Abrams Appleseed

ABOUT ABRAMS

Founded in 1949, ABRAMS was the first company in the United States to specialize in publishing art and illustrated books. The company continues to publish critically acclaimed and bestselling works in the areas of art, photography, cooking, craft, comics, interior and garden design, entertainment, fashion, and popular culture; children’s books ranging from middle grade to young adult fiction to picture books to board books. ABRAMS creates and distributes brilliantly designed books with the highest production values under the following imprints: Abrams; Abrams ComicArts; Abrams Image; Abrams Press; The Overlook Press; Abrams Books for Young Readers; Amulet Books; Abrams Appleseed; and a gift and stationery line, Abrams Noterie. ABRAMS also distributes books for Blackwell & Ruth, Booth-Clibborn Editions, Cameron + Company, Alain Ducasse Édition, Getty Publications, Lucky Spool, The Museum of Modern Art, Obvious State, SelfMadeHero, Tate Publishing, V&A Publishing, and The Vendome Press.

IMPRINTS

ABRAMS is dedicated to publishing stunning visual books on a wide variety of subjects including art, photography, performing arts, fashion, interior design, and nature and science. Bestselling and award-winning titles published by Abrams include The Art of Walt Disney, Earth from Above, Louis Vuitton: The Birth of Modern Luxury, The Diary of Frida Kahlo, Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody’s Fool, The Wes Anderson Collection, The Selby Is in Your Place, and Vanity Fair 100 Years.

ABRAMS APPLESEED is devoted to creating beautiful books for the youngest readers. By pairing the comfort of familiar objects with the introduction of something new or unexpected, each book is artfully conceived and developmentally appropriate for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. The imprint’s award-winning list of titles includes Alphablock, Hippopposites, Pantone: Color, In My Heart, and the Mini Myths series.

ABRAMS BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS publishes picture books and illustrated nonfiction for preschool through middle-grade readers. Some highlights of this award-winning children’s line include Library Mouse; Rosie Revere, Engineer; I Am Yoga; Animalia; Babar’s Museum of Art; Separate Is Never Equal; Maritcha; and 365 Penguins.

ABRAMS COMICARTS publishes groundbreaking graphic novels and illustrated books about the creators and the history of comics art, animation, and cartoons. Notable titles include Mom’s Cancer; Kirby: King of Comics; My Friend Dahmer; The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis; R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country; and The Art of Rube Goldberg.

ABRAMS IMAGE books reflect current trends and lasting obsessions—with a focus on pop culture, humor, and lifestyle. Our books are smartly designed and creatively marketed. They are written and promoted by in-the-know authors, with unique perspectives and dedicated followers. You’ll find Abrams Image books at bookstores, online booksellers, your favorite boutiques, and everywhere on social media.

ABRAMS NOTERIE is a gift and stationery imprint that collaborates with carefully selected authors, artists, and brands to make gift-worthy paper goods that are true to the original hand, useful, and inspiring. Recent publications include Paris Street Style, The Kings County Distillery: Whiskey Notes, Hyperbole and a Half, Daily Dishonesty, and The Forest Feast gift and stationery collections.

ABRAMS PRESS publishes first-rate narrative non-fiction on a broad range of subjects and issues, including arts and culture, food, style, design, history, current events, science, technology, memoir, and biography. Its mission is to find and cultivate unique voices, to develop original projects, and to publish intelligent, rigorously edited, carefully crafted, and handsomely designed and produced books that entertain readers and illuminate the world.

AMULET BOOKS publishes novels, graphic novels, and nonfiction for young adults and middle-grade readers from a stellar roster of authors. The imprint has published many bestselling and award-winning books, including Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, which now has more than 180 million copies in print, and the Newbery Honor books Heart of a Samurai, by Margi Preus, and El Deafo, by Cece Bell. Other highlights include Tom Angleberger’s Origami Yoda series, Michael Buckley’s Sisters Grimm and NERDS series, Mac Barnett and Jory John’s The Terrible Two series, and Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series.

AMULET PAPERBACKS, part of the Amulet Books imprint, publishes original titles as well as reprints. Bestselling books published by Amulet Paperbacks include Lauren Myracle’s Internet Girls series, A. G. Howard’s Splintered series, Jesse Andrews’s Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and Jonathan Auxier’s The Night Gardener.

8/18/20: ABRAMS PRESS ACQUIRES BUBBLEBALL BY THE WASHINGTON POST’S NATIONAL NBA WRITER, BEN GOLLIVER

7/16/20: NUMBER ONE GLOBAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR JEFF KINNEY KICKS OFF SOCIALLY DISTANCED ADVENTURE BOOK TOUR

7/16/20: ABRAMS BOOKS JOINS COMIC-CON@HOME 2020

6/2/20: Black lives matter. Black words matter. Black voices matter.

