Workman Publishing

Name

Workman Publishing

Legal name

Workman Publishing Company

Website

https://workman.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Revenue generated from publishing and selling physical and digital books across multiple genres including children's books, cooking, nonfiction, gardening, travel, and mind/body/spirit categories through retail and wholesale distribution channels.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Workman Publishing publishes and sells physical and digital trade books across multiple genres through seven specialized imprints: the core Workman Publishing imprint for nonfiction and reference titles, Workman Kids for children's literature, Workman Calendars for annual planners, Storey Publishing for gardening and outdoor living, Black Dog & Leventhal for illustrated gift books, Artisan for cookbooks and lifestyle, and Timber Press for horticultural titles. The books are sold to consumers through retail bookstores, online retailers, libraries, and the company's direct-to-consumer website storefront via Hachette Book Group's distribution network.

Product overview

Workman Publishing is a multi-imprint book publishing company under Hachette Book Group that operates as a collection of specialized publishing divisions rather than a single unified product. The company encompasses seven distinct imprints: the core Workman Publishing imprint for trade books, Workman Kids for children's titles, Workman Calendars for annual planning products, Storey Publishing for gardening and outdoor living, Black Dog & Leventhal for illustrated gift books, Artisan for culinary and lifestyle content, and Timber Press for gardening and horticultural titles. This portfolio-based structure allows Workman to serve diverse markets including children's books, cooking, mind/body/spirit, nonfiction, travel, and specialty non-fiction categories through brand-specific imprints with their own editorial identities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Workman Kids: Children's books imprint of Workman Publishing
• Workman Calendars
• Storey Publishing
• Black Dog & Leventhal
• Artisan
• Timber Press

Products and services

• Workman Publishing (Core Imprint)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Quirk Books: Independent trade publisher focused on pop-culture, humor, and genre fiction/reference titles. Comparable to Workman's mix of nonfiction, humor, and category fiction (mystery, sci-fi/fantasy) publishing.
• Chronicle Books: Independent trade book publisher known for highly designed illustrated, gift, children's, and lifestyle books. Directly comparable to Workman in its multi-imprint approach covering children's, cooking, and visual reference categories.
• Abrams Books: Publisher specializing in illustrated books, art, cooking, and children's titles. Direct peer to Workman in illustrated/gift books (overlapping with Black Dog & Leventhal) and lifestyle categories.
• Rodale Books: Trade publisher of health, wellness, gardening, and lifestyle titles. Comparable to Workman's mind/body/spirit segment and Storey/Timber Press rural-living categories.
• Weldon Owen: Publisher of illustrated nonfiction, cooking, gardening, and gift books. Highly comparable to Workman's Artisan, Timber Press, and Black Dog & Leventhal imprints in visual lifestyle publishing.

Emerging players

• Algonquin Books: Literary fiction and narrative nonfiction publisher mentioned in Workman's own short description. Comparable as a literary/genre fiction publisher, though it operates at a smaller scale and focuses on adult literary titles.

Broad incumbents

• HarperCollins Publishers: Global trade publisher with extensive imprint portfolio across fiction, nonfiction, and children's. Broad incumbent competitor in the same genres where Workman publishes.
• Scholastic: Major children's book publisher with broad trade and educational reach. Comparable to Workman Kids as a competitor in children's publishing, though at much larger scale and with school-channel distribution Workman lacks.
• Penguin Random House: World's largest trade publisher with a vast imprint portfolio spanning all major genres. A broad incumbent peer — competes with Workman across fiction, nonfiction, cooking, and children's categories through its many imprints.

Regional players

• Phaidon Press: Publisher of visual arts, architecture, design, and cookbook titles with strong international footprint. Comparable to Workman's Black Dog & Leventhal and Artisan imprints in illustrated/cooking publishing, with primary overlap in art and lifestyle categories.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/workmanpub
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCwY9sZFp4zSC6z8h5LE6m9A
• Facebookfacebook.com/workmanpublishing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/workman-publishing
• Instagraminstagram.com/hachetteus
• TikToktiktok.com/@hachetteus?lang=en
• Pinterestpinterest.com/hachettebookgroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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