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American publishing company
Prometheus Books is a publishing company founded in August 1969 by the philosopher Paul Kurtz (who was also the founder of the Council for Secular Humanism , Center for Inquiry , and co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ).[1] [2] The publisher's name was derived from Prometheus , the Titan from Greek mythology who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to man. This act is often used as a metaphor for bringing knowledge or enlightenment.[3] [4]
Prometheus Books publishes a range of books, focusing on topics such as science , freethought , secularism , humanism , and skepticism . It has published in the "atheism" category since its founding in 1969, and is considered the "grandfather" of atheist publishing in America.[5]
Their headquarters is located in Amherst, New York , and they publish worldwide. Jonathan Kurtz was an executive editor of Prometheus.[6] Rowman & Littlefield acquired Prometheus Books in 2019.[7]
The publisher has roughly 1,700 books currently in print,[8] and publishes approximately 95–100 books per year.[9] Since its founding, Prometheus Books has published more than 2,500 books.[10]
Imprints
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Prometheus Books obtained the bulk of the books and manuscripts of Humanities Press International in 1998.[11] [12] It has been building and expanding this into a scholarly imprint named Humanity Books . This imprint publishes academic works across a wide spectrum of the humanities and is now distributed by the academic division of Rowman & Littlefield.[13]
In March 2005, Prometheus Books launched the science fiction and fantasy imprint Pyr .[14] In October 2012 it launched the crime fiction imprint Seventh Street Books .[15] In 2018, it sold both imprints.[16]
Lawsuits
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Prometheus has been involved in two "major libel lawsuits."[17] In 1992 Uri Geller sued Victor J. Stenger and Prometheus Books for libel over his book Physics and Psychics .[18] The suit was dismissed and Geller was required to pay more than $20,000 in costs to the defendant.[19] Geller also sued Prometheus for publishing The Truth About Uri Geller [20] by James Randi , a book that he said was defamatory.[21] [22]
Notable authors published
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Some notable authors and books published by Prometheus include:
Steve Allen
Meeting of Minds : The Complete Scripts, With Illustrations, of the Amazingly Successful PBS-TV Series [23]
Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality [24]
Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking With 101 Ways to Reason Better & Improve Your Mind [25]
Molefi Asante
Isaac Asimov
Election Day 2084: A Science Fiction Anthology on the Politics of the Future [26]
The Roving Mind [27]
The Tyrannosaurus Prescription: And 100 Other Essays [28]
Past, Present and Future [29]
Jeremy Bentham
Rob Boston
Why the Religious Right Is Wrong About Separation of Church and State [30]
Taking Liberties: Why Religious Freedom Doesn't Give You the Right to Tell Other People What to Do [31]
Ludwig Feuerbach
Antony Flew
R. Barri Flowers
Martin Gardner
The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher [33]
Guy P. Harrison
50 Simple Questions for Every Christian [34]
William R. Harwood
Mythology's Last Gods: Yahweh and Jesus [35]
Sidney Hook
Sidney Hook on Pragmatism, Democracy, and Freedom: The Essential Essays [36]
Sidney Hook: Philosopher of Democracy and Humanism [37]
Julian Huxley
S. T. Joshi
Dr. Jack Kevorkian
Prescription: Medicide, the Goodness of Planned Death [38]
John Maynard Keynes
Philip J. Klass
Leon Lederman
John W. Loftus
The Outsider Test for Faith: How to Know Which Religion Is True [39]
Joe Nickell
The Science of Ghosts: Searching for Spirits of the Dead [40]
The Science of Miracles: Investigating the Incredible [41]
Friedrich Nietzsche
Mario Perniola
Robert M. Price
Deconstructing Jesus [42]
The Da Vinci Fraud: Why the Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction [43]
The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond The Grave [44]
James Randi
David Ricardo
Michael Ruse [45]
Nathan Salmon
George H. Smith
John Steinbeck IV
Victor Stenger
Tom Toles
Ibn Warraq
Robert Zubrin
Book series
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Contemporary Issues in Philosophy Series
Great Books in Philosophy
Great Minds Series
Thomas Taylor Series
Partnerships and sale
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In 2013 Prometheus Books partnered with Random House in an effort to increase sales and distribution.[51]
In 2019, it was acquired by Rowman & Littlefield ,[52] [7] and Random House ceased sales and distribution of its titles as of June 30, 2019.[8] Its building was sold in early 2019 for over $1 Million.[53]
References
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^ Pyne, Stephen J. (June 5, 2016). "Fire in the mind: changing understandings of fire in Western civilization" . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 371 (1696): 20150166. doi :10.1098/rstb.2015.0166 . ISSN 0962-8436 . PMC 4874404 . PMID 27216523 .
