Parachute Publishing
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| Parachute Companies | |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Founder | Jane Stine & Joan Waricha |
| Headquarters | 156 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010 USA (212)691-1422 office (212)645-8769 fax |
| Area served | World |
| Key people | Joan Waricha CEO/Chairman Jane Stine Co-Chairman Susan Knopf Sr VP Marketing Susan Lurie Sr VP/Publisher |
| Industry | Publishing, Printing, Media |
| Products | Books, CDs, DVDs, tv series, specialty films |
| Services | creates & produces: original fiction (preschool to young adult), nonfiction & book-plus projects; licensed books based on media properties; titles for education market; series for television, products for theme park attractions, videos & DVDs |
| Parent | Parachute Properties |
| Divisions | Parachute Publishing Parachute Entertainment Parachute Consumer Products |
| Subsidiaries | Parachute Press |
| Website | www.parachutepublishing.com |
Parachute Press, an imprint of Parachute Publishing is primarily known as a publisher of book series intended for children and teenagers. The four women listed as the company's principals are all themselves authors of children's books (among others), and Jane Stine[1] is married to R. L. Stine. The press first gained notice with the 1989 publication of R. L. Stine's Fear Street series, and rocketed to worldwide prominence in 1992 with the release of the first of Stine's Goosebumps series.
Since that time the Parachute "umbrella" has expanded, and Parachute Press (as Parachute Publishing) has become a division of Parachute Properties, an "international company that comprises children’s, teen, and adult publishing, entertainment, and consumer products"[2]. As part of its new strategy, most of Parachute's literary products are now actually under the imprint of other publishing houses, particularly HarperCollins or HarperEntertainment. The nature of Parachute's relationships to Harper and the other publishers is unclear; Joan Waricha, Parachute's CEO/Chair, is listed as a HarperCollins author on their website.[3]
[edit] Titles
Parachute still produces series written by its most famous and successful author, R.L. Stine, including Dangerous Girls, Dangerous Girls 2, Mostly Ghostly and Beware! R.L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories. In 2003 all rights to his most famous series, Goosebumps, were acquired by Scholastic Corporation (publishers of the Harry Potter series).[4]
Some of Parachute's other continuing series:
The New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley
Mary-Kate and Ashley: Graduation Summer
Mary-Kate & Ashley Starring-In...
Thomas Kinkade: Cape Light and Home Song
Thomas Kinkade: The Girls of Lighthouse Lane
Full House: Dear Michelle
Two of a Kind
So Little Time
The Nightmare Room
Confessions of a Teen Nanny
The Dating Game
The Party Room
[edit] References
- ^ Brisbane Writers Festival website, "Jane Stine"
http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2006/content/standardnew.asp?name=StineJ - ^ American Book Producers, Member Directory entry for Parachute Publishing, LLC
http://abpaonline.org/memlist_parachute.html - ^ "Joan Waricha from HarperCollins Publishers"
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/21714/Joan_Waricha/index.aspx - ^ "Scholastic to launch bone-chilling new book series"
http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_05172007_CP.htm
