Bess Press
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Bess Press is a Hawaii-based publisher that issues various books on Hawaiian and Pacific history and culture.[1] It was founded by Benjamin "Buddy" Bess, who came to Hawaii in 1976 from New York.
Bess bought the rights to two out-of-print textbooks on Hawaiian language, Hawaii: The Aloha State and Hawaii: Our Island State that local schools asked about when he was a sales representative for mainland publishers. He reprinted both volumes for $15,000, and pre-sold the copies, thus making a profit.
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- ^ Nilsen, Robert (2007). Moon O'ahu. Avalon Travel. p. 368. ISBN 9781566919586. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=E82VwX20HW4C&pg=PA368&dq=%22Bess+Press%22+-inpublisher:bess&num=100. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
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