^ "Prometheus Books" . www.prometheusbooks.com . Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ Winston, Kimberly (April 12, 2013). "Atheists, the Next Generation: Unbelief Moves Further into the Mainstream" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ Frazier, Kendrick (May–June 2020). "Promethus Unbound: Publisher of Skeptic, Freethought Books Enters a New Phase". Skeptical Inquirer . Vol. 44, no. 3. Amherst, New York: Center for Inquiry . pp. 6–9.
^ a b Milliot, Jim (June 19, 2019). "Rowman & Littlefield Buys Prometheus Books" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ a b "Rowman & Littlefield Acquires Prometheus Books" . Rowman & Littlefield . Archived from the original on January 18, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ "Working at Prometheus Books" . Glassdoor . Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ "Prometheus Books: Accepting Submissions" . Authors Publish. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ "Prometheus Books: Spreading Freethought Worldwide" . International Humanist and Ethical Union . November 1, 2003. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2008 .
^ "BUFFALO'S BRAINY PUBLISHING HOUSE PROMETHEUS BOOKS HAS ACHIEVED WORLDWIDE RENOWN IN ITS NICHE" . The Buffalo News . May 30, 1999. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ Somers, Erin (June 19, 2019). "People, Etc" . Publishers Lunch . Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ Milliot, Jim (November 12, 2018). "Prometheus Sells Fiction Imprints to Start Publishing" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ Patrick, Diane (June 1, 2017). "BookExpo 2017: Seventh Street Books Marks Fifth Anniversary" . www.publishersweekly.com . Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ locusmag (November 12, 2018). "Prometheus Sells Pyr Imprint" . Locus Online . Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ Kreidler, Marc (February 4, 2019). "History of CSICOP | Skeptical Inquirer" . Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ Stenger, Victor J., 1935-2014. (1990). Physics and psychics : the search for a world beyond the senses . Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 087975575X . OCLC 22207643 . {{cite book }}
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^ Geller, Uri. "Uri Geller Libel Suit Dismissed" . Committee for Skeptical Inquiry . Archived from the original on December 5, 2006. Retrieved December 8, 2006 . Self proclaimed "psychic" Uri Geller had to dismiss a multi-million dollar libel suit and has to pay over $20,000 in sanctions in an action he brought against skeptical book publisher Prometheus Books of Amherst, New York.
^ Randi, James. (1982). The truth about Uri Geller (Rev. ed.). Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879751991 . OCLC 9164994 .
^ Kurtz, Paul (October 29, 2010). Exuberant Skepticism . Prometheus Books. p. 193 . ISBN 9781615929702 . prometheus books lawsuit uri geller.
^ "CSICOP and the Skeptics: An Overview by George P. Hansen" . www.tricksterbook.com . Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ Allen, Steve, 1921-2000. (1989). Meeting of minds : the complete scripts, with illustrations, of the amazingly successful PBS-TV series . Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879755504 . OCLC 20802027 . {{cite book }}
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^ Allen, Steve, 1921-2000. (1990). Steve Allen on the Bible, religion, & morality . Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879756381 . OCLC 21876648 . {{cite book }}
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^ Allen, Steve, 1921-2000. (1998). Dumbth : the lost art of thinking : with 101 ways to reason better & improve your mind . Allen, Steve, 1921-2000. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573922374 . OCLC 39556411 . {{cite book }}
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^ Asimov, Isaac; Greenberg, Martin Harry. (1984). Election day 2084 : a science fiction anthology on the politics of the future . Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879752580 . OCLC 11351873 .
