Although the world's largest quilt-book publisher, Martingale & Company, has released more than 700 titles and sold more than 15 million books worldwide, it was started on a modest foundation. Launched in 1976 as That Patchwork Place® by president Nancy J. Martin, the company's focus started with sewing classes and kits. In 1996, Martingale broadened its scope by branching out into other craft markets. The company now produces a highly successful line of knitting and crochet books in addition to its popular quilting titles.

To ensure the continuation of the thriving and dynamic business they founded, the Martins chose to sell the company to their employees. After just a few years, the employees own over 50% of the company through an employee stock ownership program.


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Meredith is one of the nation's leading media and marketing companies with businesses centering on magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting, integrated marketing and interactive media.

The Meredith Publishing Group features 26 subscription magazines including Better Homes and Gardens, Family Circle, Ladies' Home Journal, MORE, Parents, Fitness, and American Baby – and approximately 200 special interest publications.

Meredith has approximately 400 books in print and has established marketing relationships with some of America's leading companies including The Home Depot, DIRECTV, DaimlerChrysler, Wal-Mart and Carnival Cruise Lines.

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Random House, Inc. assumed its current form with its acquisition by Bertelsmann in 1998, which brought together the imprints of the former Random House, Inc. with those of the former Bantam Doubleday Dell. Random House, Inc.'s publishing groups include the Bantam Dell Publishing Group, the Crown Publishing Group, the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, the Knopf Publishing Group, the Random House Audio Publishing Group, Random House Children's Books, the Random House Diversified Publishing Group, the Random House Information Group, the Random House Publishing Group, and Random House Ventures. Together, these groups and their imprints publish fiction and nonfiction, both original and reprints, by some of the foremost and most popular writers of our time. They appear in a full range of formats – including hardcover, trade paperback, mass market paperback, audio, electronic, and digital, for the widest possible readership from adults to young adults and children. The reach of Random House, Inc. is global, with subsidiaries and affiliated companies in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Through Random House International, the books published by the imprints of Random House, Inc. are sold in virtually every country in the world.

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Simon & Schuster, Inc. is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, providing consumers worldwide with a diverse range of quality books across a wide variety of genres and printed and digital formats. It is the publishing operation of CBS Corporation, one of the world’s premier media companies. As a major international publishing company, many Simon & Schuster titles are published globally, and its products – hardcovers, trade and mass market paperbacks, novelty formats, audiobooks (both compact disk and digital downloads) and ebooks of bestselling and critically acclaimed nonfiction for readers of all ages and every conceivable taste – are distributed in more than 100 countries around the world.

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A family-owned company, The Taunton Press was founded by Paul and Jan Roman with a clear vision for providing high-quality information and inspiration. Starting with Fine Woodworking magazine, Taunton has always taken a different publishing approach, one that emphasizes the value of the reader and their long-term relationship with the magazine. On the heels of Fine Woodworking's success, the company continued to publish new titles including Fine Homebuilding, Threads, Fine Gardening, Fine Cooking, and Inspired House. Taunton, which published its first book in 1977, currently features more than 500 titles and publishes 50 new books every year, each hand-crafted to deliver new insights, ideas, and inspiration. Today, The Taunton Press continues to reach new generations of House & Home enthusiasts with web-based products, important trend-setting books such as The Not So Big House and special magazine issues such as Tools and Shops, Houses and Holiday Baking. In the future, we look forward to exploring new ways of serving our customers as they discover the personal satisfaction that's found in celebrating new pursuits that enrich their everyday lives.

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Time Inc. is the largest magazine publisher in the U.S. and U.K., and the third-largest publisher in Mexico. Time Inc.’s popular brands and successful franchises extend to online, television, cable video on demand, satellite radio, mobile devices, events and branded products. Nationally and globally, Time Inc. titles make their mark. Each month, one out of every two American adults reads a Time Inc. magazine, and more than one out of ten who are online visit a Time Inc. Web site. Every minute, more than 100 Time Inc. titles are sold in the U.S. People magazine reaches more than 40 million adults with every issue, the most of any U.S. consumer magazine. The Sports Illustrated annual Swimsuit Edition franchise, which includes the magazine, video, calendars and Web site, is the most profitable of any single magazine-branded franchise. Worldwide, Time Inc. magazines, including Time Inc.’s IPC Media Unit in the U.K. and Grupo Editorial Expansión in Mexico, are read nearly 250 million times each month by approximately 150 million adults. Time Inc. continues to transform into a multiplatform publishing company that creates, sells, aggregates and delivers premier branded content through whatever platform consumers demand.

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HarperCollins Publishers is one of the world's leading English-language publishers with headquarters in New York. The company is a subsidiary of News Corporation. The house of Mark Twain, the Brontë sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, and Margaret Wise Brown, HarperCollins was founded in New York City in 1817 by the brothers James and John Harper. In 1987, Harper & Row was acquired by News Corporation. The worldwide book group was formed following News Corporation's 1990 acquisition of the British publisher William Collins & Sons. Founded in 1819, William Collins & Sons published a range of Bibles, atlases, dictionaries, and reissued classics, expanding over the years to include legendary authors such as H. G. Wells, Agatha Christie, J. R. R. Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis. HarperCollins has publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia/New Zealand, and India.

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As a global content company in health and wellness, Rodale reaches more than 40 million people in 59 countries each month through its category-leading media properties and integrated marketing solutions and is one of the largest direct-to-consumer businesses. Rodale's nine magazine properties, all veteran publications in their categories, include the brands Prevention, Men's Health and Runner's World, as well as Women's Health, Organic Gardening, Backpacker, Best Life, Bicycling and Mountain Bike. Today Rodale magazines are published in 48 countries. Millions of people have discovered the ideas and practices that Rodale has been passionately committed to for more than six decades. With annual revenues of approximately $500 million and poised for further growth through acquisitions of new properties, brand extensions and television and radio partnerships, Rodale will continue to lead the way as millions join the journey toward a more complete, more fulfilled, healthier, whole life.

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Founded in the early 1900s, F+W is a publisher of special interest magazines and books in a broad variety of consumer enthusiast categories. Through a combination of internal growth and acquisition, the company has become one of the largest special interest publishers in the world. Since 1999, F+W has increased fourfold in revenues, while maintaining consistently strong profitability and offering a secure, collaborative culture for employees. The company's mission is centered on providing customers with useful content and related services that strengthen their pursuit of their chosen hobbies and special interest activities. There is a "how to" underpinning to most of the content published by F+W, helping customers improve and maximize enjoyment. This is what the company does, and it has been doing it extraordinarily well for almost 100 years thanks to the commitment of employees and customers worldwide.

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