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BenBella Booksis an independentpublishing housebased inDallas, Texas.BenBella was founded by Glenn Yeffeth in 2001. It specializes innonfictionbooks onpopular culture,business,health,andnutrition,along with books onscience,politics,psychology,and other topics.[1]

BenBella Books
Founded2001
FounderGlenn Yeffeth
Headquarters locationDallas, Texas,U.S.
DistributionPenguin Random House
Publication typesBooks
ImprintsBenBella, Smart Pop, Matt Holt, BenBella Vegan
Official websitebenbellabooksEdit this at Wikidata

BenBella Books has four imprints. The BenBella Books imprint publishes broadly in non-fiction.

The Smart Popimprint,now headed by Robb Pearlman, originally focused on essay anthologies on popular culture[2][3]but now focuses more broadly on fan-friendly titles.

The BenBella Vegan imprint focuses on plant-based cookbooks and lifestyle titles.

The Matt Holt imprint, launched in 2020, focuses on business, finance, and professional development titles.

Selected works

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BenBella published the nutrition bookThe China StudybyT. Colin Campbellin 2005,[4]which has gone on to sell over 3 million copies.

The company published NYT bestsellerPresumed Guilty: Casey Anthony: The Inside Story,written by defense attorneyJose Baezabout theCasey Anthony trial,in 2013.[5]

The company publishedStrange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoirby guitaristJoe Satrianiin May 2014,[6][7]theFrancis J. GreenburgerautobiographyRisk Game: Self-Portrait of an Entrepreneurin 2016,[8][9]and in 2018, BenBella announced they will be publishingNicole Lapin's third book,Becoming Super Woman.[10]

The company publishedMurder in the Courthouse,a legal thriller byNancy Grace,in 2016.[11]

Titles includeThe Psychology of Harry Potter(2007),[12]Grey's Anatomy 101(2007),[13]The Science of Dune(2008),[14]andThe Science of Michael Crichton(2008).[15]

References

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  1. ^Weeks, Jerome (August 4, 2006)."Formula for success".The Dallas Morning News.Archived fromthe originalon December 5, 2008.RetrievedMarch 6,2017.
  2. ^O'Brien, John (December 30, 2006)."Where no one's gone since".The Courier-Mail.Archived fromthe originalon September 15, 2012.
  3. ^"What Is Smart Pop?".SmartPopBooks.RetrievedFebruary 27,2017.
  4. ^Arnold, Wilfred Niels (2005),"The China Study",Leonardo,archived fromthe originalon March 3, 2016,retrievedMarch 6,2017
  5. ^"Jose Baez Book: Casey Anthony Won't Profit".People.May 10, 2012.RetrievedMarch 6,2017.
  6. ^Ross, Michael (April 15, 2014)."Joe Satriani: Outside the Box".Premier Guitar.RetrievedMarch 6,2017.
  7. ^"Joe Satriani to PublishStrange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoirin Spring 2014 ".Guitar World.July 18, 2013. Archived fromthe originalon March 7, 2017.RetrievedMarch 6,2017.
  8. ^Sederer, MD, Lloyd I. (February 20, 2017)."Francis Greenburger, A Man On Many A Mission: A Profile".HuffPost.RetrievedMarch 6,2017.
  9. ^Kim, Elizabeth (September 1, 2016)."Where the deal isn't the only drama".The Real Deal.RetrievedMarch 6,2017.
  10. ^Kroll, Justin (March 30, 2018)."Author Nicole Lapin Sets Next Book With Publisher BenBella".Variety.RetrievedMay 30,2018.
  11. ^Yeomans, Curt (November 2, 2016)."Nancy Grace coming to Lawrenceville for book signing".Gwinnett Daily Post.RetrievedMarch 6,2017.
  12. ^The Psychology of Harry Potter,SmartPopBooks, May 2007
  13. ^Grey's Anatomy 101,SmartPopBooks, August 2007, archived fromthe originalon 2009-10-23,retrieved2009-10-14
  14. ^The Science of Dune,SmartPopBooks, January 2008,retrievedSeptember 13,2010
  15. ^The Science of Michael Crichton,SmartPopBooks, March 2008
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