Company type | Private |
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Industry | Publishing |
Founded | 1968 |
Headquarters | Berkeley, California, USA |
Products | books, calendars |
Parent | Turner Publishing |
Website | https://www.westmarginpress.com/ |
West Margin Press is a book publishing company.
Using two additional imprints — Graphic Arts Books and Alaska Northwest Books — West Margin publishes books that focused on lifestyle and place.[ citation needed]
Graphic Arts Center Publishing started in 1967 as a division of Graphic Arts Center, Inc., Oregon's largest printer. The publishing house was one of the pioneers in publishing large-format, full-color print books. These became known as " coffee table books." Their first book in this format was the popular Oregon, a book of photographs by Ray Atkeson, which became a series that includes Oregon 2 and Oregon III. [1]
In the mid 1980s, Graphic Arts began to diversify from photographic books into subjects like children's fiction and non-fiction. In 1993, Graphic Arts acquired Alaska Northwest Books, the largest trade book publisher in the Alaskan market.[ citation needed]
In 1998, Graphic Arts started its third imprint, WestWinds Press, to launch a series of Western titles and photography books.
Graphic Arts Center was one of the Northwest's largest book publishers,[ citation needed] publishing about 40 books annually and selling over 500 titles to the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, and Europe. [2]
In April 2006, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [2] In October 2006, Ingram Content Group invested in Graphic Arts as part of a bankruptcy reorganization plan. [3] In January 2007, Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company emerged from bankruptcy. [4] The company again filed for bankruptcy in order to liquidate in November 2009. [5] Ingram became the owner of Graphic Arts. [6]
In 2012, Graphic Arts acquired Pruett Publishing. [7] In 2014, Graphic Arts acquired Companion Press. [8] In 2019, Graphic Arts was renamed West Margin Press, with Graphic Arts remaining as an imprint and the WestWinds Press replaced by West Margin. [6] Turner Publishing acquired West Margin from Ingram in 2022. [9]