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{{Infobox publisher
| name = Arcadia Publishing
| image =
| caption =
| parent = Lezen
| status =
| traded_as =
| predecessor =
| founded = 1993
| founder = <!-- or | founders = -->
| successor =
| country = United States
| headquarters = [[Charleston, South Carolina]]
| distribution = self-distributed
| keypeople = David Steinberger, CEO<ref name="Thad" />
| publications = [[Books]]
| topics =
| genre =
| imprints = The History Press, Legendary Locals
| revenue =
| owner =
| numemployees = 108
| website = {{URL|www.arcadiapublishing.com}}
}}
'''Arcadia Publishing''' is an [[United States|American]] [[Publishing|publisher]]. They publish neighborhood, [[local history|local]], and regional history of the United States in [[pictorial]] form.<ref name="philly1">{{cite news |url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F2DE6818A7937F9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title = Histories in the Making |work = [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date = April 11, 2002 |via = Newsbank }}</ref><ref name="sf1">{{cite news |last = Nolte |first = Carl |url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/27/BAG0OF8HDR37.DTL |title = Mini-Americana Publisher Finds Small to Be Bountiful |work = [[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date = October 27, 2005 }}</ref><ref name="columbia1">{{cite magazine |last = Rice |first = Mark |url = http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cjas/CJAS09.pdf |title = Arcadian Visions of the Past |work = Columbia Journal of American Studies |volume = 9 |pages = 7–26 |date = Fall 2009 |access-date = September 19, 2017 }}(analysis of the successful ''Images of America'' series).</ref> Arcadia Publishing also owns the History Press, which publishes text-driven books on American history and folklore.
==History==
It was created in [[Dover, New Hampshire]], in 1993 by [[United Kingdom]]-based [[Tempus Publishing]]. It became independent after being bought by its CEO in 2004. The company office is in [[Mount Pleasant, South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighborhoodlife.net/archives/index.php?type=feature&id=51|title=Neighborhood Life|website=Neighborhoodlife.net|access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref>
It has a [[catalog]] of more than 12,000 titles, and it{{em dash}}along with its subsidiary, The History Press{{em dash}}publishes 900 new titles every year.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/about.html |title = Our Story |publisher = Arcadia Publishing |access-date = June 11, 2009 }}</ref>
In May 2017, Arcadia bought Palmetto Publishing Group, a [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]]-based self-publishing service that had been in business since 2015.<ref name="Thad">{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Thad |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/business/mount-pleasant-based-arcadia-publishing-buys-charleston-based-self-publishing/article_88d63c1a-4576-11e7-9d18-67606300c39a.html |title=Mount Pleasant-based Arcadia Publishing buys Charleston-based self-publishing service in effort to diversify business |work=[[The Post and Courier]] |date=2017-05-30 |access-date=2018-03-23 }}</ref>
In 2018, Arcadia was bought by Lezen, a new company owned by Lili and [[Michael Lynton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charlestonbusiness.com/news/creative-industries/74369/|title=Investor group acquires Arcadia Publishing|website=Charlestonbusiness.com|access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref>
==The History Press==
The History Press is a subsidiary publishing house that is owned by Arcadia. Its books are mostly about "narratives of local heroes, tragic losses, collections of homegrown recipes, historic mysteries, and everything in between."<ref>{{cite web |title = The History Press |url = https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/The-History-Press |publisher = Arcadia Publishing |access-date = November 15, 2016 }}</ref>
The History Press was originally a US subsidiary of the UK-based publisher [[The History Press|of the same name]]. In 2014, the US-based part of The History Press was sold to Arcadia Publishing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arcadia Publishing Buys The History Press|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/63244-arcadia-publishing-buys-the-history-press.html|website=[[Publishers Weekly]]|access-date=January 23, 2018|date=July 9, 2014}}</ref>
===Legendary Locals===
''Legendary Locals'' is an imprint of ''The History Press''.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/series/legendary-locals-books|title=Legendary Locals Books - Individuals That Wrote Our History|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|access-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Other websites==
* {{Official website|http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131017012138/http://www.inscribedigital.com/2012/09/arcadia-publishing-expands-distribution-to-reach-more-readers/ Arcadia Publishing: Expands Distribution to Reach More Readers]
* [http://alexanderstreet.com/press-room/press-releases/2011-12-29/254 Alexander Street and Arcadia Publishing Launch Local History Collection Containing Hundreds of Thousands of Images and Texts]
{{authority control}}
[[Category:Publishing companies of the United States]]
