WWE Books
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 2002 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Executive vice president and publisher Louise Burke Vice president and associate publisher Scott Shannon |
| Products | Books |
| Owner | Endeavor |
| Parent | WWE (TKO Group Holdings) |
WWE Books is a subsidiary of World Wrestling Entertainment, a division of TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings, created in 2002 to publish autobiographies of and fiction based on WWE personalities, behind-the-scenes guides to WWE, illustrated books, calendars, young adult books, and other general nonfiction books. The majority of WWE Books are published by Pocket Books, part of the Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group. Simon & Schuster UK and Simon & Schuster Australia are the publishers of WWE books in the United Kingdom and Australia. Simon & Schuster publish multiple titles yearly, based on the personalities, programming, storylines, and other topics of interest to WWE and its fans.[1]
In 2014, WWE Books and DK Publishing entered a multi-year publishing partnership to distribute and market WWE book releases on a global scale. The agreement also included digital and various subsidiary rights. DK has published a variety of titles including commemorative books, sticker books, historical guides, autobiographies and encyclopedias.[2]
WWE Books are published in hardcover and large print editions, trade and mass market paperback, in audio on cassette and compact disc, and in eBook editions.
Books published
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Journey into Darkness: An Unauthorized History of Kane
- Big Apple Take Down
Novelizations
[edit]Children's books
[edit]- Mick Foley's Christmas Chaos
- Mick Foley's Halloween Hijinx
- Tales From Wrescal Lane
- A Most Mizerable Christmas
Encyclopedias
[edit]- WWE Encyclopedia: The definitive guide to World Wrestling Entertainment (released 2009)
- WWE Encyclopedia Updated & Expanded: The definitive guide to WWE (released 2013)
- WWE Encyclopedia Of Sports Entertainment (released 2016)
- WWE Encyclopedia of Sports Entertainment New Edition (released 2020)
Autobiographies
[edit]| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Adam Copeland on Edge | Edge |
| Batista Unleashed | Batista |
| Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story | Eddie Guerrero |
| It's True! It's True! | Kurt Angle |
| The Rock Says | The Rock |
| If they only knew | Chyna |
| "Classy" Freddie Blassie: Listen, You Pencil Neck Geeks | Freddie Blassie |
| Controversy Creates Ca$h | Eric Bischoff |
| The Hardcore Diaries | Mick Foley |
| Foley Is Good: And the Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling | Mick Foley |
| Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks | Mick Foley |
| Cross Rhodes | Goldust |
| The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire | Matt & Jeff Hardy |
| Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story | Shawn Michaels |
| Hollywood Hulk Hogan | Hulk Hogan |
| It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes | Jerry Lawler |
| Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D.--The Reality of Amy Dumas | Lita |
| The Stone Cold Truth | Stone Cold Steve Austin |
| Superstar Billy Graham: Tangled Ropes | Superstar Billy Graham |
| Tajiri: The Japanese Buzzsaw (Japan release only) | Yoshihiro Tajiri |
| Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man | Ted DiBiase |
| To Be the Man | Ric Flair |
| Walking a Golden Mile | William Regal |
| The Unauthorized History of DX | Triple H & Shawn Michaels |
| Rey Mysterio: Behind the Mask | Rey Mysterio |
| YES!: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania | Daniel Bryan |
| Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE | Pat Patterson |
| Second Nature: The Legacy of Ric Flair and the Rise of Charlotte | Charlotte Flair and Ric Flair |
| There's No Such Thing as a Bad Kid: How I went from Stereotype to Prototype | Titus O'Neil |
| Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics | Kane |
| A Chosen Destiny | Drew McIntyre |
Miscellaneous
[edit]- Are We There Yet?: Tales from the Never-Ending Travels of WWE Superstars
- Divas Uncovered
- Making the Game: Triple H's Approach to a Better Body
- JR's Cookbook
- Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s
- WWE Unscripted
- The Rise & Fall of ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling
- Signature Moves
- The Ultimate World Wrestling Entertainment Trivia Book
- WWE Legends
- Have More Money Now by John "Bradshaw" Layfield
- Can You Take The Heat? (Cookbook)
- WWE Presents Comic Series
- My Favorite Match: WWE Superstars Tell the Stories of Their Most Memorable Matches
- The WWE Championship: A Look Back at the Rich History of the WWE Championship
- WWE 50
- 30 Years of WrestleMania
- Ultimate Warrior: A Life Lived Forever – The Legend of a WWE Hero
- WWE Ultimate Superstar Guide
- WWE: 100 Greatest Matches
- The WWE Book of Top 10s
- Undertaker: 25 Years of Destruction
- WWE: The Attitude Era
- Hustle, Loyalty & Respect: The World of John Cena
- WWE Book of Rules: And How to Break Them
- NXT: The Future Is Now
- WWE Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- The Book of Booty: Shake It. Love It. Never Be It.
- WWE RAW: The First 25 Years
- Creating the Mania: An Inside Look at How WrestleMania Comes to Life
- WWE Ultimate Superstar Guide, 2nd Edition
- The World of The Rock
- WWE: The Official Cookbook
- WWE SmackDown 20 Years and Counting
- WWE Greatest Rivalries
- WWE 35 Years of Wrestlemania
- WWE Kicking Down Doors: Female Superstars Are Ruling the Ring and Changing the Game!
- WWE Beyond Extreme
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "WWE and Simon & Schuster Announce New Publishing Partnership". World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. May 27, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
- ^ "DK Publishing and WWE Announce Global Partnership". World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2018.