A year after the purchase of Wildsam, publisher of the Wildsam Field Guides, by Arcadia Publishing, Wildsam is expanding its publishing program, moving from publishing two titles annually to 18 titles annually.
Areas of growth include the American Road Trip series, with new road trip guides for California and Texas recently released, and the Pacific Northwest coming in February 2021. Wildsam just launched a National Park series, starting with the Grand Canyon and Great Smoky Mountains. And Wildsam continues to add to its flagship City Guide series, publishing new books about Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia and Seattle. Wildsam has also published a special edition Field Guide to the Moon, in the style of its signature travel books.
"Americans are traveling abroad less--they are seeking adventures closer to home--and Wildsam publishes the perfect books for people seeking a deep and authentic experience of a place," said Arcadia Publishing CEO David Steinberger.
Arcadia is perhaps best known for its Images of America series, as well as the food series American Palate and supernatural-themed series Haunted America. It also owns Pelican Press, started an Arcadia Children's Books division and brought in Walter Isaacson as a senior advisor and editor-at-large.
Under founder and editor-in-chief Taylor Bruce, Wildsam has expanded its editorial staff and expanded working with writers such as Annette Gordon-Reed, Rebecca Makkai, Feminista Jones, Rick Bass, Hanif Abdurraqib and poet Patricia Smith.