| Parent company | Hachette Books (Hachette Book Group) |
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| Founded | 1964; 61 years ago (1964) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Exchange Place Boston, Massachusetts |
| Imprints | Lifelong |
| Official website | www |
Da Capo Press is an Americanpublishing company with headquarters inBoston.[1] It became an imprint ofHachette Books.
De Capo Press was founded in 1964 as a publisher of music books, as a division of Plenum Publisher. As of 2009[update] it had additional offices inNew York City,Philadelphia,Los Angeles, andEmeryville, California. In 2008, it had net sales of more than $2.5 million.[2]
Da Capo Press became a general trade publisher in the mid-1970s. The name "Da Capo" is anItalian musical term that means "from the beginning", often used in sheet music to indicate that a piece should be repeated from the start.[3] It was sold to thePerseus Books Group ofNew York City in 1999 after Plenum was sold toWolters Kluwer, aDutch company. In the last decade,[when?] its production has consisted of mostly nonfiction titles, both hardcover and paperback, focusing on history, music, the performing arts, sports, and popular culture. In 2003,Lifelong Books was founded as a health and wellness imprint. When Marlowe & Company became part of the imprint in 2007, Lifelong's range was expanded to include the New Glucose Revolution series and numerousdiabetes titles, as well as books on healthful cooking, psychology, personal growth, and sexuality.[4] In 2009 the company posted the science portion of the bookJetpack Dreams on the web for free.
In April 2016, Da Capo Press was acquired by theHachette Book Group as part of Hachette's purchase of the Perseus Books Group.[5] After the sale, sister imprint Seal Press became a Da Capo imprint.[6] In 2018, Da Capo became an imprint of Hachette Books and Seal became an imprint ofBasic Books.[7]
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