If asked to name publishing companies, most people might come up with just a few of the better known ones like Random House, Doubleday, Bantam or Knopf. And because of industry consolidation, Random House, Inc. owns them all.
Despite industry consolidation, the bibliographic reference, Books in Print, has data from 83,000 U.S. publishers, many of which are small and specialized.
Chambersburg-based Alan C. Hood and Company, Inc., which has annual sales of $250,000, publishes books about rural living and history. Among the 20 titles currently in print are The Woodburners Companion, The Art of the Stonemason, Country Plumbing, Epitaphs to Remember, The True Story of Saint Nicholas, and The ...