Harrington Park Press
History
For almost 20 years, Harrington Park Press (HPP) was the LGBT imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc. (now part of the Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group[1]). During this period of time, HPP copublished scholarly Haworth Press monographs and texts in paperback editions and distributed them to bookstores for the general public. The imprint's distribution network included five regional sales teams plus specialty distribution in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and elsewhere.
In addition to LGBT titles, the imprint also copublished professional books in health care and self-help.
As part of the mutually negotiated sale agreement between Haworth Press and the Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, it was agreed that the Harrington Park Press imprint and trademark would be retained by Bill Cohen (Founding Publisher of Haworth Press) for future business purposes.
The current effort aims to retain the heritage of Harrington Park Press. Although its focus will be on specialized academic and scholarly titles, its program will be, whenever possible, to provide simultaneous ebook coeditions to potentially broader readerships.
Formats
Printed Books
The printed book remains the focal point of archival achievement. It must still be promoted and marketed through traditional but targeted direct mail, and where possible, through e-mail “blasts.” Attention will be paid to the different methods of distribution in North America as against other parts of the world still serviced by the conventional book trade (stock-holding specialized bookstores).
E-books
The digitized book, accessible both online and downloaded to e-readers such as Kindle and Nook, is still very much in flux. HPP is convinced, however, that it has become a permanent part of the publishing landscape. E-books are amenable to broader but targeted publicity efforts, and may simplify the dilemmas of content “chunking” (finding that a book is being distributed non-commercially in parts). HPP will aim to promote its electronic editions in the same manner as aggressively as its printed work. Its task will be to identify and ally with new sorts of book reviewers, bloggers, listserves, social media, and both frontier and emerging channels that are receptive to the focus, content, accessibility and subject being covered. The goal will be to help each author achieve and exceed their ambitions and aspirations for their work.
Distribution
Harrington Park Press is distributed by Columbia University Press to the institutional, academic, and retail markets in the United States and its possessions, and across the globe, including Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Columbia University Press was founded in 1893. With nearly 115 years of continuous publishing activities, it is the fourth-oldest university press in America.
Harrington Park Press will also promote its books directly to LGBTQ-specific audiences by means of targeted mail/email to academic faculty, practitioners and researchers; selective popular print and electronic media outlets, bloggers, and LGBTQ-friendly journalists; and social media.
References
- ↑ "Haworth Press". Taylor & Francis web site. Retrieved 28 January 2013.