Gooseberry Patch is an American company that publishes
cookbooks. It was founded in 1984 by Vickie Hutchins and Jo Ann Martin, who were neighbors in
Delaware, Ohio
Delaware is a city in and the county seat of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. Delaware was founded in 1808 and was incorporated in 1816. It is located near the center of Ohio, is about north of Columbus, and is part of the Columbus, Ohio ...
, as a
mail-order
Mail order is the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote methods such as:
* Sending an order form in the mail
* Placing a telephone call
* Placing ...
recipe catalog "selling old-fashioned, country-style products."
Before starting their catalog business, Martin was a
first-grade teacher and Hutchins was a
flight attendant.
Gooseberry Patch encourages customers to submit recipes, some of which are selected for inclusion in Gooseberry Patch recipe books. Since 1992, over 200 cookbooks have been published with nearly 9.0 million sold.
Crowdsourcing or
peer production Peer production (also known as mass collaboration) is a way of producing goods and services that relies on self-organizing communities of individuals. In such communities, the labor of many people is coordinated towards a shared outcome.
Overview
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, both relatively new terms, have been an integral part of the cookbook production since 1992.
Gooseberry Patch's five all-time bestselling titles—Five Ingredients or Less; Super-Fast, Slow Cooking; Meals in Minutes; Best-Ever Casseroles; and Christmas Kitchen—have each sold over 175,000 copies.
To satisfy the growing customer demand, Gooseberry Patch has expanded the availability of their cookbooks through multiple channel partners. A few of these include the
National Book Network, Notions Marketing Corporation, and
Send the Light Distribution. In order to focus on cookbook publishing and reduce any potential channel conflict with retail partners, the Gooseberry Patch mail order catalog was discontinued at the end of 2009.
Gooseberry Patch launched their first eBook titles in the fall of 2010.
Gooseberry Patch was acquired by
Rowman & Littlefield in 2015; it now operates as an imprint of
Globe Pequot Press.
References
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External links
Official site
Retail companies of the United States
Retail companies established in 1984
Companies based in Ohio