McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent

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based in

Jefferson, North Carolina Jefferson is a town in and the county seat of Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,622. History The North Carolina General Assembly created a special commission in 1799 to found a county seat fo ...

, that specializes in

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and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction. Its president is Rhonda Herman. Its current

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is Steve Wilson. Its former president and current President Emeritus is Robert Franklin, who founded the company in 1979. McFarland employs a staff of about 50, and had published 7,800 titles. McFarland's initial print runs average 600 copies per book.

Subject matter

McFarland & Company focuses mainly on selling to

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. It also utilizes direct mailing to connect with enthusiasts in niche categories. The company is known for its

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literature, especially

baseball history The question of the origins of baseball has been the subject of debate and controversy for more than a century. Baseball and the other modern Bat-and-ball games, bat, ball, and running games – stoolball, cricket and rounders – were developed ...

, as well as books about chess, military history, and film. In 2007, the '' Mountain Times'' wrote that McFarland publishes about 275 scholarly

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s and reference book titles a year; Robert Lee Brewer reported in 2015 that the number is about 350.

Publications

Notable book series

The following

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are among those published by McFarland & Company: * "Contributions to Zombie Studies" (edited by Kyle William Bishop) * "Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy" (edited by C. W. Sullivan III and Donald Palumbo)

Scholarly journals

The following

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are published by McFarland & Company: * ''Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game'' – focuses on "baseball's early history, from its protoball roots to 1920" * ''Black Ball: A Journal of the Negro Leagues'' – focuses on "all subjects related to black baseball, including the Negro major and minor leagues, and pre–Negro league play" * ''Clues: A Journal of Detection'' – focuses on "all aspects of mystery and detective material in print, television and movies" * '' Journal of Information Ethics'' – focuses on information ethics and information science * ''Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies'' – focuses on "global territorial and maritime issues" * '' North Korean Review'' – focuses on an understanding of

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

's "complexities and the threat it presents to global stability"

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McFarland And Company Book publishing companies based in North Carolina Companies based in North Carolina Publishing companies established in 1979 Publishing companies of the United States