Sasquatch Books LLC[1] is an American bookpublishing company based inSeattle, Washington. It was founded in 1986 by David Brewster of theSeattle Weekly[2] and primarily publishes nonfiction books about the westernUnited States andCanada and cover topics such asnature,travel,gardening,entertainment,sports, food and wine.[3] By 2003, it was publishing approximately 30 books per year and employed 18 people.[4] In 2020, it launched a new imprint for young adult nonfiction called Spruce Books.[5]
Sasquatch Books was acquired byPenguin Random House in 2017[6] and later sold toBlue Star Press, an independent book publisher also based in the Pacific Northwest, in June 2024. The Blue Star Press deal returned Sasquatch Books to being an independent publisher, although its titles will continue to be distributed to retailers through the support of Penguin Random House Publisher Services.[7]
^abjoint venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft,Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.
^joint venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.
^joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.
