Editing Thunder Bay Press

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| parent       = [[Readerlink Distribution Services|Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC]]
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| founded      = 1990
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| country      = [[United States]]
| headquarters = [[San Diego, California]]
| distribution = [[Publishers Group West]]
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| publications = [[Illustrated books]] 
| topics = adult crafts & leisure activities; pop culture;<br />cooking; pets &<br />domestic animals;<br />sports; history;<br />transportation; & nature 
| genre        = [[Non-fiction]] 
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'''Thunder Bay Press''' is a [[California]]-based [[publisher]] of illustrated [[non-fiction]] books. Subject matter includes adult crafts and leisure activities, pop culture, cooking, pets and domestic animals, sports, history, transportation, and nature.<ref name=Encyccom>{{Cite web |title=Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/advanced-marketing-services-inc |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=[[Encyclopedia.com]]}}</ref>

Thunder Bay was founded by the book distributor Advanced Marketing Services in 1990.<ref name=Encyccom/> Advanced Marketing Services was acquired by [[Baker & Taylor]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bookweb.org/news/baker-taylor-bid-acquire-ams | title=Baker & Taylor in Bid to Acquire AMS | date=13 February 2007 |website=[[American Booksellers Association]]}}</ref>

It is owned by the [[book distributor|book distribution firm]], [[Readerlink Distribution Services]], who acquired Thunder Bay from Baker & Taylor in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Milliot |first=Jim |date=23 February 2015 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/65674-readerlink-buys-b-t-publishing-marketing-units.html |title=Readerlink Buys B&T Publishing, Warehouse Units |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=20 December 2015}}</ref> The imprint's distribution is handled by [[Publishers Group West]].

==Publications==
===Then and Now series===
It is also one of the two United States publisher of books in the [[Then and Now (books)|Then and Now]] series of books,<ref>{{cite news |last=Berthel |first=Ron |date=2005-08-24 |title=Coffee-table books tour U.S. cities then and now |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/indiana/logansport/logansport-pharos-tribune/2005/08-24/page-6 |newspaper=[[Pharos-Tribune]] |via=[[Newspaper Archive]] |volume=161 |issue=236 |page=A6 |url-access=limited}}</ref> published in the United Kingdom and Australia by [[Pavilion Books]], that include:

* {{Cite book |last=Mitchell |first=Alexander D |title=Baltimore then & now |year=2001 | publication-date=2001 |publisher=Thunder Bay Press |isbn=978-1-57145-688-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Richards |first=Hanje |title=Minneapolis-Saint Paul Then and Now |publisher=Thunder Bay Press |date=2002 |isbn=978-1-57145-687-8}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Reiss |first1=Marcia |last2=Witheridge |first2=Annette |title=New York then & now |year=2005 |publisher=Thunder Bay Press |edition=Revised | isbn=978-1-59223-649-7}}

===Bathroom readers===
Thunder Bay is also known for publishing ''The Bathroom Reader'' and ''The Ultimate Bathroom Reader''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sykora |first=Helen |date=2003-06-25 |title=digressing {{!}} On summer reading... |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/michigan/marshall/marshall-community-ad-visor/2003/06-25/page-14 |newspaper=Marshall Community AD-VISOR |via=[[Newspaper Archive]] |volume=33 |issue=26 |page=14 |url-access=limited}}</ref>

==References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.thunderbaybooks.com Thunder Bay Press Official site]

[[Category:Publishing companies established in 1990]]
[[Category:Companies based in San Diego]]
[[Category:Book publishing companies based in California]]


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