-it-yourself, gardening, gift, history, holiday, juvenile, lifestyle, literature, photography, puzzles & games, reference, science & nature, sports, and travel. Sterling also publishes books for a number of brands, including AARP
, Hasbro
, USA TODAY
and Hearst Magazines.
Sterling's Lark Books imprint creates books on subjects such as crafts, photography
, cuisine
, decorating, outdoor living.
Sterling serves as the North American distributor for domestic and international publishers including: Duncan Baird, Boxer Books, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Anova, Guild of Master Craftsmen, Sixth & Spring Books, Carlton Books, and the Orion Publishing Group.
Sterling's authors include Peter Yarrow
, Kevin Zraly
, Barton Seaver
, Paul McKenna
, Paul Sloane
, Abigail Thomas, Vickie Howell, and Richard Scarry
.
Sterling owns and operates two verticals, Pixiq and Lark Crafts.
Sterling Publishing is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble
, who acquired it in 2003.
AARP
AARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is the United States-based non-governmental organization and interest group, founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus, PhD, a retired educator from California, and based in Washington, D.C. According to its mission statement, it is "a...
, Hasbro
Hasbro
Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...
, USA TODAY
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
and Hearst Magazines.
Sterling's Lark Books imprint creates books on subjects such as crafts, photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
, cuisine
Cuisine
Cuisine is a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions, often associated with a specific culture. Cuisines are often named after the geographic areas or regions that they originate from...
, decorating, outdoor living.
Sterling serves as the North American distributor for domestic and international publishers including: Duncan Baird, Boxer Books, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Anova, Guild of Master Craftsmen, Sixth & Spring Books, Carlton Books, and the Orion Publishing Group.
Sterling's authors include Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow is an American singer who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote one of the group's most famous songs, "Puff, the Magic Dragon"...
, Kevin Zraly
Kevin Zraly
Kevin Zraly is an American wine educator and the founder of the Windows on the World Wine School, who has been described as America's most famous and entertaining wine teacher....
, Barton Seaver
Barton Seaver
Barton Seaver is a chef, author, speaker, and National Geographic fellow in Washington, D.C.-Early years:Seaver grew up in Washington, D.C. and attended St. Albans School. He graduated with honors from The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, in 2001 and taught meat and fish...
, Paul McKenna
Paul McKenna
Paul McKenna is an English hypnotist and self-improvement author.McKenna has written and produced books and multimedia products, hosted self-improvement television shows and presents seminars in hypnosis, neuro-linguistic programming, weight loss and motivation.-Career:Paul McKenna started in...
, Paul Sloane
Paul Sloane
Paul Sloane is an author and public speaker on lateral thinking and innovation. He was born in 1950 in Johnstone, Scotland and was educated at St Joseph's College, Blackpool and Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he read Engineering. He is the leading author of books of lateral thinking puzzles, many...
, Abigail Thomas, Vickie Howell, and Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry
Richard McClure Scarry was a popular American children's author and illustrator who published over 300 books with total sales of over 100 million units worldwide....
.
Sterling owns and operates two verticals, Pixiq and Lark Crafts.
Sterling Publishing is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest book retailer in the United States, operating mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores headquartered at 122 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District in Manhattan in New York City. Barnes & Noble also operated the chain of small B. Dalton...
, who acquired it in 2003.
Imprints
Sterling Publishing releases titles under the following imprints:- Sterling covers a broad range of subject areas, including: current events, diet and health, parenting, popular culture, reference, history, art and artists, music, among others.
- Sterling Children's publishes both fiction and non-fiction, including classics, picture books, joke books, and novelty formats as well as books for babies and toddlers.
- Sterling Ethos releases titles in the areas of wellness, personal growth, intuitive knowledge, self-discovery, and healing.
- Sterling Innovation creates books in alternative formats and packaging, as well as humor titles.
- Lark Crafts covers crafting, needle arts, home decorating, woodworking, cooking, outdoor living, for all skill levels. Lark Books was acquired in 1999.
