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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Prometheus Books</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent company</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="The_Globe_Pequot_Publishing_Group" title="The Globe Pequot Publishing Group">The Globe Pequot Publishing Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Active</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1969 (1969)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Paul_Kurtz" title="Paul Kurtz">Paul Kurtz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="Amherst%2C_New_York" title="Amherst, New York">Amherst, New York</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data">Jonathan Kurtz, President</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nonfiction topics</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Skepticism" title="Skepticism">Skeptical literature</a>, <a href="Atheism" title="Atheism">atheism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Imprint_(trade_name)" title="Imprint (trade name)">Imprints</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Humanity Books (for academic works in the <a href="Humanities" title="Humanities">humanities</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://prometheusbooks.com">prometheusbooks.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

Prometheus Books is a publishing company founded in August 1969 by the philosopher <a href="Paul_Kurtz" title="Paul Kurtz">Paul Kurtz</a> (who was also the founder of the <a href="Council_for_Secular_Humanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Council for Secular Humanism">Council for Secular Humanism</a>, <a href="Center_for_Inquiry" title="Center for Inquiry">Center for Inquiry</a>, and co-founder of the <a href="Committee_for_Skeptical_Inquiry" title="Committee for Skeptical Inquiry">Committee for Skeptical Inquiry</a>).<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> The publisher's name was derived from <a href="Prometheus" title="Prometheus">Prometheus</a>, the <a href="Titan_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan (mythology)">Titan</a> from <a href="Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a> who stole fire from <a href="Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> and gave it to man. This act is often used as a metaphor for bringing knowledge or enlightenment.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a>

Prometheus Books publishes a range of books, focusing on topics such as <a href="Science" title="Science">science</a>, <a href="Freethought" title="Freethought">freethought</a>, <a href="Secularism" title="Secularism">secularism</a>, <a href="Humanism" title="Humanism">humanism</a>, and <a href="Skepticism" title="Skepticism">skepticism</a>. It has published in the "atheism" category since its founding in 1969, and is considered the "grandfather" of atheist publishing in America.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a>

Their headquarters is located in <a href="Amherst%2C_New_York" title="Amherst, New York">Amherst, New York</a>, and they publish worldwide. Jonathan Kurtz was an executive editor of Prometheus.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> <a href="Rowman_%26_Littlefield" class="mw-redirect" title="Rowman & Littlefield">Rowman & Littlefield</a> acquired Prometheus Books in 2019.<a href="#cite_note-80495-rowman-7">[7]</a> Rowman & Littlefield changed its name to The Globe Pequot Publishing Group after the sale of its academic publishing business to <a href="Bloomsbury_Publishing" title="Bloomsbury Publishing">Bloomsbury Publishing</a> in 2024, keeping Prometheus Books as one of its imprint.

The publisher has roughly 1,700 books currently in print,<a href="#cite_note-RLPROM19-8">[8]</a> and publishes approximately 95–100 books per year.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> Since its founding, Prometheus Books has published more than 2,500 books.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Imprints">Imprints</h2></div>

Prometheus Books obtained the bulk of the books and manuscripts of Humanities Press International in 1998.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> It has been building and expanding this into a scholarly <a href="Imprint_(trade_name)" title="Imprint (trade name)">imprint</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a>

In March 2005, Prometheus Books launched the science fiction and fantasy imprint <a href="Pyr_(publisher)" title="Pyr (publisher)">Pyr</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> In October 2012 it launched the crime fiction imprint Seventh Street Books.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> In 2018, it sold both imprints.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lawsuits">Lawsuits</h2></div>

Prometheus has been involved in two "major libel lawsuits."<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> In 1992 <a href="Uri_Geller" title="Uri Geller">Uri Geller</a> sued <a href="Victor_J._Stenger" title="Victor J. Stenger">Victor J. Stenger</a> and Prometheus Books for libel over his book Physics and Psychics.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> The suit was dismissed and Geller was required to pay more than $20,000 in costs to the defendant.<a href="#cite_note-CiscopLibel-19">[19]</a> Geller also sued Prometheus for publishing <a href="The_Truth_About_Uri_Geller" title="The Truth About Uri Geller">The Truth About Uri Geller</a> <a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> by <a href="James_Randi" title="James Randi">James Randi</a>, a book that he said was defamatory.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Book_series">Book series</h2></div>

<ul><li>Contemporary Issues in Philosophy Series</li>

<li>Great Books in Philosophy</li>

<li>Great Minds Series</li>

<li>Thomas Taylor Series</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Partnerships_and_sale">Partnerships and sale</h2></div>

In 2013 Prometheus Books partnered with <a href="Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a> in an effort to increase sales and distribution.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a>

In 2019, it was acquired by <a href="Rowman_%26_Littlefield" class="mw-redirect" title="Rowman & Littlefield">Rowman & Littlefield</a>,<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-80495-rowman-7">[7]</a> and Random House ceased sales and distribution of its titles as of June 30, 2019.<a href="#cite_note-RLPROM19-8">[8]</a> Its building was sold in early 2019 for over $1 million.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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