Adams Media Corporation
Adams Media is a Massachusetts publisher of practical non-fiction, best known for the Everything series, founded in 1980 and owned by Simon & Schuster since 2016.
- Editions tracked
- 14
- First editions
- 14
- Books
- 14
- Years
- 2000 to 2019
Adams Media Corporation is a publisher active from 2000. We track 14 editions it published between 2000 and 2019, 14 of them first editions across 14 books. Each book lists its first edition and the points that identify it.
About Adams Media Corporation
Adams Media Corporation is a non-fiction publisher based in Avon, Massachusetts, founded in 1980 by Bob Adams as Bob Adams, Inc., renamed Adams Media Corporation in 1995, and an imprint of Simon & Schuster since 2016.
The house built its business on practical and self-help books. Its best-known line is the million-selling Everything series of how-to guides; other series included Streetwise, Knock 'em Dead and Cup of Comfort. Later backlist successes included The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book, Bushcraft 101, Life Hacks and Dude, You're Gonna Be a Dad! Its main subjects are self-help and wellness, business and personal finance, parenting and cookery.
In July 2003 F&W Publications (later F+W Media) bought the company. Bob Adams stayed on as a consultant, and Adams Media ran as an F&W division from Avon with about 70 staff. By 2016 it was issuing around 200 new titles a year and had a backlist of more than 1,200.
In November 2016 Simon & Schuster agreed to buy Adams Media from F+W, together with the fiction imprints Merit Press, Crimson Romance and Tyrus Books. Karen Cooper became its publisher and the office stayed in Avon. Simon & Schuster itself was sold to the investment firm KKR in October 2023.
We have not yet written the guide to Adams Media Corporation's first-edition conventions. Until we do, check each book's own page: we list its points where we know them. Know how Adams Media Corporation marked its firsts? Tell us.
Published by Adams Media Corporation
Frequently asked questions
How many Adams Media Corporation books does MyVolumes track?
We track 14 editions published by Adams Media Corporation, 14 of them first editions, across 14 books.
Where these facts come from
- Simon & Schuster Acquiring Adams Media from F+W Media, Shelf Awareness, 2016 (shelf-awareness.com)
- S&S to Acquire Adams Media, Publishers Weekly, 2016 (publishersweekly.com)
- F&W Publications Acquires Adams Media, Writers Write, 2003 (writerswrite.com)
- Simon & Schuster, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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