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Turner Publishing Buys Prospect Park Books By Jim Milliot | Feb 01, 2021
Turner Publishing Company has acquired Los Angeles–based Prospect Park Books. The purchase, which officially closed on January 31, comprises more than 100 existing titles and approximately 11 titles in the process of being published. Turner, headquartered in Nashville, bought the assets of Prospect Park, including its titles, inventory, the name, and other intellectual property.
Turner CEO Todd Bottorff said he will maintain the Prospect Park Books and Tiger Van imprints and will continue to publish books under those imprints. Prospect Park was founded in 2006 by Colleen Dunn Bates, and has primarily focused on publishing regional titles, cookbooks, humor, and fiction.