Apogee Books
| Parent company | Collector's Guide Publishing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Robert Godwin |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Headquarters location | Burlington, Ontario |
| Publication types | Books |
| Nonfiction topics | Outer space |
| Fiction genres | Science fiction |
| Official website | www |
Apogee Booksis animprintof Canadian publishing houseCollector's Guide Publishing.The Apogee imprint began with "Apollo 8TheNASAMission Reports "in November 1998 at the request of astronautBuzz Aldrin,second man on the moon. The first publication by Apogee was printed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first crewed flight around the moon. A limited edition print run of thisApollo 8book led to Aldrin suggesting that the imprint continue with further anniversary publications.
In March 1999 Apogee published the bookApollo 9– The NASA Mission Reports.Since that time Apogee has been the winner of theSpace Frontier Foundation's media award and has published almost 100 books on space flight. Almost all of the Apogee titles were packaged with CDROMs or DVDs which included what was, at the time, the first digital release of seminal NASA footage, including the first commercial release of the uncut television broadcast of theApollo 11moonwalk. Notable contributors to the Apogee series include SirArthur C. Clarke,Tom Hanks,Ron Howard,Buzz Aldrin,Harrison Schmitt,William Pogue,Wernher von Braun,David Lasser,Sy Liebergot,Guenter Wendt,Robert Zubrin,Wally Schirra,David R. Scott,Rick TumlinsonandWinston Scott.Apogee Books has performed contracted work with or forLockheed,Boeing,Energia,NASA,Imax,Space Frontier Foundation,TheMars SocietyandThe National Space Society.
An offshoot of Apogee Books, publishingscience fiction,began in 2005. Apogee Science Fiction specializes in space-related historical science fiction. By 2007 titles had been published byHugo Gernsback,Garrett P. Serviss,Wernher von Braun,andGeorge Griffith.