- Melcher Media
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Melcher Media is a book packager and publisher in New York City, New York, founded in 1994 by Charles Melcher[1]. The company’s focuses include magazine-, movie-, and TV-related books; environmental titles; pop-up books; and DuraBooks.
The company has produced more than 100 titles, including 15 New York Times best sellers, such as An Inconvenient Truth (Rodale), Domino: The Book of Decorating (Simon & Schuster), Eminem: The Way I Am (Dutton), The Lucky Shopping Manual (Gotham), The Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style (Gotham), 100 Years of Harley-Davidson (Bulfinch), and Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell (Pocket).
Melcher Media is known for highly visual, innovative, and physically distinctive books[2], such as a pink faux-alligator binding of Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell and a green gel-filled cover for Not Just Cartoons, Nicktoons. The company also leads the market with adult pop-up books, such as the best-selling Pop-Up Book of Phobias and Pop-Up Book of Celebrity Meltdowns.
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DuraBooks
In 2004, Melcher Media received U.S. Patent 6,773,034[3] for a waterproof book-binding technology, known as DuraBooks. Using synthetic paper, DuraBooks are durable yet also recyclable[4]. The most prominent DuraBook titles include Michael Braungart and William McDonough’s Cradle to Cradle (North Point) and Aqua Erotica: 18 Stories for a Steamy Bath (Three Rivers). Cradle to Cradle Design uses DuraBook technology as an example of an "upcyclable" product[5].
Awards
- 2008: New York Book Show, First Place, Cookbook, Deceptively Delicious
- 2008: New York Book Show, Second Place, Photography, Illumination
- 2008: New York Book Show, Second Place, General Books, The Sopranos
- 2008: New York Book Show, Third Place, Gift Book, Shakespeare’s Genealogies
- 2006: AIGA Fifty Books/Fifty Covers, Avenue Q
- 2005: AIGA Fifty Books/Fifty Covers, Wicked
- 2005: American Photo, 10 Best Photography Books of the Year, Individuals
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Notes
- ^ Reid, Calvin, “Melcher Media Launches Its Own List,” Publishers Weekly, April 5, 2004.
- ^ Reid, Calvin, “Melcher Media Launches Its Own List,” Publishers Weekly, April 5, 2004.
- ^ Koerner, Brendan, “Keeping Dostoevsky Safe From The Surf,” The New York Times, August 7, 2005.
- ^ Dover, Caitlin, “Book Baptism,” Print, Jan/Feb 2005.
- ^ Donadio, Rachel, “Saving the Planet, One Book at a Time,” The New York Times Book Review, July 9, 2006.
Categories:- Book publishing companies based in New York
- Publishing companies established in 1994
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