Prospect Park Books


Prospect Park Books is a Los Angeles-based independent publisher. Its titles are distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, a member of the Ingram Content Group. It is a member of the American Association of Publishers, Publishers Association of the West, the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses.

Overview

Prospect Park Books was founded by Colleen Dunn Bates in 2006 with a focus on regional titles, including Hometown Pasadena and EAT: Los Angeles. both of which led to online magazines, Eat-LA.com and Hometown-Pasadena.com. In 2012, Prospect Park Books sold Hometown-Pasadena.com and greatly expanded its book line.

Notable publications

Prospect Park Books' notable books include: Little Flower Baking by Christine Moore, the SCIBA Best Nonfiction title of 2016; Little Flower: Recipes from the Cafe, which was chosen as one of the best cookbooks of 2012 by Food52.com; After Abel & Other Stories by Michal Lemberger, a Sophie Brody Medal finalist and Jewish Book Council honoree; Sayonara Slam, Strawberry Yellow and Blood Hina by Naomi Hirahara, the fourth, fifth and sixth installments in the Mas Arai mystery series; Mark Twain's Guide to Diet, Exercise, Beauty, Fashion, Investment, Romance, Health and Happiness by journalist and Mark Twain scholar Mark Dawidziak; and Helen of Pasadena, a novel by Lian Dolan, which spent more than a year on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list.