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Ten Speed Press
Ten Speed Press is an independently owned nonfiction book publisher that has been based in Berkeley, California, for more than 35 years. In 1971 founder Philip Wood left a senior sales post at Penguin Books to launch the company on the strength of just one title — Anybody’s Bike Book — which became the book that inspired the company’s name and went on to sell more than a million copies. Legend has it that Phil stored the stock of the original edition in his apartment bathtub in downtown Berkeley.
From the bathtub to the bestseller list, Ten Speed has built its reputation on enduring career and business books like Richard Bolles’s What Color Is Your Parachute? (the best-selling job-hunting book in the world), acclaimed cookbooks that range from the upscale (Charlie Trotter’s) to the perennially popular (Mollie Katzen’s The Moosewood Cookbook) and the downright quirky (White Trash Cooking). Along the way, the company has also made its mark with an eclectic list of unclassifiable books, How to Shit in the Woods, Why Cats Paint, Cannabible, and Furry Logic.
Over the years, the Ten Speed family has grown. In 1983, Ten Speed acquired Celestial Arts, a poster and New Age book publisher, which has since evolved into a widely respected body, mind, and spirit imprint. In 1993, our children’s division, Tricycle Press, pedaled into the picture. And in 2002, we acquired Crossing Press, a publisher specializing in metaphysics, alternative lifestyles, and healing modalities. We also distribute books for a number of small presses.
Ten Speed’s books are sold worldwide through our international distribution partners and our Canadian office in Toronto. After 35 years in business, Ten Speed is one of the largest, bestselling independent publishers in the United States. The 100+ new titles published under the company’s four imprints each year celebrate the spirit and imagination of indie publishing.