McFarland & Company facts for kids

McFarland & Company

Status	Active
Founded	1979
Founder	Robert Franklin
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Jefferson, North Carolina
Distribution	Self-distributed (Americas) Eurospan Group (Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa)
Key people	Robert Franklin Rhonda Herman
Publication types	academic and adult nonfiction, monographs, reference material, scholarly journals
Nonfiction topics	pop culture, sports, military history, transportation, chess, medieval studies, literary criticism, librarianship
No. of employees	About 50

McFarland & Company, Inc. is an American company that publishes books. It is based in Jefferson, North Carolina, in the United States. This company focuses on publishing books for colleges and libraries. They also print books for adults that are not just for school.

Robert Franklin started McFarland & Company in 1979. He was the first president and is now the editor-in-chief. Today, Rhonda Herman is the president of the company. About 50 people work at McFarland. By 2019, they had published 7,800 different books! When they first print a book, they usually make about 600 copies.

What Kind of Books Do They Publish?

McFarland & Company mostly sells its books to libraries. They also send information directly to people who are very interested in specific topics. The company is well-known for its books about sports, especially baseball history.

They also publish many books about other interesting subjects. These include chess, military history, and movies. In 2007, a local newspaper called Mountain Times said that McFarland publishes around 275 new scholarly books each year. By 2015, another report said this number had grown to about 350 new books every year.

See also

In Spanish: McFarland & Company para niños