WWE Books
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 1999 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 | WWE |
WWE Books is a subsidiary of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., 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 by WWE Books
Fiction
- Journey into Darkness: An Unauthorized History of Kane
- Big Apple Take Down
Novelizations
Children's Books
- Mick Foley's Christmas Chaos
- Mick Foley's Halloween Hijinx
- Tales From Wrescal Lane
- A Most Mizerable Christmas
Encyclopedias
- 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
| 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
- 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
References
- ^ "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.