| Prime Book Agency | |
|---|---|
| Formerly | Prime Press |
| Industry | Book publishing services |
| Products | Books and e-books |
| Services | Editing, proofreading, ghostwriting, book formatting, cover design, audiobook production, translation, printing and marketing |
| Website | https://www.primebookagency.com/ |
Prime Press, Inc. is a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in 1947. It published a number of interesting science fiction books in its brief lifespan.
It was founded by Oswald Train, James A. Williams, Alfred C. Prime, and Armand E. Waldo who were all members of the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society (PSFS). The founders originally intended that the press focus on writers living in the Philadelphia area or associated with PSFS. In 1950, Prime and Waldo asked Williams and Train to buy them out. Williams died suddenly in 1951. Train was unable to continue the press on his own. Their next book was to have been Lost Continents, by L. Sprague de Camp. Prime had printed the signatures, but handed the project off to Gnome Press who bound them with a new title page.
Prime Press's publishing name is also associated with educational publishing activities in Athens, Greece, where the company operates as an international educational publisher. Its catalogue includes educational materials in English, Arabic, and French, covering subjects such as English, science, social studies, and mathematics, alongside digital learning resources and teacher-training support. Separately, Prime Book Agency provides book-related services, including writing, editing, design, publishing, and marketing, supporting authors throughout the book development and publication process.