BOOKS
BAND-F LTD. EXPERTISE
ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY
One of BAND-F's main areas of strength is illustrated biography.
Our projects have included the People Magazine Profile celebrity
series featuring Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Meg
Ryan and more. Our A&E Biography hardcover series for Random
House showcased subjects as diverse as Mickey Mantle, Pope John
Paul II and Katherine Hepburn. Another deluxe A&E Biography
Series, Ultimate Biography for Dorling Kindersley, focused on
hundreds of international subjects; also included were individual
titles such as John Kennedy, Winston Churchill, Marlon Brando,
Ernest Shackleton and more. The Shackleton Biography title is,
arguably, the last book written by author George Plimpton.
TRAVEL
Travel has been a very successful genre for BAND-F. We have
developed many successful series and numerous stand-alone
guides for major publishers. For Frommers, we originated and
created editions of the Irreverent Guides to Los Angeles, New York,
Orlando and more. Also for Frommers, we developed and produced
the By Night titles on locales ranging from Madrid to Amsterdam;
NYC to Miami. A third Frommers series we created, Hanging Out,
took young readers to popular destinations such as France, Spain
and the United Kingdom Our standalone titles produced for Fodors
included The Complete Four Sport Stadium Guide, Travelers and
TV Viewers Golf Tournament Guide and the Minor League Baseball
Guide. All included the USA TODAY brand. We also developed the
Edge Travel series for Longstreet Press.
SPORTS
Sports continues to be an area of strength for BAND-F. We have
packaged nearly 20 volumes with USA TODAY and their Sports
Weekly brand. BAND-F has completed projects with ESPN, Major
League Baseball, the National Hockey League, the American
Museum of Fly Fishing, the United States Figure Skating Association
and ABC Television. We have produced numerous almanacs, sports
atlases, travel guides and encyclopedias based on sporting themes.
CONTINUITY SERIES
The Roots of Rhythm continuity series of 48 hardcovers was
produced for International Masters Publishers. Each was packaged
with an audio CD while hundreds of "trading cards" were created as
a value-added incentive. An in-depth, amusing and informative
study of the history of blues, jazz, gospel and roots music of
American artists, the Roots of Rhythm series was filled with dynamic
archival imagery.
MAJOR BRANDS
BAND-F has worked successfully with major brand names and
trademarks to create high-end illustrated products. We have
collaborated with USA TODAY, A&E Television Networks, ABC,
ESPN, The Smithsonian Institute, OceanSpray, Quaker State, The
National Audubon Society, Fodors, Frommers, Dorling Kindersley
and more. We are familiar with the demands of working with top tier
companies to create the highest quality products. That said, we
often bring a high profile brand attached to a project. Having
successfully created trademarks ourselves, we are familiar with the
needs of properly protecting the valuable marks for our clients, while
providing publishers with the tools to make titles more recognizable
and competitive.
OUTDOORS & ADVENTURE
Outdoors and Adventure have been key subjects for BAND-F.
Projects include a series of full-color, highly illustrated volumes on
the National Wildlife Refuge system. For this, we worked with The
National Audubon Society and The Department of Interior, as well as
dozens of photographers, researchers, illustrators, writers, and
editors. We created the imprint Adrenaline Books as a joint venture
with Avalon Publishing Group. This series of high-adventure
anthologies and individual titles boasts one million books in print.
