Name

Fox Chapel Publishing

Legal name

Fox Chapel Publishing Co.

Website

https://foxchapelpublishing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hobby & Craft Book Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Book Publishers (51313), Periodical Publishers (513120), Periodical Publishers (51312), Book Retailers and News Dealers (459210)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Humor, Gift & Specialty Format Books (Journals, Coloring, etc.) (MPAJAAAN)

Keywords

• Woodworking books
• Craft hobby publishing
• Woodcarving magazines
• Scrollsaw patterns
• Pyrography publications

Headquarters

HQ city

East Petersburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: One-time purchase revenue from selling physical and digital books across multiple hobby categories including woodworking, coloring, crafts, cooking, and more.
2. Magazine Subscriptions: Recurring subscription revenue from magazines including Woodcarving Illustrated and Scrollsaw Woodworking. Subscriptions provide ongoing content and community engagement.
3. Digital Patterns: Sale of digital download patterns for scrollsaw, woodcarving, and other crafts. Instant digital delivery model.
4. Wholesale/B2B Sales: Bulk sales to retailers and businesses through their wholesale program.
5. Affiliate Marketing: Revenue generated through affiliate marketing program where partners earn commissions for driving sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Fox Chapel Publishing publishes and sells physical and digital craft and hobby books, magazines, and downloadable patterns across 18+ categories including woodworking, woodcarving, scrollsaw, woodturning, coloring, cooking, home & garden, needle arts, pyrography, and children's books. The company operates a direct-to-consumer e-commerce storefront and supplements consumer sales with a wholesale/B2B program for retailers and hobby shops. It also publishes four magazines (Woodcarving Illustrated, Scrollsaw Woodworking, Pyrography Magazine, and DO Magazine) available by subscription and as back issues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fox Chapel International: International arm of Fox Chapel Publishing handling international sales and distribution.

Products and services

• Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Broad incumbents

• Quarto Group: Global illustrated book publisher with multiple craft, hobby, and lifestyle imprints (Quarry Books, Voyageur Press, Walter Foster). Overlaps with Fox Chapel's craft and hobby book catalog but at much larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Workman Publishing: Independent trade publisher with strong specialty, gift, and how-to titles. Overlaps with Fox Chapel's coloring, journal, and lifestyle categories but operates at much broader scale across general trade.
• Penguin Random House (Clarkson Potter / Potter Craft): Major trade publisher whose Clarkson Potter imprint publishes cooking, crafts, and lifestyle titles. Indirect competitor supplying the same retail shelves Fox Chapel competes on for craft and hobby titles.
• Hachette Book Group (Quirk Books / Running Press): Major publisher with craft-adjacent gift, novelty, and specialty format imprints. Comparable in producing journals, coloring, and gift-format titles that overlap Fox Chapel's specialty format catalog.

Direct peers

• Annie's (DRG): Specialty publisher of crochet, knitting, and paper crafts patterns and books via catalogs and DTC. Closely comparable niche craft publishing business with overlapping needle arts and pattern product lines.
• Leisure Arts: Publisher of craft pattern books, needle arts, and DIY how-to titles. Directly comparable book format, craft category focus, and wholesale/DTC distribution mix to Fox Chapel.
• Taunton Press: Long-standing publisher of woodworking and home crafts books and magazines (Fine Woodworking, Fine Homebuilding). Direct overlap with Fox Chapel's woodworking book and magazine portfolio and similar DTC subscription business model.
• Kalmbach Media: Specialty hobbyist magazine and book publisher (Model Railroader, Astronomy, Bead&Button, Scale Auto). Comparable niche enthusiast subscription model with adjacent craft/hobby communities and similar DTC merchandising.

Others

• Sterling Publishing (now Sterling Publishing / Barnes & Noble): General trade publisher with prior Lark Crafts imprint for craft titles. Comparable specialty craft publishing heritage though Sterling now sits within Barnes & Noble's broader publishing operations.

Regional players

• Fox Run Brands: Consumer craft and kitchen goods company that publishes how-to content and recipes alongside physical products. Adjacent craft/hobby audience and content-plus-product monetization model.

Market position

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/FoxChapelVideos
• Facebookfacebook.com/foxchapelpublishing
• Instagraminstagram.com/foxchapelpublishing
• Pinterestin.pinterest.com/foxchapel

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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