Bold Type Books

Bold Type Books Publishing is a prominent American publishing house specializing in critical intellectual and political books. It was originally established in the year two thousand under the name Nation Books, before its name was officially changed in the beginning of the year two thousand and nineteen to reflect the new and updated identity of its partners.The house represents a unique model of strategic and innovative partnership between non-profit journalism and the commercial sector, as it is managed as a joint project between the Type Media Center, a long-established non-profit journalistic institution that supports investigative reports, and the Hachette Publishing Group in the United States of America, specifically as part of its solid Basic Books group. The publication is driven by an intellectual mission committed to challenging entrenched power structures and confronting systemic injustice through serious, factual storytelling and reporting.The house is distinguished by its strict and exclusive focus on the category of non-fiction and non-fiction books, and refuses to publish novels or poetry collections, devoting all its efforts towards elevating progressive voices and researchers who discuss pressing issues of public affairs. Its publication portfolio covers a wide range of fields, including ambitious long-form investigative journalism, creative prose based on in-depth research, cultural analysis, and social history.The house also pays exceptional attention to books of personal memoirs and autobiographies that illuminate the intersection between what is personal, human, and what is public politics. Its publications regularly seek to dismantle prevailing dangerous myths and fallacies and motivate readers to question the status quo and contribute to the formulation of public policies.The publishing house attracts an elite group of leading professional journalists, scholars, thought leaders, and prominent political activists who have won the highest international awards, and who are supported by the parent institution through lengthy research and journalistic fellowships to produce books that resonate widely in cultural and political circles. The house’s books receive exceptional critical appreciation, and its books top best-seller lists and are regularly discussed in major international newspapers and prestigious media outlets, making this house an important intellectual pillar.The leading enlightenment platform that effectively contributes to advancing positive social change and expanding the horizons of contemporary political dialogue around the world.