WWE Books | |
Type: | Subsidiary |
Industry: | Publishing |
Predecessors: | --> |
Successors: | --> |
Founded: | in Stamford, Connecticut, United States |
Founders: | --> |
Hq Location City: | Stamford, Connecticut |
Hq Location Country: | United States |
Areas Served: | --> |
Key People: | Executive vice president and publisher Louise Burke Vice president and associate publisher Scott Shannon |
Products: | Books |
Owner: | Endeavor |
Parent: | WWE (TKO Group Holdings) |
WWE Books is a subsidiary of World Wrestling Entertainment, a division of TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings, created in 2002 to publish autobiographies of and fiction based on WWE personalities, behind-the-scenes guides to WWE, illustrated books, calendars, young adult books, and other general nonfiction books. The majority of WWE Books are published by Pocket Books, part of the Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group. Simon & Schuster UK and Simon & Schuster Australia are the publishers of WWE books in the United Kingdom and Australia. Simon & Schuster publish multiple titles yearly, based on the personalities, programming, storylines, and other topics of interest to WWE and its fans.[1]
In 2014, WWE Books and DK Publishing entered a multi-year publishing partnership to distribute and market WWE book releases on a global scale. The agreement also included digital and various subsidiary rights. DK has published a variety of titles including commemorative books, sticker books, historical guides, autobiographies and encyclopedias.[2]
WWE Books are published in hardcover and large print editions, trade and mass market paperback, in audio on cassette and compact disc, and in eBook editions.
Title | Author | |
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Adam Copeland on Edge | Edge | |
Batista Unleashed | Batista | |
Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story | Eddie Guerrero | |
It's True! It's True | Kurt Angle | |
The Rock Says | The Rock | |
If they only knew | Chyna | |
"Classy" Freddie Blassie: Listen, You Pencil Neck Geeks | Freddie Blassie | |
Controversy Creates Ca$h | Eric Bischoff | |
The Hardcore Diaries | Mick Foley | |
Foley Is Good: And the Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling | Mick Foley | |
Mick Foley | ||
Cross Rhodes | Goldust | |
The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire | Matt & Jeff Hardy | |
Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story | Shawn Michaels | |
Hollywood Hulk Hogan | Hulk Hogan | |
It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes | Jerry Lawler | |
Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D.--The Reality of Amy Dumas | Lita | |
The Stone Cold Truth | Stone Cold Steve Austin | |
Superstar Billy Graham: Tangled Ropes | Superstar Billy Graham | |
Tajiri: The Japanese Buzzsaw (Japan release only) | Yoshihiro Tajiri | |
Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man | Ted DiBiase | |
To Be the Man | Ric Flair | |
Walking a Golden Mile | William Regal | |
The Unauthorized History of DX | Triple H & Shawn Michaels | |
Rey Mysterio: Behind the Mask | Rey Mysterio | |
YES!: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania | Daniel Bryan | |
Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE | Pat Patterson | |
Second Nature: The Legacy of Ric Flair and the Rise of Charlotte | Charlotte Flair and Ric Flair | |
There's No Such Thing as a Bad Kid: How I went from Stereotype to Prototype | Titus O'Neil | |
Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics | Kane | |
A Chosen Destiny | Drew McIntyre | |