5/26/20: DIVE INTO THE DEEP END THIS FALL! DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 15 TO BE PUBLISHED OCTOBER 27, 2020 TITLE AND COVER REVEALED

4/17/20: ABRAMS #HELPABOOKSELLER RESULTS DOUBLE

3/24/20: ABRAMS LAUNCHES #HELPABOOKSELLER CHALLENGE WITH BINC GOAL TO RAISE MORE THAN $100K CALLS ON SUPPORT FROM AUTHORS AND PARTNERS TO HELP RAISE FUNDS!

2/2020: MEGASCOPE LAUNCHES HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FIRST PUBLISHING LIST FROM CURATOR JOHN JENNINGS

2/13/20: INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JEFF KINNEY TO PUBLISH FIRST WIMPY KID FANTASY BOOK

2/6/20: ABRAMS PRESS ANNOUNCES THE APRIL 7, 2020 PUBLICATION OF ENDGAME: INSIDE THE IMPEACHMENT OF DONALD J. TRUMP BY REPRESENTATIVE ERIC SWALWELL.

ABRAMS COMICARTS TO PUBLISH THE FIRST GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATION OF FRANK HERBERT’S DUNE

12/19/19: MORE THAN 10 MILLION COPIES OF DIARY OF A WIMPY KID BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE IN 2019

12/12/19: ABRAMS ACQUIRES TWO BOOK DEAL WITH BILLY PORTER

10/19: ABRAMS ANNOUNCES SURELY BOOKS, A NEW LINE OF GRAPHIC NOVELS CELEBRATING QUEER STORIES AND CREATORS CURATED BY AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR MARIKO TAMAKI

9/19: ABRAMS Returns to New York Comic Con 2019

9/12/19: HASBRO TO INTRODUCE IMAGINATIVE NEW WORLD OF CUBBY HILL AS A PUBLISHING PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH ABRAMS CHILDREN’S BOOKS IN MARCH 2020

9/12/19: BRAND NEW DIARY OF A WIMPY KID BOOK #14: WRECKING BALL BY JEFF KINNEY RELEASES WORLDWIDE ON NOVEMBER 5 WITH SMASHING, FAMILY-FRIENDLY INTERACTIVE AUTHOR TOUR

9/05/19: ABRAMS CHILDREN’S BOOKS ANNOUNCES MAGIC CAT, A NEW ILLUSTRATED NONFICTION AND GIFT IMPRINT LAUNCHING FALL 2020

7/15/19: ABRAMS & CHRONICLE BOOKS ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR INEZ MUNSCH

7/11/19: SDCC 2019

5/14/19: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 14 TITLE AND COVER REVEALED: WRECKING BALL SWINGS INTO BOOKSTORES THIS FALL

4/22/19: ABRAMS CHILDREN’S BOOKS TO PUBLISH OUT-OF-THIS WORLD ILLUSTRATED MIDDLE-GRADE SERIES FROM POP CULTURE ICON HENRY WINKLER AND LIN OLIVER

4/5/19: JEFF KINNEY LAUNCHES NEW BOOK: DIARY OF AN AWESOME FRIENDLY KID WITH WEEKLONG CELEBRATION OF REAL AWESOME, FRIENDLY PEOPLE

1/4/19: ABRAMS PRESS ACQUIRES MORAL MEDICINE

12/14/18: LUCKY SPOOL MEDIA TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY ABRAMS

12/10/18: THE OVERLOOK PRESS ACQUIRES CAGING SKIES

10/31/18: ABRAMS TO PARTNER WITH CERNUNNOS

9/25/18: COUNTDOWN TO THE MELTDOWN

9/21/18: ABRAMS Returns to New York Comic Con 2018 Booth #2228

9/21/18: ABRAMS ANNOUNCES MEGASCOPE A NEW LINE OF GRAPHIC NOVELS CURATED BY AWARD-WINNING COMICS CREATOR JOHN JENNINGS

8/20/18: LIVE OAK, WITH MOSS

8/8/18: RONAN BOYLE AND THE BRIDGE OF RIDDLES

7/31/18: ABRAMS TO ACQUIRE THE OVERLOOK PRESS

7/12/18: ABRAMS Returns to San Diego Comic-Con 2018 Booth #1216

5/15/18: ABRAMS ANNOUNCES NEW CHAPTER BOOK SERIES BASED ON BESTSELLING PICTURE BOOKS IGGY PECK, ARCHITECT; ROSIE REVERE, ENGINEER; AND ADA TWIST, SCIENTIST

