McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Employee Directory
Book and Periodical PublishingNorth Carolina, United States51-200 Employees
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers is an independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, specializing in academic nonfiction. It maintains a catalog of more than 6,500 titles across topics such as pop culture, sports, military, transportation, body and mind, literature, history, and medieval studies, serving libraries, scholars, and general readers who seek reliable reference works. The company emphasizes adherence to library standards and has earned recognition through various awards. In 2016 it launched Exposit Books, an imprint that pairs accessible topics with rigorous scholarship, and in 2018 it added Toplight Books, focused on body, mind, and spirit. These imprints reflect a strategy to broaden its reach across both popular and specialized nonfiction while maintaining scholarly standards.