Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Publishing |
Founded | 2002Stamford, Connecticut, United States | in
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Executive vice president and publisher Louise Burke Vice president and associate publisher Scott Shannon |
Products | Books |
Owner | Endeavor |
Parent | WWE ( TKO Group Holdings) |
WWE Books is a subsidiary of World Wrestling Entertainment, a division of TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings, created in 2002 to publish autobiographies of and fiction based on WWE personalities, behind-the-scenes guides to WWE, illustrated books, calendars, young adult books, and other general nonfiction books. The majority of WWE Books are published by Pocket Books, part of the Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group. Simon & Schuster UK and Simon & Schuster Australia are the publishers of WWE books in the United Kingdom and Australia. Simon & Schuster publish multiple titles yearly, based on the personalities, programming, storylines, and other topics of interest to WWE and its fans. [1]
In 2014, WWE Books and DK Publishing entered a multi-year publishing partnership to distribute and market WWE book releases on a global scale. The agreement also included digital and various subsidiary rights. DK has published a variety of titles including commemorative books, sticker books, historical guides, autobiographies and encyclopedias. [2]
WWE Books are published in hardcover and large print editions, trade and mass market paperback, in audio on cassette and compact disc, and in eBook editions.
Title | Author |
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Adam Copeland on Edge | Edge |
Batista Unleashed | Batista |
Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story | Eddie Guerrero |
It's True! It's True! | Kurt Angle |
The Rock Says | The Rock |
If they only knew | Chyna |
"Classy" Freddie Blassie: Listen, You Pencil Neck Geeks | Freddie Blassie |
Controversy Creates Ca$h | Eric Bischoff |
The Hardcore Diaries | Mick Foley |
Foley Is Good: And the Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling | Mick Foley |
Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks | Mick Foley |
Cross Rhodes | Goldust |
The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire | Matt & Jeff Hardy |
Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story | Shawn Michaels |
Hollywood Hulk Hogan | Hulk Hogan |
It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes | Jerry Lawler |
Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D.--The Reality of Amy Dumas | Lita |
The Stone Cold Truth | Stone Cold Steve Austin |
Superstar Billy Graham: Tangled Ropes | Superstar Billy Graham |
Tajiri: The Japanese Buzzsaw (Japan release only) | Yoshihiro Tajiri |
Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man | Ted DiBiase |
To Be the Man | Ric Flair |
Walking a Golden Mile | William Regal |
The Unauthorized History of DX | Triple H & Shawn Michaels |
Rey Mysterio: Behind the Mask | Rey Mysterio |
YES!: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania | Daniel Bryan |
Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE | Pat Patterson |
Second Nature: The Legacy of Ric Flair and the Rise of Charlotte | Charlotte Flair and Ric Flair |
There's No Such Thing as a Bad Kid: How I went from Stereotype to Prototype | Titus O'Neil |
Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics | Kane |
A Chosen Destiny | Drew McIntyre |