- Lark Photography publishes photography books and camera specific guides, including the long running series, Magic Lantern Guides. Lark Books was acquired in 1999.
- Hearst Books releases lifestyle titles with content from and under the brand names of HearstHearst CorporationThe Hearst Corporation is an American media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower, Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings now include a wide variety of media...
magazines. Magazine brands include: Chapman PilotingChapman PilotingChapman Piloting & Seamanship, published by Hearst Books, a Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. has been a leading reference book for both power and sail boaters for nearly 100 years. Known as "the Bible of Boating", more than 3 million copies have been printed...
, CosmopolitanCosmopolitan (magazine)Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
, Country Living, EsquireEsquire (magazine)Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...
, Good HousekeepingGood HousekeepingGood Housekeeping is a women's magazine owned by the Hearst Corporation, featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, health as well as literary articles. It is well known for the "Good Housekeeping Seal," popularly known as the...
, Harper's BazaarHarper's BazaarHarper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for “women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.”...
, House BeautifulHouse BeautifulHouse Beautiful is an interior decorating magazine that focuses on decorating and the domestic arts. First published in 1896, it is currently published by the Hearst Corporation, who purchased it in 1934...
, Marie ClaireMarie ClaireMarie Claire is a monthly women's magazine first published in France but also distributed in other countries with editions specific to them and in their languages. While each country shares its own special voice with its audience, the United States edition focuses on women around the world and...
, Popular MechanicsPopular MechanicsPopular Mechanics is an American magazine first published January 11, 1902 by H. H. Windsor, and has been owned since 1958 by the Hearst Corporation...
, RedbookRedbookRedbook is an American women's magazine published by the Hearst Corporation. It is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.-History:...
, SeventeenSeventeen (magazine)Seventeen is an American magazine for teenagers. It was first published in September 1944 by Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications. News Corporation bought Triangle in 1988, and sold Seventeen to K-III Communications in 1991. Primedia sold the magazine to Hearst in 2003. It is still in the...
, and Town & CountryTown & Country (magazine)Town & Country, formerly the Home Journal and The National Press, is a monthly American lifestyle magazine. It is the oldest continually published general interest magazine in the United States.-Early history:...
. The partnership began in 2002. - Puzzlewright Press creates puzzle and game titles covering sudokuSudokuis a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 9...
, crosswords, chessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
, kakuro, wordoku, mazes, logic puzzles, cryptograms, casino games, card games, and magic tricks. - Union Square Press covers newsworthy, historical, and narrative non-fiction books. It was founded in 2006.
- ecosystem is an assortment of hardcover and flexicover journals, planners, and notebooks. Each is 100% made in the United States out of 100% post consumer waste paper. It was founded in 2009.
- Sterling Epicure publishes food and wine titles with upscale packaging and a focus on lifestyle.
- Flashkids is a collection of workbooks and flash cards for preschool, elementary, and middle school students in core curriculum areas such as reading, math, writing, and test preparation.
- Sandy Creek develops value priced fiction and nonfiction titles for ages 0 to 14 in multiple formats, including activity books, picture books, and encyclopedias.
- Fall River Press offers titles on a variety of subjects, including history, light reference, classic and genre fiction, and humor, as well as kits and former nonfiction best sellers.
- Metro Books releases highly illustrated titles in multiple categories, including art, history, travel, cooking, entertainment and kits.
- Quamut creates researched and fact-checked how-to guides.
- Silver Lining produces desk and wall calendars with images of travel destinations, fine art, animals, nature, among others. Calendars are made with 100% recycled paper using soy-based inks.
- SilverOak, co-owned with the British publisher QuercusQuercus (publisher)Quercus Publishing Plc is an independent publishing house, based in London.It was founded in 2004 by Mark Smith and Wayne Davies, who had previously worked together at the Orion Publishing Group.It is known for its lists in crime Quercus Publishing Plc (PLUS Markets: ) is an independent publishing...
, was founded in 2010 - Splinter, the most recent addition to Sterling's imprints, publishes teen fiction. It was founded in 2010.