Downtown Bookworks

Downtown Bookworks was founded in February, 2005 and published its first book (the People magazine tribute Remembering Johnny, produced in three hairy days) the very same month. Though the high-speed publication is one of our specialties, when we have the time to reflect, we create the kinds of books that we'd want to read. . . which at least guara... ntees an audience of six. These days, that can mean anything from children's, tween, and teen books to parenting, wellness and psychology titles; cooking and crafts to pop culture and media tie-ins. We like to find interesting people who are doing cool things and figure out how to translate those "things" into a book. And similarly, we work with our favorite brands to bring their content, know-how, and sensibility to the printed page. We're also exploring new formats for those occasions when the form really needs to follow the function of a book. Our mission is to make great books for children and adults -books that are well written, rigorously edited, and smartly designed; books that inspire people to get out and do something, or stay home and read; books that make people laugh or learn (or both!); books that make the world a prettier, smarter, tastier, happier place. In addition, we 're always eager to work with publishers-to run with a concept or brand, to take over projects that are too labor-intensive to handle in-house, or to crash things out on an unthinkable schedule. Our website remains a work-in-progress, so please come back-or better yet, come downtown to meet with us in person!Read More