Agate Publishing

Agate Publishing
StatusActive
Founded2002
FounderDoug Seibold
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationEvanston, IL
DistributionPublishers Group West
Key peopleDoug Seibold, Diana Slickman, Perrin Davis, Kate DeVivo
Publication typesTrade books, Educational material (Agate Development)
Nonfiction topicsAfrican-American memoir, Business, Food and Wine, Regional (Midwestern United States)
Fiction genresAfrican-American literature
ImprintsB2, Bolden, Surrey, Midway, Agate Digital
Official websitewww.agatepublishing.com

Agate Publishing is an independent small press book publisher based in Evanston, Illinois. The company, incorporated in 2002 with its first book published in 2003, was founded by current president Doug Seibold.[1][2] At its inception, Agate was synonymous with its Bolden imprint, which published exclusively African-American literature, an interest of Seibold's and a product of his time working as executive editor for the defunct African-American publisher Noble Press.[1]

Agate has since expanded to include five additional imprints alongside Bolden and its memoir subsidiary Bolden Lives: B2, for business books; Surrey, for cookbooks; Midway, for books with a Midwest/Chicago theme or focus; and Agate Digital, for e-books. Agate additionally publishes customized educational texts by contract under the name Agate Development, formerly known as ProBooks.[3]

  1. ^ a b Heather Kenny (May 15, 2003). "Lessons Learned". Chicago Reader. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  2. ^ Amy Guth (March 9, 2011). "Agate Publishing, Inc". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  3. ^ Diane Patrick (November 8, 2013). "Agate Publishing Marks 10 Years". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved May 8, 2014.