Bridge Works specializes in quality trade fiction. Since it's founding in 1992 by Barbara and Warren Phillips (former publisher and CEO of The Wall Street Journal), Bridge Works has become known for discovering and launching the careers of talented new authors. Bridge Works novels have won the National Jewish Book Award and Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for best mystery; have been finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, and ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award; and have been among The New York Times ' Notable Books of the Year. Individual Bridge Works books have won praise from such distinguished writers as Alison Lurie, Cynthia Ozick, Peter Matthiessen, Thomas Mallon, Katharine Graham, Frank McCourt, Robert Olen Butler, and Bobbie Ann Mason and have been republished in translation in more than a dozen countries. Barbara and Warren run Bridge Works out of offices in Bridgehampton, New York.

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Cooper Square Press is a general interest trade publisher named after the historic square in New York City. Cooper Square publishes hardcover originals and paperback reprints in the fields of history, biography, music, the performing arts, literature, and travel and exploration. Established in 1961 by Littlefield, Adams & Company, the former owner of Rowman & Littlefield, Cooper Square is in the early stages of a revival that will make it one of the leading North American publishers of popular trade nonfiction.

Cooper Square's authors include John Berryman, Martin Blumenson, H. W. Brands, Michael Collins, Jeffrey Meyers, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Neider, Willie Nelson, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Gerald L. Posner, Marcel Proust, Stephen W. Sears, Donald Spoto, and Mary Wilson of the Supremes.

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The Derrydale Press was the preeminent publisher of outdoor books in North America in the first half of the 20th century. Established in 1927 in New York City by Eugene V. Connett, III, Derrydale’s original 169 titles are the most collectible sporting books in today’s rare book market. Original Derrydales, now selling for hundreds and thousands of dollars each, are so highly sought after because Connett was a genius at designing and manufacturing spectacularly beautiful books printed on imported rag paper and bound in the finest cloth and leather.

We are in the process of reviving Derrydale in order to return it to its glory days. High-quality books in fields such as hunting, fishing, horse sports, hiking, sporting art, and the outdoors in general are being sold in limited editions and in more accessible cloth and paper editions to experts and enthusiasts new to these fields alike. The Derrydale Press Foxhunters’ Library alone has already published twelve new books.

Derrydale is also in the process of reviving its fine printmaking business with a limited edition hand colored stone lithograph of a brook trout by Connecticut artist James Prosek. Prosek has been described as “the James Audubon of Trout” by The New York Times.

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M. Evans, an independent and innovative house, has been publishing thought-provoking titles for over 40 years. A book packager in the 1950s, M. Evans evolved into a publisher responsible for producing many bestsellers, including Marlene Koch’s popular Splenda cookbooks and Dr. Robert C. Atkin’s diet cookbooks and guides. Our focus is on health, medical, and business books.

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Madison Books, Inc., was started by Rowman & Littlefield in 1985 as a general interest trade publisher in fields such as history, biography, film, and television. Madison’s nonfiction publishing program includes the best-selling astrology book The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need by Joanna Martine Woolfolk--and is based out of the Taylor Trade Publishing offices in Boulder, Colorado, and Lanham, Maryland.

Imprints of Madison Books include Derrydale Press, Scarborough House, Sports Illustrated, Stein and Day, and Vestal.

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Founded in 1983 by Frederick R. "Rick" Rinehart, Roberts Rinehart offers two distinct publishing programs--one that focuses on the history, literature, culture, and politics of Ireland and another that publishes books on the American West, natural history, and the national parks. In addition to these activities, Roberts Rinehart has formed over 50 joint venture partnerships with such institutions as the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Ireland, and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center to create books from their vast resources. Roberts Rinehart was acquired by the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group in 2001.

Roberts Rinehart also publishes under its imprint, Court Wayne Press.

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The Taylor Trade Publishing Group consolidates the output of seven recently acquired small presses: Addax (2002); The Derrydale Press (1999); Diamond Communications (2001);Gulf Publishing (2001); Republic of Texas Press (2002); Roberts Rinehart (2000);Taylor (2001); M. Evans (2005); and Longstreet Press (2005). Also managed under the Taylor Trade imprint are Madison Books, founded in 1985 by University Press of America; and Cooper Square Press, acquired in 1988.

The Taylor Trade publishing program consists of an awardwinning list of books on gardening, health, history, family issues, sports, entertainment, nature, field guides, house and home, and children's titles. It also provides the Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group with a strong regional presence from the Mississippi west to California, and from Texas to the Canadian border. Among its perennial bestsellers are Neil Sperry's Complete Guide to Texas Gardening, The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need, and The Yankees: An Authorized History.

Taylor Trade's Editorial Director is former Roberts Rinehart Publisher Rick Rinehart, who oversees four field editors from Rowman and Littlefield's Boulder office.