ESPN Books
American publishing company owned by ESPN
ESPN Books is a publishing company operated by ESPN. Started in 2004, ESPN Books has published almost 20 books. ESPN Books also is in charge of producing ESPN's yearly sports encyclopedia. It also runs its own book club and ranks the top-selling sports books in ESPN Borders. Since 2008, it has co-published its books with Ballantine Books.
Authors that have written books for ESPN Books include Bill Simmons, Peter Keating, and Ralph Wiley.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3046142. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004 and 2008.
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This entry incorporates text from “ESPN Books” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.