Thunder Bay Press

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| parent = Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC

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| founded = 1990

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| country = United States

| headquarters = San Diego, California

| distribution = Publishers Group West

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| publications = Illustrated books

| topics = adult crafts & leisure activities; pop culture;
cooking; pets &
domestic animals;
sports; history;
transportation; & nature

| genre = Non-fiction

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| url = {{URL|http://www.thunderbaybooks.com}}

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Thunder Bay Press is a California-based publisher of illustrated non-fiction books. Subject matter includes adult crafts and leisure activities, pop culture, cooking, pets and domestic animals, sports, history, transportation, and nature.{{Cite web |title=Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/advanced-marketing-services-inc |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Encyclopedia.com}}

Thunder Bay was founded by the book distributor Advanced Marketing Services in 1990. Advanced Marketing Services was acquired by Baker & Taylor in 2007.{{cite web | url=https://www.bookweb.org/news/baker-taylor-bid-acquire-ams | title=Baker & Taylor in Bid to Acquire AMS | date=13 February 2007 |website=American Booksellers Association}}

It is owned by the book distribution firm, Readerlink Distribution Services, who acquired Thunder Bay from Baker & Taylor in 2015.{{cite news |last=Milliot |first=Jim |date=23 February 2015 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/65674-readerlink-buys-b-t-publishing-marketing-units.html |title=Readerlink Buys B&T Publishing, Warehouse Units |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=20 December 2015}} The imprint's distribution is handled by Publishers Group West.

Publications

=Then and Now series=

It is also one of the two United States publisher of books in the Then and Now series of books,{{cite news |last=Berthel |first=Ron |date=2005-08-24 |title=Coffee-table books tour U.S. cities then and now |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/indiana/logansport/logansport-pharos-tribune/2005/08-24/page-6 |newspaper=Pharos-Tribune |via=Newspaper Archive |volume=161 |issue=236 |page=A6 |url-access=limited}} published in the United Kingdom and Australia by Pavilion Books, that include:

{{Cite book |last=Mitchell |first=Alexander D |title=Baltimore then & now |year=2001 | publication-date=2001 |publisher=Thunder Bay Press |isbn=978-1-57145-688-5}}
{{cite book |last=Richards |first=Hanje |title=Minneapolis-Saint Paul Then and Now |publisher=Thunder Bay Press |date=2002 |isbn=978-1-57145-687-8}}
{{Cite book |last1=Reiss |first1=Marcia |last2=Witheridge |first2=Annette |title=New York then & now |year=2005 |publisher=Thunder Bay Press |edition=Revised | isbn=978-1-59223-649-7}}

=Bathroom readers=

Thunder Bay is also known for publishing The Bathroom Reader and The Ultimate Bathroom Reader.{{cite news |last=Sykora |first=Helen |date=2003-06-25 |title=digressing {{!}} On summer reading... |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/michigan/marshall/marshall-community-ad-visor/2003/06-25/page-14 |newspaper=Marshall Community AD-VISOR |via=Newspaper Archive |volume=33 |issue=26 |page=14 |url-access=limited}}

References

External links

[http://www.thunderbaybooks.com Thunder Bay Press Official site]

Category:Publishing companies established in 1990

Category:Companies based in San Diego

Category:Book publishing companies based in California