Melcher Media

Melcher Media
Founded	1993
Founder	Charles Melcher
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	New York City
Distribution	Two Rivers Distribution
Publication types	Books
Official website	melcher.com

Melcher Media is a book packager and publisher in New York City, New York, founded in 1993 by Charles Melcher.^[1] The company’s focuses include theater-, movie-, and TV-related books; environmental titles; pop-up books; and DuraBooks.

The company has produced more than 175 titles, including 30 New York Times best sellers, such as An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Rodale), The Wisdom of Sundays by Oprah Winfrey (Flatiron), The Mamba Mentality by Kobe Bryant (MCD/FSG), and Martha Stewart's Organizing (Houghton Mifflin), as well as the official companions to Hamilton (Grand Central), Stranger Things (Del Rey), and Wicked (Hachette).

Melcher Media is known for highly visual, innovative, and physically distinctive books,^[2] such as a pink faux-alligator binding of Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell, a gold-embossed double-gatefold cover for Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh, and J.J. Abrams's S., which contained more than 22 inserted artifacts.

Future of StoryTelling

Melcher Media founded and produced The Future of StoryTelling (FoST) summit, an exclusive gathering of highly influential people that are shaping the way that technology is revolutionizing human communications. Organized around a series of intimate, high-level discussions with inspiring speakers, as well as immersive experiences, this participatory summit will expose top-tier individuals and corporations to the new ideas and technologies that are driving the storytelling renaissance in the digital age.

DuraBooks

In 2004, Melcher Media received U.S. patent 6,773,034^[3] for a waterproof book-binding technology, known as DuraBooks. Using synthetic paper, DuraBooks are durable yet also recyclable.^[4] The most prominent DuraBook titles include Michael Braungart and William McDonough’s Cradle to Cradle (North Point) and Aqua Erotica: 18 Stories for a Steamy Bath (Three Rivers). Cradle to Cradle Design uses DuraBook technology as an example of an "upcyclable" product.^[5]

Awards

2008: New York Book Show, First Place, Cookbook, Deceptively Delicious
2008: New York Book Show, Second Place, Photography, Illumination
2008: New York Book Show, Second Place, General Books, The Sopranos
2008: New York Book Show, Third Place, Gift Book, Shakespeare’s Genealogies
2006: AIGA Fifty Books/Fifty Covers, Avenue Q
2005: AIGA Fifty Books/Fifty Covers, Wicked
2005: American Photo, 10 Best Photography Books of the Year, Individuals

External links

Melcher Media website

Notes

^ Reid, Calvin, “Melcher Media Launches Its Own List,” Publishers Weekly, April 5, 2004.
^ Reid, Calvin, “Melcher Media Launches Its Own List,” Publishers Weekly, April 5, 2004.
^ Koerner, Brendan, “Keeping Dostoevsky Safe From The Surf,” The New York Times, August 7, 2005.
^ Dover, Caitlin, “Book Baptism,” Print, Jan/Feb 2005.
^ Donadio, Rachel, “Saving the Planet, One Book at a Time,” The New York Times Book Review, July 9, 2006.

[1] Reid, Calvin, “Melcher Media Launches Its Own List,” Publishers Weekly, April 5, 2004.

[2] Reid, Calvin, “Melcher Media Launches Its Own List,” Publishers Weekly, April 5, 2004.

[3] Koerner, Brendan, “Keeping Dostoevsky Safe From The Surf,” The New York Times, August 7, 2005.

[4] Dover, Caitlin, “Book Baptism,” Print, Jan/Feb 2005.

[5] Donadio, Rachel, “Saving the Planet, One Book at a Time,” The New York Times Book Review, July 9, 2006.

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