Parachute Publishing

Infobox Company
name = Parachute Companies

type = Private
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foundation = 1983
founder = Jane Stine & Joan Waricha
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location = 156 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010 USA
[phone] office
[phone] fax
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area_served = World
key_people = Joan Waricha CEO/Chairman
Jane Stine Co-Chairman
Susan Knopf Sr VP Marketing
Susan Lurie Sr VP/Publisher
industry = Publishing, Printing, Media
products = Books, CDs, DVDs, tv series, specialty films
services = creates & produces: original fiction (preschool to young adult), nonfiction & book-plus projects; licensed books based on media properties; titles for education market; series for television, products for theme park attractions, videos & DVDs
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parent = Parachute Properties
divisions = Parachute Publishing
Parachute Entertainment
Parachute Consumer Products
subsid = Parachute Press
homepage = [http://www.parachutepublishing.com/ www.parachutepublishing.com]
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"Parachute Press", an imprint of Parachute Publishing is primarily known as a publisher of book series intended for children and teenagers. The four women listed as the company's principals are all themselves authors of children's books (among others), and Jane Stine [Brisbane Writers Festival website, "Jane Stine"
http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2006/content/standardnew.asp?name=StineJ] is married to R. L. Stine. The press first gained notice with the 1989 publication of R. L. Stine's Fear Street series, and rocketed to worldwide prominence in 1992 with the release of the first of Stine's Goosebumps series.

Since that time the Parachute "umbrella" has expanded, and Parachute Press (as Parachute Publishing) has become a division of Parachute Properties, an "international company that comprises children’s, teen, and adult publishing, entertainment, and consumer products" [American Book Producers, Member Directory entry for "Parachute Publishing, LLC"
http://abpaonline.org/memlist_parachute.html] . As part of its new strategy, most of Parachute's literary products are now actually under the imprint of other publishing houses, particularly HarperCollins or HarperEntertainment. The nature of Parachute's relationships to Harper and the other publishers is unclear; Joan Waricha, Parachute's CEO/Chair, is listed as a HarperCollins author on their website. ["Joan Waricha from HarperCollins Publishers"
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/21714/Joan_Waricha/index.aspx]

Titles

Parachute still produces series written by its most famous and successful author, R.L. Stine, including "Dangerous Girls", "Dangerous Girls 2", "Mostly Ghostly" and "Beware! R.L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories". In 2003 all rights to his most famous series, "Goosebumps", were acquired by Scholastic Corporation (publishers of the Harry Potter series). ["Scholastic to launch bone-chilling new book series"
http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_05172007_CP.htm]

Some of Parachute's other continuing series:

"The New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley"
"Mary-Kate and Ashley: Graduation Summer"
"Mary-Kate & Ashley Starring-In..."
"Thomas Kinkade: Cape Light and Home Song"
"Thomas Kinkade: The Girls of Lighthouse Lane"
"Full House: Dear Michelle"
"Two of a Kind"
"So Little Time"
"The Nightmare Room"
"Confessions of a Teen Nanny"
"The Dating Game"
"The Party Room"

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