ABOUT ATRIA BOOKS
Atria/Beyond Words
At Beyond Words, our books and our company are an expression of who we are as people, the values we hold, and the actions we take to bring our goals to light.
Atria Books Español
In recent years, Atria has placed a strategic emphasis on publishing books for diverse audiences, through the launch of Atria Books Español.
ATRIA:
* Plural of Atrium
* Chambers of the heart
* Open to the sky
* A many-storied court from which other rooms open
* The brightest star in the constellation Triangulum Australe, believed to be a binary system of stars in mutual orbit, gravitationally bound to each other
* An ancient city connected to the Adriatic Sea by a series of canals
Atria Books was launched in 2002 as a new hardcover and paperback imprint within Simon & Schuster, Inc.
We chose the name Atria Books for our new imprint because its many definitions encompass our publishing aims: to create an environment where our authors and their books can flourish, and to connect authors with their readers in the same way the ancient city of Atria once connected to the sea. Atria Books has established itself as a house that is open to new ideas as an atrium is open to the sky.
Since its founding, Atria has published more than 185 New York Times bestsellers, and each season the Atria list brings together a group of established, brand-name writers and original, new voices. Atria is the publishing home to many major bestselling authors including Jodi Picoult, Vince Flynn, T.D. Jakes, Jennifer Weiner, Shirley MacLaine, Brad Thor, Dr. Spencer Johnson, Dr. Zhi Gang Sha, Zane, and Rhonda Byrne's international bestselling phenomenon The Secret.
In recent years, Atria has placed a strategic emphasis on publishing books for diverse audiences, through the acquisition of Strebor Books, the launch of Atria Books Español and Atria International Editions, and a co-publishing agreement with Beyond Words. Atria Books also publishes literary fiction and topical nonfiction in trade paperback under the Washington Square Press imprint.
Atria -- books that entertain, enlighten, educate, and inform.
About the Atria Books Logo (from Iskra Design)
When Simon & Schuster launched a new publishing division, they needed a mark to represent its name, "Atria." The word comes from atrium, which means a Roman courtyard, often the center of the house. The mark had to be compact enough to fit on the spine of a book and imply both the literal and abstract associations of the word. Using the initial A as an expressive vehicle, we explored ideas including architecture, dynamic motion, light and centrality, as well as the seemingly opposite qualities of institutional solidity and casual, popular appeal.
The final logo solution is a formal architectural A which also becomes a book placed with its spine up. It suggests both the
mental space of reading and the physical architecture of the publishing house viewed through an inviting open door.
Atria Unbound is an outreach of Atria Books into the digital world. We aim to create a virtual environment where readers can
discover authors across all platforms using new and innovative technology.
Click here to see Atria's catalog covers through the years.