founded 1967 country of origin united states headquarters location san francisco distribution hachette book group usa publication types books calendars official website www.chroniclebooks.com chronicle books is a san francisco based american publisher of books for adults and children . the company was established in 1967 by phelps dewey an executive with chronicle publishing company then publisher of the san francisco chronicle . 1 in 1999 it was bought by nion mcevoy great grandson of m. h. de young founder of the chronicle from other family members who were selling off the company s assets . 1 at the time chronicle books had a staff of 130 and published 300 books per year with a catalog of more than 1 000 books . in 2000 mcevoy set up the mcevoy group as a holding company . 2 in 2006 the mcevoy group purchased spin magazine in connection with the owners of san francisco s 7x7 magazine and california home design . 2 contents 1 publications 2 see also 3 references 4 external links publications edit chronicle books publishes books in subjects such as architecture art culture interior design cooking children s books gardening pop culture fiction food travel and photography . 1 it has published a number of new york times bestsellers ; the griffin and sabine series by nick bantock me without you by lisa swerling and ralph lazar duck rabbit by amy krouse rosenthal and olive the other reindeer by vivian walsh . other best sellers have included the beatles anthology what s your poo telling you mom and dad are palindromes by mark shulman the worst case scenario series by joshua piven and david borgenicht the children s series ivy and bean by annie barrows all my friends are dead and papa do you love me and golden kite award winner mama do you love me by barbara m. joosse . in march 2006 it published between the bridge and the river a novel by craig ferguson . chronicle books has published at least 25 books in the art of ... series that showcase the evolution of artwork and stories of animated films including many by walt disney animation studios pixar dreamworks and blue sky studios . the company also sells custom publishing service and gift accessories such as desktop calendars and operates three retail stores in san francisco including one in the base of their corporate headquarters near at & t park . see also edit san francisco bay area portal companies portal books portal category chronicle books books references edit a b c fost dan 1999 11 16 . chron books remains all in the family . san francisco chronicle . retrieved 2013 06 06 . a b raine george 2006 03 01 . s.f. group buys 20 year old rock music magazine spin nion mcevoy leads company created for the acquisition . san francisco chronicle . retrieved 2013 06 06 . external links edit chronicle books website v t e mcevoy group 7x7 california home design becker & mayer chronicle books princeton architectural press authority control worldcat identities viaf 144341508 lccn n87936832 isni 0000 0000 9752 3465 gnd 5317268 1 sudoc 055839169 bnf cb13613481g data this article about a 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 chronicle books & oldid 743698105 categories publishing companies established in 1967companies based in san franciscovisual arts publishing companiesbook publishing companies based in the san francisco bay area1967 establishments in californiapublishing company stubshidden categories wikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with lccn identifierswikipedia articles with isni identifierswikipedia articles with gnd identifierswikipedia articles with bnf identifiersall 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 fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 37 . 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