Red Wheel/Weiser
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| founded = 1956
| founder = Samuel Weiser
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| country = United States
| headquarters = Newburyport, Massachusetts
| distribution = self-distribution (US)
Georgetown Publications (Canada)
Brumby Sunstate (Australia)
Hay House (South Africa)
Deep Books (Europe)
Curreri World Services (Asia)[http://redwheelweiser.com/downloads/17b_trade_final_sm.pdf Red Wheel/Weiser Featuring Conari Press and Hampton Roads New Titles and Best-Selling Backlist, Fall 2017]
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| publications = Books
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| genre = New Age, occult
| imprints = Red Wheel, Weiser Books, Disinformation Books, Turning Stone Press, Career Press, New Page Books
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| url = {{URL|redwheelweiser.com}}
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Red Wheel/Weiser, also known in different periods in its history as RedWheel/Weiser/Conari and Samuel Weiser, Inc., is a book publisher with three imprints: Red Wheel, Weiser Books and Conari Books. It is America's second-largest{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}} publisher of occult and New Age books, behind Llewellyn Worldwide, and is also one of the oldest American publishers to concentrate exclusively on that genre. It publishes on average 60-75 new titles per year and maintains a large backlist, partly of books that it originally published, and partly of older public domain rare occult books.
Imprints
=Weiser Books=
This main imprint is also the oldest. It was founded as Samuel Weiser, Inc. in 1956, a time when few other publishers were willing to tackle occult subjects, and was originally an offshoot of the New York City retailer, Weiser Antiquarian Books. This imprint publishes the backlist and continues to acquire books on occultism, astrology, esoteric subjects, Eastern religions, Wicca and related topics.
=Red Wheel=
=Conari Books=
This imprint was acquired in 2002. Before this, Conari Books had been a separate publisher, based in Berkeley, California, dating back to 1989. This imprint focuses on books that view sociology and parenting issues through a spiritual or New Age perspective. Mango Publishing acquired Conari in 2019.{{cite web | url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/81351-mango-publishing-acquires-red-wheel-weiser-s-conari-press.html | title=Mango Publishing Acquires Red Wheel/Weiser's Conari Press }}
=Turning Stone Press=
Turning Stone was founded in 2012. It is a self-publishing imprint in collaboration with Hampton Roads Publishing Company and Hierophant Publishing.{{Cite web| title = Red Wheel/Weiser Enters Self Publishing with Turning Stone Press| work = PublishersWeekly.com| access-date = 2017-12-01| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/50394-red-wheel-weiser-enters-self-publishing-with-turning-stone-press.html}}
=Disinformation Books=
Disinformation Books was founded in 1997 as the publishing division of Disinformation. It was acquired by Red Wheel/Weiser in 2012.{{Cite web| title = Red Wheel Weiser Buys Disinformation Books| work = PublishersWeekly.com| access-date = 2017-12-01| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/52226-red-wheel-weiser-buys-disinformation-books.html}}
=Career Press=
Career Press was founded in 1985 by Ron Fry and is focused on business books. Red Wheel/Weiser acquired Career Press in 2017.{{Cite web| title = Red Wheel Buys Career Press, Hires Peter Turner| work = PublishersWeekly.com| access-date = 2017-12-01| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/75235-red-wheel-buys-career-press-hires-peter-turner.html}}
=New Page Books=
=Phanes Press=
Phanes Press was an independent book publisher until acquired by Red Wheel Weiser Conari in 2004. Phanes Press was founded by David Fideler{{Cite web |last= |date= |title=Phanes Press |url=https://alchemywebsite.com/phanes.html |access-date=20 March 2024 |website=The Alchemy Web Site}} in 1985 and published books concerning "the spiritual, philosophical and cultural traditions of the Western world," and topics ranging from "alchemy to Sufism, from Gnosticism to Neoplatonism" to the traditions of the Pythagoreans.{{Cite web |last=Greer |first=John Michael |author-link=John Michael Greer |date=6 June 2019 |title=The Manual of Harmonics of Nicomachus the Pythagorean |url=https://library.hrmtc.com/2019/06/06/the-manual-of-harmonics-of-nicomachus-the-pythagorean/ |access-date=20 March 2024 |website=The Hermetic Library Blog |type=Blog}} The company's publications were distributed by Words Distributing Company, which had 23 publisher clients in 2000.{{Cite magazine |last= |date=15 May 2000 |title=PW: BEA 2000: Working the Floor |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20000515/25815-pw-bea-2000-working-the-floor.html |access-date=20 March 2024 |magazine=Publishers Weekly |volume=246 |issue=20}}
The company had published 52 titles by 2004, a so-called "micro publisher",{{Cite magazine |last=Milliot |first=Jim |date=7 March 2005 |title=Bucking the Odds |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20050307/29773-bucking-the-odds.html |access-date=20 March 2024 |magazine=Publishers Weekly |volume=252 |issue=10}} when it was purchased by Red Wheel/Weiser.{{cite magazine |last=Milliot |first=Jim |date=28 June 2004 |title=Red Wheel/Weiser makes two purchases |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20040628/26815-red-wheel-weiser-makes-two-purchases.html |access-date=20 March 2024 |magazine=Publishers Weekly}} Reprints of Phanes titles were slated to appear under the Weiser Books imprint after the acquisition.
Among Phanes best selling titles were The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Awakening Osiris. Other titles published by Phanes included:
- Blackfoot Physics by F. David Peat{{Cite magazine |date=12 August 2002 |title=Trade Paperbacks |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20020812/25857-trade-paperbacks-reference-to-women-s-studies.html |access-date=20 March 2024 |magazine=Publishers Weekly |volume=249 |issue=32 |vauthors=Danford N, Dahlin R, Hix C, Kilstein L, Kinsella B, Rii K }}
- The Manual of Harmonics by Nicomachus of Gerasa
- The Pagan Dream of the Renaissance by Joscelyn Godwin{{Cite magazine |last= |date=6 September 2004 |title=Still Shining Brightly |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20040906/30810-still-shining-brightly.html |access-date=20 March 2024 |magazine=Publishers Weekly |volume=251 |issue=36}}
- The Voice of the Earth by Theodore Roszak{{Cite magazine |date=13 August 2001 |title=2001 Fall Trade Paperbacks: Nature |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20010813/24748-2001-fall-trade-paperbacks-nature.html |access-date=20 March 2024 |magazine=Publishers Weekly |volume=248 |issue=33 |vauthors=Crrog D, Dahlin R, Hix C, Lodge S, Rippa K, Stander B }}
Location
The company has been previously located in Boston and in York Beach, Maine for most of its history. In 2006, the editorial department moved to San Francisco and the sales and marketing department moved to Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Famous authors
Notes
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References
- 2007 Writer's Market, Robert Lee Brewer & Joanna Masterson. (2006) {{ISBN|1-58297-427-6}}
- Jeff Herman's Guide To Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents 2007, Jeff Herman. (2006) {{ISBN|0-9772682-1-7}}
External links
- {{official website|http://www.redwheelweiser.com/}}
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Category:Book publishing companies based in Massachusetts
Category:Publishing companies established in 1956