Tantor Media

Tantor Media
Parent companyRBMedia
Founded2000
FounderKevin Colebank, Allen Colebank, and Laura Colebank
Headquarters locationOld Saybrook, Connecticut
DistributionIngram Publisher Services[1]
Publication typesAudiobooks, Books
Official websitewww.tantor.com

Tantor Media is an imprint of RBMedia, its parent company. It produces unabridged fiction and nonfiction audiobooks. Tantor was founded in 2000 as an independent publisher. In January 2015, Tantor was sold to Recorded Books but continued to operate with its own imprint and offices. In 2017, Recorded Books re-organized into RBMedia and Tantor operated as an imprint of RBMedia.

History

In 2000, Tantor Media was founded by brothers Kevin and Allen Colebank and Kevin’s wife, Laura, above a San Clemente, California garage. Tantor is Tarzan's elephant friend in Edgar Rice Burroughs' book Tarzan of the Apes, the first audiobook the company published.[2] In 2004, Tantor relocated to Old Saybrook, Connecticut. By 2007 Tantor experiencing rapid sales growth of 628% since 2005.[3] In 2009, Tantor Media began publishing as Tantor Audio. In 2011, Tantor Media launched Tantor Studios, with audio production and distribution services for publishers and authors.[4][5] In 2012, Tantor Media began publishing print and ebooks.[6][7]

In 2014, Recorded Books acquired Tantor Media.[8] In 2017, Recorded Books re-organized into RBMedia.

References

  1. ↑ "Publishers We Work With - Book Distribution | Ingram Content Group". Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  2. ↑ "Article". Library Journal. March 2008.
  3. ↑ "Indies Experiments Pay Off". Publishers Weekly. February 2008.
  4. ↑ "Audio Newsbriefs". Library Journal. April 2011.
  5. ↑ "Tantor Rolls Out Tantor Studios". Publishers Weekly. March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Audiobook House Tantor Launches Printed Book Line". Library Journal. September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Audiobook Leader Tantor Media Launches Into Print & eBook Publishing". PR Newswire. September 2012.
  8. ↑ Milliot, Jim (2015-01-06). "Recorded Books Buys Tantor Media". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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