[[Category:1993 establishments in the United States]]
| name = Arcadia Publishing
| image =
| caption =
| parent = Lezen
| status =
| traded_as =
| predecessor =
| founded = 1993
| founder = <!-- or | founders = -->
| successor =
| country = United States
| headquarters = [[Charleston, South Carolina]]
| distribution = self-distributed
| keypeople = David Steinberger, CEO<ref name="Thad" />
| publications = [[Books]]
| topics =
| genre =
| imprints = The History Press, Legendary Locals
| revenue =
| owner =
| numemployees = 108
| website = {{URL|www.arcadiapublishing.com}}
}}
'''Arcadia Publishing''' is an [[United States|American]] [[Publishing|publisher]]. They publish neighborhood, [[local history|local]], and regional history of the United States in [[pictorial]] form.<ref name="philly1">{{cite news |url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F2DE6818A7937F9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title = Histories in the Making |work = [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date = April 11, 2002 |via = Newsbank }}</ref><ref name="sf1">{{cite news |last = Nolte |first = Carl |url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/27/BAG0OF8HDR37.DTL |title = Mini-Americana Publisher Finds Small to Be Bountiful |work = [[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date = October 27, 2005 }}</ref><ref name="columbia1">{{cite magazine |last = Rice |first = Mark |url = http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cjas/CJAS09.pdf |title = Arcadian Visions of the Past |work = Columbia Journal of American Studies |volume = 9 |pages = 7–26 |date = Fall 2009 |access-date = September 19, 2017 }}(analysis of the successful ''Images of America'' series).</ref> Arcadia Publishing also owns the History Press, which publishes text-driven books on American history and folklore.
==History==
It was created in [[Dover, New Hampshire]], in 1993 by [[United Kingdom]]-based [[Tempus Publishing]]. It became independent after being bought by its CEO in 2004. The company office is in [[Mount Pleasant, South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighborhoodlife.net/archives/index.php?type=feature&id=51|title=Neighborhood Life|website=Neighborhoodlife.net|access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref>
It has a [[catalog]] of more than 12,000 titles, and it{{em dash}}along with its subsidiary, The History Press{{em dash}}publishes 900 new titles every year.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/about.html |title = Our Story |publisher = Arcadia Publishing |access-date = June 11, 2009 }}</ref>
In May 2017, Arcadia bought Palmetto Publishing Group, a [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]]-based self-publishing service that had been in business since 2015.<ref name="Thad">{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Thad |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/business/mount-pleasant-based-arcadia-publishing-buys-charleston-based-self-publishing/article_88d63c1a-4576-11e7-9d18-67606300c39a.html |title=Mount Pleasant-based Arcadia Publishing buys Charleston-based self-publishing service in effort to diversify business |work=[[The Post and Courier]] |date=2017-05-30 |access-date=2018-03-23 }}</ref>
In 2018, Arcadia was bought by Lezen, a new company owned by Lili and [[Michael Lynton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charlestonbusiness.com/news/creative-industries/74369/|title=Investor group acquires Arcadia Publishing|website=Charlestonbusiness.com|access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref>
==The History Press==
The History Press is a subsidiary publishing house that is owned by Arcadia. Its books are mostly about "narratives of local heroes, tragic losses, collections of homegrown recipes, historic mysteries, and everything in between."<ref>{{cite web |title = The History Press |url = https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/The-History-Press |publisher = Arcadia Publishing |access-date = November 15, 2016 }}</ref>
The History Press was originally a US subsidiary of the UK-based publisher [[The History Press|of the same name]]. In 2014, the US-based part of The History Press was sold to Arcadia Publishing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arcadia Publishing Buys The History Press|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/63244-arcadia-publishing-buys-the-history-press.html|website=[[Publishers Weekly]]|access-date=January 23, 2018|date=July 9, 2014}}</ref>
===Legendary Locals===
''Legendary Locals'' is an imprint of ''The History Press''.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/series/legendary-locals-books|title=Legendary Locals Books - Individuals That Wrote Our History|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|access-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Other websites==
* {{Official website|http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131017012138/http://www.inscribedigital.com/2012/09/arcadia-publishing-expands-distribution-to-reach-more-readers/ Arcadia Publishing: Expands Distribution to Reach More Readers]
* [http://alexanderstreet.com/press-room/press-releases/2011-12-29/254 Alexander Street and Arcadia Publishing Launch Local History Collection Containing Hundreds of Thousands of Images and Texts]
{{authority control}}
[[Category:Publishing companies of the United States]]
[[Category:1993 establishments in the United States]]