center publishing company type private industry publishing founded 1968 headquarters portland oregon usa key people mike hopkins president products books calendars number of employees 32 website http web.archive.org web 20061106013818 http www.gacpc.com 80 graphic arts center publishing company was a book publishing company based in portland oregon united states . graphic arts center was one of the northwest s largest book publishers clarification needed citation needed publishing about 40 books annually and selling over 500 titles to the u.s. canada united kingdom and europe . 1 using three imprints graphic arts books alaska northwest books and westwinds press graphic arts published and distributed books that focused on lifestyle and place . clarification needed history edit graphic arts center publishing started in 1967 as a division of graphic arts center inc. oregon s largest printer . the publishing house was one of the pioneers in publishing large format full color print books . these became known as coffee table books . their first book in this format was the popular oregon a book of photographs by ray atkeson which became a series that includes oregon 2 and oregon iii . 2 in the mid 1980s graphic arts began to diversify from photographic books into subjects like children s fiction and non fiction . in 1993 graphic arts acquired alaska northwest books the largest trade book publisher in the alaskan market . citation needed in 1998 graphic arts started its third imprint westwinds press to launch a series of western titles and photography books . in april 2006 the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy . 1 in october 2006 ingram content group invested in graphic arts as part of a bankruptcy reorganization plan . 3 in january 2007 graphic arts center publishing company emerged from bankruptcy . 4 the company again filed for bankruptcy in order to liquidate in november 2009 . 5 references edit a b milliot jim april 10 2006 . graphic arts files chapter 11 . publishers weekly . archived from the original on april 11 2006 . retrieved 2006 11 17 . publishing in the northwest . open spaces quarterly . retrieved 2006 11 17 . maul kimberly october 23 2006 . ingram invests in graphic arts center publishing company . the book standard . retrieved 2006 11 20 . dead link bryson george april 21 2007 . regional publisher closes book on chapter 11 . anchorage daily news . archived from the original on 2007 04 24 . retrieved 2007 05 23 . hunsberger brent november 16 2009 . portland coffee table book publisher files for bankruptcy . the oregonian . retrieved 2009 11 17 . this oregon corporate or for profit organization related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a united states publishing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title graphic arts center publishing & oldid 738454198 categories companies based in portland oregonpublishing companies established in 1968book publishing companies based in oregoncompanies that filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2006privately held companies based in oregondefunct companies based in oregon1968 establishments in oregon2009 disestablishments in oregonoregon company stubsunited states publishing company stubshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from april 2013wikipedia articles needing clarification from april 2013all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2013all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 september 2016 at 01 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view