^ Asimov, Isaac (1997). The roving mind (New ed.). Amherst, New York. ISBN 1573921815 . OCLC 37695729 . {{cite book }}
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^ Asimov, Isaac (1989). The Tyrannosaurus prescription and 100 other essays . Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879755407 . OCLC 19672853 .
^ Asimov, Isaac (1987). Past, present, and future . Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879753935 . OCLC 15108192 – via Internet Archive .
^ Boston, Rob (2003). Why the religious right is wrong about separation of church & state (2nd ed.). Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 1591021146 . OCLC 51460712 .
^ Boston, Rob (2014). Taking liberties : why religious freedom doesn't give you the right to tell other people what to do . Amherst, New York. ISBN 9781616149116 . OCLC 854613911 . {{cite book }}
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^ Ian Walkley (July 31, 2012). "Masters of True Crime by R. Barri Flowers (Editor)" . The Big Thrill .
^ Gardner, Martin (1988). The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher . New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879756446 – via Internet Archive . , at Internet Archive
^ Harrison, Guy P. (2013). 50 simple questions for every Christian . Amherst, New York. ISBN 9781616147273 . OCLC 818827981 . {{cite book }}
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^ Harwood, William R. (1992). Mythology's Last Gods: Yahweh and Jesus . Amherst, New York. ISBN 9780879757427 . OCLC 25713535 . {{cite book }}
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^ Talisse, Robert B.; Tempio, Robert (2002). Sidney Hook on pragmatism, democracy, and freedom : the essential essays . Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. ISBN 1591020220 . OCLC 50559672 – via Internet Archive.
^ Kurtz, Paul (1983). Sidney Hook : philosopher of democracy and humanism . Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879751916 . OCLC 9576292 .
^ Kevorkian, Jack (1991). Prescription: Medicide, the Goodness of Planned Death . Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-0-87975-872-1 – via Internet Archive.
^ Loftus, John W. (2013). The outsider test for faith : how to know which religion is true . Amherst, New York. ISBN 9781616147372 . OCLC 818827984 . {{cite book }}
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^ Nickell, Joe. (2012). The science of ghosts : searching for spirits of the dead . Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 9781616145859 . OCLC 764387236 – via Internet Archive.
^ Nickell, Joe. (2013). The science of miracles : investigating the incredible . Amherst, NY. ISBN 9781616147419 . OCLC 818738031 . {{cite book }}
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^ Price, Robert M., 1954- (2000). Deconstructing Jesus . Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573927589 . OCLC 42413414 . {{cite book }}
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^ Price, Robert M., 1954- (2005). The Da Vinci fraud : why the truth is stranger than fiction . Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 1591023483 . OCLC 60419877 – via Internet Archive. {{cite book }}
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^ Price, Robert M.; Lowder, Jeffery Jay. (2005). The empty tomb : Jesus beyond the grave . Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 159102286X . OCLC 57344117 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Taking Darwin Seriously" .
^ Smith, George H., 1949- (2016). Atheism : the case against God . Amherst, New York. ISBN 9781633881976 . OCLC 930446791 . {{cite book }}
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^ Stenger, Victor J., 1935-2014. (2013). God and the atom . Amherst, New York. ISBN 9781616147532 . OCLC 818827986 . {{cite book }}
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^ Ibn Warraq. (1995). Why I am not a Muslim . Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879759844 . OCLC 32088699 .
^ Ibn Warraq. (2010). Virgins, what virgins? : and other essays . Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 9781616141707 . OCLC 466343479 .
^ Ibn Warraq. (2007). Defending the West : a critique of Edward Said's Orientalism . Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ISBN 9781591024842 . OCLC 137306010 .
^ Mehta, Hemant (January 15, 2013). "Prometheus Books is Partnering Up with Random House Publisher Services" . The Friendly Atheist . Pantheos Press. Retrieved August 31, 2013 .
^ "Amherst's Prometheus Books sold to Maryland-based publisher" . The Buffalo News . June 26, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ Watson, Stephen T. (March 11, 2019). "Amherst building that houses Prometheus Books sells for $1.1 million" . The Buffalo News . Archived from the original on August 22, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
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