Red Wheel/Weiser, the metaphysical and self-help publisher whose imprints include Conari Press, Weiser Books and Disinformation Books, is joining with New York Open Center, which offers holistically-based educational programs to create positive transformation in individuals and the world, to create a New York Open Center imprint.
Red Wheel/Weiser will work New York Open Center staff to identify and develop potential authors and projects from the many practitioners and faculty who teach classes, lead workshops and lecture at the Center.
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Red Wheel/Weiser publisher emerita Jan Johnson will help select the initial list, which will include general introductory guides on topics regularly taught at the center, such as shamanism, mindfulness and lucid dreaming, as well as books that delve deeper into subjects based on Center workshops and webinars and broad survey books drawn from Center major conferences. The imprint will be introduced at BookExpo America in 2016.
Michael Kerber, president of Red Wheel/Weiser, commented: "Our continued goal is to publish 'books to live by,' and this collaboration with New York Open Center is both a natural and complementary fit given our shared mission to inform and improve people's lives. It is part of our wider efforts of collaborating with like-minded companies in a variety of areas. For us to grow as a publisher, we must engage readers wherever they seek guidance, wisdom, and new ideas."
Thomas Amelio, president of the New York Open Center, said, "For the last 31 years, the New York Open Center has been a platform for the world's leading teachers in holistic thought, wellness, spirituality and interdisciplinary approaches to human and societal transformation. We have been committed to offering the best, cutting-edge programs in these fields--often long before they gain mainstream acceptance. Now, as an expanded expression of our ongoing mission, we are thrilled to be writing this new chapter with Red Wheel/Weiser. And, as someone who has read, and benefited by, Weiser Books since my teens, I am personally very happy for this partnership!"
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In other Red Wheel/Weiser news, effective February 1, the company is becoming the exclusive distributor in North America for Quest Books, an imprint of the Theosophical Society in America. Since 1966, Quest has published books by cultural thinkers such as H. P. Blavatsky, Amit Goswami, Jack Kornfield, Huston Smith and Ken Wilbur on subjects including transpersonal psychology, comparative religion, deep ecology, spiritual growth, the development of creativity and alternative health practices. Quest has a backlist of more than 250 titles and releases about 12 new books each year.
Also, beginning with the March publication of Paradigm Busters, Red Wheel/Weiser will distribute world-wide digital and print books published by Atlantis Rising, the magazine that focuses on ancient mysteries, unexplained anomalies and future science. Each book will be compiled and edited by J. Douglas Kenyon, publisher of the magazine. Four other titles are slated for publication over the next three years.