McFarland & Company
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| Status | Active |
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| Founded | 1979 |
| Founder | Robert Franklin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Jefferson, North Carolina |
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| Publication types | academicand adult nonfiction, monographs, reference material,scholarly journals |
| Nonfiction topics | pop culture,sports,military history,transportation,chess,medieval studies,literary criticism,librarianship |
| No.of employees | About 50 |
| Official website | mcfarlandbooks |
McFarland & Company, Inc.,is an American independentbook publisherbased inJefferson, North Carolina,that specializes inacademicand reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction. Its president is Rhonda Herman. Its former president and currenteditor-in-chiefis Robert Franklin, who founded the company in 1979.[2][3]McFarland employs a staff of about 50, and as of 2019[update]had published 7,800 titles.[3][4]McFarland's initial print runs average 600 copies per book.[5]
Subject matter
[edit]McFarland & Company focuses mainly on selling tolibraries.It also utilizes direct mailing to connect with enthusiasts in niche categories.[6]The company is known for itssportsliterature, especiallybaseball history,as well as books about chess, military history, and film.[7][8]In 2007, theMountain Timeswrote that McFarland publishes about 275 scholarlymonographsand reference book titles a year;[4][9]Robert Lee Brewer reported in 2015 that the number is about 350.[10]
Publications
[edit]Notable book series
[edit]The followingbook seriesare among those published by McFarland & Company:
- "Contributions to Zombie Studies" (edited by Kyle William Bishop)[11]
- "Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy" (edited by C. W. Sullivan III and Donald Palumbo)[12]
Scholarly journals
[edit]The followingacademic journalsare published by McFarland & Company:
- Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game– focuses on "baseball's early history, from its protoball roots to 1920"[13]
- Black Ball: A Journal of the Negro Leagues– focuses on "all subjects related to black baseball, including theNegro major and minor leagues,and pre–Negro league play "[13]
- Clues: A Journal of Detection– focuses on "all aspects ofmystery and detectivematerial in print, television and movies "[13]
- Journal of Information Ethics– focuses oninformation ethicsandinformation science[10]
- Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies– focuses on "global territorial and maritime issues"[14][13]
- North Korean Review– focuses on an understanding ofNorth Korea's "complexities and the threat it presents to global stability"[13]
References
[edit]- ^"For International Customers".McFarlandBooks.December 14, 2017. Archived fromthe originalon January 23, 2018.
- ^Roark, Fawn (September 30, 2004)."McFarland President To Speak At Entrepreneurial Conference".Mountain Times.Archived fromthe originalon September 3, 2012.
- ^ab"Company History".McFarlandBooks.McFarland & Company. Archived fromthe originalon December 13, 2013.
- ^ab"McFarland & Company Announces Promotion".Mountain Times.March 31, 2005. Archived fromthe originalon December 15, 2013.
- ^Slide, Anthony (2010). "A Publishing Phenomenon that Begins and Ends with Scarecrow Press".Film History.22(3): 300–301.doi:10.2979/fil.2010.22.3.298.JSTOR10.2979/fil.2010.22.3.298.S2CID192112592.
The initial print run for a book in the Filmmakers series, and, for that matter, most if not allScarecrowtitles, was six hundred copies. A similar print run has been the norm at McFarland andGreenwood Press.
- ^Slide, Anthony (2010). "A Publishing Phenomenon that Begins and Ends with Scarecrow Press".Film History.22(3): 304.doi:10.2979/fil.2010.22.3.298.JSTOR10.2979/fil.2010.22.3.298.S2CID192112592.
McFarland [...] books were primarily aimed at the library market. It was a mail order publisher with no interest in bookstore sales, but unlike its major competitor, virtually from the start all of its books were typeset.
- ^Martinez, Amy (March 1, 2012)."Amazon Trying to Wring Deep Discounts from Publishers".Seattle Times.Archived fromthe originalon December 8, 2013.
- ^Slide, Anthony (2010). "A Publishing Phenomenon that Begins and Ends with Scarecrow Press".Film History.22(3): 305.doi:10.2979/fil.2010.22.3.298.JSTOR10.2979/fil.2010.22.3.298.S2CID192112592.
Most film scholars, students and buffs would assume that McFarland's main thrust has been towards film book Publishing [but] it is the largest publisher of military memoirs and baseball-oriented titles. It is also rich in books on women's, African-American, and gender studies, on U.S. history, and is proud of its automotive line. It also boasts of being the most prestigious publisher of historical and reference books on chess.
- ^"VP Celebrates 25 Years at McFarland".Mountain Times.December 13, 2007. Archived fromthe originalon December 15, 2013.
- ^abBrewer, Robert Lee (August 5, 2014).2015 Writer's Market: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published.Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books.ISBN978-1-59963-860-7.
- ^Guynes-Vishniac, Sean (2018). "The Zombie and Its Metaphors".American Quarterly.70(4): 903–912.doi:10.1353/aq.2018.0072.
- ^Schlobin, Roger C. (2011)."Review ofA Short History of Fantasyby Farah Mendlesohn and Edward James ".Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts.22(2): 292–298.JSTOR24353191.RetrievedFebruary 23,2023.
- ^abcde"Journals".McFarlandBooks.McFarland & Company. Archived fromthe originalon April 20, 2015.
- ^"JTMS Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies".JTMS Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies.Archived fromthe originalon January 23, 2018.
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