ABRAMS
Founded by Harry N. Abrams in 1949, ABRAMS was the first
company in the United States to specialize in the creation and
distribution of art and illustrated books. Now a subsidiary of La
Martinière Groupe, the company publishes visually stunning illustrated
books in the areas of art, photography, cooking, interior and garden
design, craft, architecture, entertainment, fashion, sports, pop
culture, as well as children’s books and general interest titles. The
company’s imprints include Abrams, Abrams ComicArts, Abrams Image,
Abrams Books for Young Readers, Amulet Books, Stewart, Tabori &
Chang, and STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book. Abrams also distributes
books for 5 Continents Editions, Booth-Clibborn Editions, Royal Academy
Publications, Tate Publishing, The Vendome Press, V&A Publishing,
and Editions Alain Ducasse / Editions Culinaires.
ABRAMS BOOKS
Abrams Books is dedicated to publishing visually stunning illustrated books on the subjects of art, architecture, photography, graphic design, interior and garden design, fashion, comic arts and graphic novels, sports, and general interest. Its long list of distinguished and popular titles includes The Art of Walt Disney, Earth From Above, Richard Avedon: Performance, Time: Andy Goldsworthy, African Ceremonies, Slim Aarons: Once Upon a Time, The Ultimate Picasso, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century, Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents, Things I've Learned in My Life So Far, Vanity Fair: The Portraits, Twilight: Photographs by Gregory Crewdson, Kirby: King of Comics, William Wegman Polaroids, Tony Duquette, Louis Vuitton: The Birth of Modern Luxury, Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History, Golf Magazine: Private Lesson's, and the best-selling 365 and Discoveries series. In Spring 2009, Abrams will launch a sub imprint devoted to comics and graphic novels, Abrams ComicArts. In addition, Abrams distributes books for the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate, Royal Academy, Vendome Press, Booth Clibborn Editions, Other Criteria, and 5 Continents.
STEWART, TABORI & CHANG
Stewart, Tabori & Chang (STC) was founded in 1981 by Andrew Stewart, Lena Tabori and Nai Chang, all three former Harry N. Abrams executives. STC was purchased by Editions de La Martiniere in 2000 and is now an imprint of Abrams under the direction of Senior Vice President and Publisher Leslie Stoker.
STC is the publisher of high-quality illustrated titles that provide inspiration as well as practical information. The house specializes in the categories of cooking, crafts, interior design, sports, green living, sports, pets, and popular culture. Some of STC's bestselling titles are Alton Brown's I'm Just Here for the Food, Last-Minute Knitted Gifts, Bunny Williams' Affair with a House, and Grandmother Remembers, which has sold 2 million copies.
More than a dozen of STC's cookbooks have won James Beard and International Association of Culinary Professions awards over the years, and three STC cookbooks have been named Best Book of the Year by those organizations.
ABRAMS BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
ABRAMS launched its first full list of books for children, Abrams Books for Young Readers, in 1999, under the direction of Senior Vice President and Publisher Howard W. Reeves. The books range from story books to poetry to the fine arts and other nonfiction. Some highlights of this award-winning children’s line for preschool to middlegrade readers include the bestselling Enigma by Graeme Base; Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by 20th–Century American Art, winner of the coveted Michael J. Printz Honor award; Maritcha by Tonya Bolden, winner of the Coretta Scott King Honor Award; The Jellybeans and the Big Dance by best-selling author Laura Numeroff; and Laurent de Brunoff’s Babar’s Museum of Art.
AMULET BOOKS
Abrams launched this list of novels and nonfiction for young adults and middle grade readers in 2004, under the direction of Senior Vice President and Publisher Howard Reeves and Associate Publisher Susan Van Metre. Since its inception, Amulet has attracted a stellar roster of authors, and published many bestselling and award-winning books, including Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Lauren Myracle’s Internet Girls series, Michael Buckley’s Sisters Grimm series, and Aidan Chambers’ This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn.
ABRAMS IMAGE
In Spring 2006, ABRAMS launched a new imprint, Abrams Image. Abrams Image publishes stylish illustrated and non-illustrated books with a little more edge in the categories of music, humor, reference, photography/design, and popular culture. Highlights of the list so far include the national bestsellers Plato and Platypus Walk into a Bar and Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style. Other notable titles include Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington Pot Culture, The Facebook Book, Make the Bible Work for You, Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats, and No Wave: Post Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980.