McFarland & Company

McFarland & Company focuses mainly on selling to libraries. It also utilizes direct mailing to connect with enthusiasts in niche categories.{{Cite journal |last=Slide |first=Anthony |date=2010 |title=A Publishing Phenomenon that Begins and Ends with Scarecrow Press |journal=Film History |volume=22 |issue=3 |page=304 |doi=10.2979/fil.2010.22.3.298 |jstor=10.2979/fil.2010.22.3.298 |s2cid=192112592 |quote=McFarland [...] books were primarily aimed at the library market. It was a mail order publisher with no interest in bookstore sales, but unlike its major competitor, virtually from the start all of its books were typeset.}} The company is known for its sports literature, especially baseball history, as well as books about chess, military history, and film.{{Cite news |last=Martinez |first=Amy |date=April 1, 2012 |title=Amazon.com Trying to Wring Deep Discounts from Publishers |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2017889877_amazonpublisher02.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131208002420/http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2017889877_amazonpublisher02.html |archive-date=December 8, 2013 |work=Seattle Times}}{{Cite journal |last=Slide |first=Anthony |date=2010 |title=A Publishing Phenomenon That Begins and Ends with Scarecrow Press |journal=Film History |volume=22 |issue=3 |page=305 |doi=10.2979/fil.2010.22.3.298 |jstor=10.2979/fil.2010.22.3.298 |s2cid=192112592 |quote=Most film scholars, students and buffs would assume that McFarland's main thrust has been towards film book Publishing [but] it is the largest publisher of military memoirs and baseball-oriented titles. It is also rich in books on women's, African-American, and gender studies, on U.S. history, and is proud of its automotive line. It also boasts of being the most prestigious publisher of historical and reference books on chess.}} In 2007, the Mountain Times wrote that McFarland publishes about 275 scholarly monographs and reference book titles a year;{{Cite news |date=December 13, 2007 |title=VP Celebrates 25 Years at McFarland |url=http://archives.mountaintimes.com/mtweekly/2007/1213/mcfarland.php3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215170426/http://archives.mountaintimes.com/mtweekly/2007/1213/mcfarland.php3 |archive-date=December 15, 2013 |work=Mountain Times}} Robert Lee Brewer reported in 2015 that the number is about 350.

The following book series are among those published by McFarland & Company:

• "Contributions to Zombie Studies" (edited by Kyle William Bishop){{Cite journal |last=Guynes-Vishniac |first=Sean |date=2018 |title=The Zombie and Its Metaphors |journal=American Quarterly |volume=70 |issue=4 |pages=903–912 |doi=10.1353/aq.2018.0072}}
• "Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy" (edited by C. W. Sullivan III and Donald Palumbo){{Cite journal |last=Schlobin |first=Roger C. |date=2011 |title=Review of A Short History of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn and Edward James |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24353191 |journal=Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts |volume=22 |pages=292–298 |jstor=24353191 |access-date=February 23, 2023 |number=2}}

The following academic journals are published by McFarland & Company:

• Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game – focuses on "baseball's early history, from its protoball roots to 1920"
• Black Ball: A Journal of the Negro Leagues – focuses on "all subjects related to black baseball, including the Negro major and minor leagues, and pre–Negro league play"
• Clues: A Journal of Detection – focuses on "all aspects of mystery and detective material in print, television and movies"
• Journal of Information Ethics – focuses on information ethics and information science{{Cite book |last=Brewer |first=Robert Lee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UsyRBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA736 |title=2015 Writer's Market: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published |date=2014-08-05 |publisher=Writer's Digest Books |isbn=978-1-59963-860-7 |location=Cincinnati |language=en}}
• Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies – focuses on "global territorial and maritime issues"{{Cite web |title=JTMS Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies |url=https://www.journalofterritorialandmaritimestudies.net/about-us |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180123221511/https://www.journalofterritorialandmaritimestudies.net/about-us |archive-date=January 23, 2018 |website=JTMS Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies |language=en}}
• North Korean Review – focuses on an understanding of North Korea's "complexities and the threat it presents to global stability"{{Cite web |title=Journals |url=http://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/customers/journals/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150420040701/http://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/customers/journals/ |archive-date=April 20, 2015 |website=McFarlandBooks.com |publisher=McFarland & Company}}

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