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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Key people |
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Publication types | librarianship |
No. of employees | About 50 |
Official website | mcfarlandbooks |
McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent
book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction. Its president is Rhonda Herman. Its former president and current editor-in-chief is 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
McFarland & Company focuses mainly on selling to
Mountain Times wrote that McFarland publishes about 275 scholarly monographs and reference book titles a year;[4][9] Robert Lee Brewer reported in 2015 that the number is about 350.[10]
Publications
Notable book series
The following book series are 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
The following
academic journals
are 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 the Negro major and minor leagues, and pre–Negro league play"[13]
- Clues: A Journal of Detection – focuses on "all aspects of mystery and detective material in print, television and movies"[13]
- Journal of Information Ethics – focuses on information ethics and information science[10]
- Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies – focuses on "global territorial and maritime issues"[14][13]
- North Korean Review – focuses on an understanding of North Korea's "complexities and the threat it presents to global stability"[13]
References
- ^ "For International Customers". McFarlandBooks.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018.
- Mountain Times. Archived from the originalon September 3, 2012.
- ^ a b "Company History". McFarlandBooks.com. McFarland & Company. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013.
- ^ Mountain Times. March 31, 2005. Archived from the originalon December 15, 2013.
- S2CID 192112592..
The initial print run for a book in the Filmmakers series, and, for that matter, most if not all Scarecrow titles, was six hundred copies. A similar print run has been the norm at McFarland and Greenwood Press
- S2CID 192112592.
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.
- Seattle Times. Archived from the originalon December 8, 2013.
- S2CID 192112592.
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.
- Mountain Times. December 13, 2007. Archived from the originalon December 15, 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-59963-860-7.
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- ^ Schlobin, Roger C. (2011). "Review of A Short History of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn and Edward James". Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 22 (2): 292–298. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Journals". McFarlandBooks.com. McFarland & Company. Archived from the original on April 20, 2015.
- ^ "JTMS Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies". JTMS Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018.