WWE Books
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryPublishing
Founded2002 (2002) in Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Headquarters
Stamford, Connecticut
,
United States
Key people
Executive vice president and publisher Louise Burke
Vice president and associate publisher Scott Shannon
ProductsBooks
OwnerEndeavor
ParentWWE (TKO Group Holdings)

WWE Books is a subsidiary of World Wrestling Entertainment, a division of TKO Group Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings, 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

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

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

  1. ↑ "WWE and Simon & Schuster Announce New Publishing Partnership". World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. May 27, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "DK Publishing and WWE Announce Global Partnership". World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
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