company independent status active founded 1979 founder robert franklin country of origin united states headquarters location jefferson north carolina distribution worldwide key people robert franklin rhonda herman publication types academic and adult nonfiction scholarly journals nonfiction topics pop culture sports military history transportation chess medieval studies literary criticism librarianship number of employees about 50 official website www.mcfarlandbooks.com mcfarland & company inc. is a book publisher of primarily academic and adult nonfiction based in jefferson north carolina . its president and editor in chief is robert franklin who founded the company in 1979 . 1 2 3 mcfarland employs a staff of about 50 and as of 2011 had published approximately 5 000 titles . 4 contents 1 subject matter 2 list of scholarly journals 3 references 4 external links subject matter edit its target markets are libraries and direct mailing to enthusiasts in niche categories . 1 the company is known for its sports literature especially baseball history 1 as well as books about chess 5 and film . 6 according to the mountain times mcfarland publishes about 275 scholarly monograph and reference book titles a year . 4 7 list of scholarly journals edit base ball a journal of the early game black ball a journal of the negro leagues clues a journal of detection journal of information ethics north korean review references edit a b c publishing houses what s new . the north carolina sports literature newsletter . university of north carolina . retrieved 2013 12 13 . roark fawn 2004 09 30 . mcfarland president to speak at entrepreneurial conference . mountain times . retrieved 2013 12 13 . company history . mcfarlandbooks.com . retrieved 2013 12 13 . a b mcfarland & company announces promotion . mountain times . 2005 03 31 . retrieved 2013 12 13 . martinez amy 2012 04 01 . amazon.com trying to wring deep discounts from publishers . seattle times . retrieved 2013 12 13 . curan kenneth 2004 12 16 . calendar s picks for your pickiest . los angeles times . retrieved 2013 12 13 . vp celebrates 25 years at mcfarland . mountain times . 2007 12 13 . retrieved 2013 12 13 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mcfarland % 26 company & oldid 683852723 categories publishing companies of the united statescompanies based in north carolinapublishing companies established in 1979hidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia 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 aisportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 2 october 2015 at 23 00 . 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