peanut butter & jelly press

Name

peanut butter & jelly press

Legal name

Peanut Butter and Jelly Press LLC

Website

https://pbjpress.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Independent Book Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Book Publishers (51313)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Independent book publishing
• Self-publishing guides
• Self-help books
• Parenting resources
• Family health guides

Headquarters

HQ city

Newton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: The company generates revenue through selling books directly to consumers. Titles include The Publishing Game series (three books), The Infertility Diet, and Terrorism and Kids: Comforting Your Child.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Peanut Butter and Jelly Press is an independent, family-owned book publisher that produces and sells a catalog of self-help and educational books on everyday life topics. The portfolio includes the three-volume "The Publishing Game" series (step-by-step guides to self-publishing, finding a literary agent, and book marketing), "The Infertility Diet: Get Pregnant and Prevent Miscarriage" (a nutrition guide based on over 500 medical studies), and "Terrorism and Kids: Comforting Your Child" (a parenting resource for addressing children's fears about terrorism). Books are sold directly to consumers via the company website and distributed through bookstores, libraries, and book clubs.

Product overview

Peanut Butter and Jelly Press is a family-owned book publishing company founded in 1998 that produces self-help and educational books on everyday topics. Their product portfolio consists of five distinct titles across three main categories: The Publishing Game series (three books covering self-publishing, finding literary agents, and book marketing/promotion), Terrorism and Kids: Comforting Your Child (helping parents and teachers address children's fears about terrorism), and The Infertility Diet (a nutrition-based guide for fertility enhancement and miscarriage prevention based on medical research). The company positions itself as specializing in books that help people deal with important issues in everyday life.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Publishing Game: Publish a Book in 30 Days A step-by-step 30-day guide for authors covering manuscript preparation, ISBN acquisition, submission to key directories so bookstores and libraries can find the book, obtaining Library of Congress cataloging data, book cover design, hiring a cover artist, selecting a printer, and getting the book stocked by bookstores and libraries. Intended for self-publishing authors and small-press publishers.
• The Publishing Game: Find an Agent in 30 Days A step-by-step 30-day guide for authors covering manuscript preparation for agents, crafting sales pitches including marketing facts and author positioning, identifying the right literary agent for the book, and negotiating the best publishing deal. Intended for self-publishing and first-time authors seeking traditional literary representation.
• The Publishing Game: Bestseller in 30 Days A step-by-step 30-day book marketing guide covering national magazine features, BookSense awards, chain-store distribution, Library Approval Plans, corporate sales, book club and catalog sales, print and broadcast publicity campaigns, organizing a book-selling speaking tour, and newsletter syndication. Intended for self-publishing authors, small-press publishers, and marketers.
• Terrorism and Kids: Comforting Your Child A parenting and education resource helping parents and teachers answer difficult questions children ask about terrorism, address children's fears and emotional responses, and guide children through traumatic events. Intended for parents, teachers, and educators.
• The Infertility Diet: Get Pregnant and Prevent Miscarriage A nutrition-based guide based on over 500 medical studies, explaining dietary approaches for fertility enhancement and miscarriage prevention. Intended for women and couples facing infertility challenges.

Quantifiable outcome

• The Infertility Diet was in its fourth printing, indicating commercial success

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Berrett-Koehler Publishers: Independent publisher specializing in self-help, business, and personal development books with a mission-driven focus, highly comparable to Peanut Butter and Jelly Press's trade self-help publishing approach.
• Familius: Independent publisher focused on family, parenting, and lifestyle books, sharing Peanut Butter and Jelly Press's niche focus on everyday life topics such as parenting and fertility.
• Workman Publishing: Independent publisher of practical how-to and lifestyle books, highly comparable to Peanut Butter and Jelly Press's focus on actionable everyday guides like the Publishing Game series.
• Sourcebooks: Independent publisher with a diverse trade catalog including self-help and parenting titles, comparable in scale and independent ownership model to Peanut Butter and Jelly Press.
• Quirk Books: Independent publisher of trade fiction and nonfiction with distinctive specialty titles, similar in independent trade publishing model and curated catalog approach.
• Adams Media: Self-help and how-to book publisher historically independent (now a Simon & Schuster imprint), directly comparable in genre focus to Peanut Butter and Jelly Press's self-help titles.
• Chronicle Books: Independent publisher of trade books across lifestyle, parenting, and gift categories, similar in independent publishing profile and trade book focus to Peanut Butter and Jelly Press.
• New Harbinger Publications: Independent publisher of self-help, psychology, and personal development books, comparable to Peanut Butter and Jelly Press in self-help and life-issue publishing focus.
• Andrews McMeel Publishing: Independent publisher of trade books including humor, gift, and lifestyle titles, comparable to Peanut Butter and Jelly Press as an independent trade publisher of curated everyday-life content.

Emerging players

• Mango Publishing Group: Independent trade book publisher focusing on diverse topics including self-help and lifestyle, sharing a similar small-press trade publishing model with niche, mission-driven titles.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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