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Public Libraries
Public libraries are American treasures, and the cornerstones of every community. Thorndike Press shares the commitment of our public library system to developing life-long readers and library users.
More than 20-million Americans suffer from failing vision. Thorndike Press is very proud to have been providing quality large-print books that build quality large-print library collections since 1980.
At Thorndike Press, we publish quality books because we know that people who will benefit from large-print want to read what everyone else is reading. We publish more bestsellers than any other large-print publisher and we produce the highest-quality large-print books found anywhere. All our books are complete and unabridged and we back our products with a 100% guarantee.
Large-print books aid many different consumers of any age:
- Struggling and reluctant readers, visit our reluctant
reader center
- Readers with any-strength prescription lenses
- Visually imparied readers
- ESL readers
- Speed readers
- Anyone of any age who loves to read
Thorndike Press books are typeset in 16-point Plantin font using jet-black ink on high-opacity paper, and are approved by the National Association of the Visually Handicapped (NAVH). All of our large-print books are complete and unabridged, and are produced with materials and binding that withstand library circulation.
Download the NAVH letter and sample chapter [pdf, 1.1 MB]
Our Web site is designed to keep our customers informed about our latest
large-print title acquisitions and our latest promotions. Tell us what
you think by e-mailing your comments to Debbie Ludden, marketing manager,
at debbie.ludden@thomson.com.
