Jones and Bartlett Publishers

Jones and Bartlett Publishers

Infobox Company
name = Jones and Bartlett Publishers

type = Publishing House
genre =
foundation = 1983
founder = Donald W. Jones
location_city = Sudbury, Massachusetts
location_country = USA
location =
locations = Boston, Toronto, London, Singapore
key_people = Clayton E. Jones, CEO (2008) [cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS160467+02-Jun-2008+BW20080602|title= Jones and Bartlett Publishers Acquires Tarascon Publishing, Inc.|date=2008-06-02|accessdate=2008-07-09|publisher=Reuters]
industry = Publishing
products = Books
services =
revenue = $84 million (2007) [ [http://www.jbpub.com/company/industryrank.cfm Industry ranking] ]
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divisions = Boston, Toronto, London, Singapore
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homepage = [http://www.jbpub.com/ jbpub.com]
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Jones and Bartlett Publishers publishes text, professional, and reference books for college use. [cite web |url=http://www.jbpub.com/company/ |title= About Jones and Bartlett |accessdate=2008-07-08] The company was founded in 1983 by Donald W. Jones, the former president of Addison-Wesley Publishers. As of 2003, they are the 7th largest college publisher in the United States. [Claim made on the corporate website, and sourced to the "Educational Marketer's 2003 Industry Ranking" [http://www.jbpub.com/company/timeline.cfm] ]

Name

The name comes from Donald W. Jones, the company's founder, and Arthur Bartlett, the first editor.

History

Founded by Donald W. Jones in 1983, the original editorial office was located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and the company's corporate logo is the local Nobska lighthouse. In 1986, Jones and Bartlett acquired the Wadsworth Health Sciences publishing program from The Thomson Corporation, which moved the company into nursing and health sciences.

In 1988, the company was named by "New England Business Magazine" as one of the 100 fastest-growing companies in New England.Fact|date=July 2008 In 1989, they opened their first office in London. In 1993, they opened an office in Singapore, and an office in Toronto in 1994. Their corporate headquarters moved to Sudbury, Massachusetts in 1995.

Notable publications

* Pauling, Linus, "Lifelong Quest for Peace"
* "The Cancer Journal" (acquired in 2000 from "Scientific American")
* "Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets" (acquired from Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins in 2007)
* "Complete Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs" [cite news|title=Top 10 medical reference books for every consumer's home|work=The Plain Dealer|date=2000-05-15|author=Poirot, Carolyn|quote=Produced by the National Safety Council as a public service, this little book now has more than 2 million copies in circulation.]

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