4/11/18: ABRAMS TO PUBLISH THE OVERGROUND RAILROAD: THE GREEN BOOK AND THE ROOTS OF BLACK TRAVEL IN AMERICA

3/26/18: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID SERIES SOARS TO NEW HEIGHTS WITH SALES OF 200 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE

2/21/18: WHY I MARCH

1/11/18: ABRAMS WILL PUBLISH THE DISPLACED

12/12/17: ABRAMS AND THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

12/4/17: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE GETAWAY TAKES OFF WITH OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

11/17/17: SI LEWEN’S PARADE

9/28/17: ABRAMS RETURNS TO NEW YORK COMIC CON

9/21/17: THE GETAWAY TAKES OFF ON NOVEMBER 7, 2017

7/13/17: ABRAMS RETURNS TO SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2017, BOOTH #1216

4/27/17: COVER OF NEW DIARY OF A WIMPY KID BOOK REVEALED BY JEFF KINNEY TO FANS WORLDWIDE AT LIVESTREAMED CARNEGIE HALL EVENT HOSTED BY ABRAMS

3/30/17: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: BOOK 12 TO BE PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 7, 2017

3/16/17: ABRAMS ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF MELANIE CHANG AS VP, CHILDREN’S MARKETING & PUBLICITY

3/15/17: THE WIMPY KID MOVIE DIARY: THE NEXT CHAPTER

2/15/17: JOJO’S GUIDE TO THE SWEET LIFE

2/8/17: ABRAMS SIGNS DEAL WITH BOOM! STUDIOS TO PUBLISH ORIGINAL LUMBERJANES MIDDLE-GRADE NOVELS

2/7/17: TODAY CO-ANCHOR SAVANNAH GUTHRIE AND EDUCATOR ALLISON OPPENHEIM TO PUBLISH DEBUT PICTURE BOOK WITH ABRAMS

2/2/17: ABRAMS TO PUBLISH FIRST BOOK ON THE WOMEN’S MARCH

12/4/16: STATEMENT BY ABRAMS REGARDING BAD LITTLE CHILDREN’S BOOKS

10/6/16: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID REACHES NEW MILESTONE

9/20/16: ADA TWIST, SCIENTIST IS THE FASTEST SELLING PICTURE BOOK RELEASE OF THE YEAR

8/11/16: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOUBLE DOWN GLOBAL TOUR ANNOUNCED

7/14/16: ABRAMS RETURNS TO SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2016, BOOTH #1216

6/16/16: ABRAMS To Publish Unknown Vincent van Gogh Drawings

4/28/16: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 11 BOOK TITLE AND COVER REVEALED

3/10/16: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: BOOK 11

11/12/15: OLD SCHOOL IS NUMBER ONE

11/2/15: OLD SCHOOL GLOBAL TOUR FAN FERVOR

10/14/15: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID GOES GLOBAL!

10/6/15: ABRAMS COMICARTS RETURNS TO NEW YORK COMIC CON 2015 BOOTH #2228

8/13/15: THE HATERS BY JESSE ANDREWS TO PUBLISH IN APRIL 2016

6/26/15: POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES NEW LATIN EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL BESTELLER DIARY OF A WIMPY KID AT THE VATICAN

4/27/15: NEW DIARY OF A WIMPY KID SERIES BOOK TITLE, COVER, AND COLOR REVEALED

3/30/15: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID BOOK 10 TO BE PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY WORLDWIDE ON NOVEMBER 3, 2015!

2/10/15: ABRAMS TO PUBLISH METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART CALENDAR PROGRAM

11/13/14: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL RACES TO THE TOP OF BESTSELLER LISTS

10/09/14: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID SERIES HAS OVER 150 MILLION COPIES IN PRINT WORLDWIDE

9/10/14: ABRAMS TO LAUNCH A NEW GIFT & PAPER PRODUCT IMPRINT IN SPRING 2015

8/19/14: MICHAEL SAND JOINS ABRAMS AS NEW PUBLISHER, ADULT TRADE

7/31/14: PEANUTS WORLDWIDE AND ABRAMS ANNOUNCE KEY PUBLISHING DEAL

5/14: THE WARREN COMMISSION REPORT

4/28/14: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL

4/3/14: ABRAMS TO PUBLISH GRAPHIC ADAPTATION OF JOHN LEGUIZAMO’S GHETTO KLOWN

3/20/14: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: BOOK 9 AHEAD

4/22/11: THE TOPPS COMPANY AND ABRAMS ANNOUNCEMENT

6/22/10: ABRAMS & CHRONICLE BOOKS ANNOUNCEMENT