Sourcebooks

What do houses of ideas look like in Midtown. Sourcebooks has its office a few blocks from Bryant Park, where editors work above street noise on the 13th floor of 9 E 40th St. The building’s numbered address is easy to spot from Fifth Avenue, and the elevator ride up cuts the sidewalk bustle down to a steady hum.

As a publisher, fiction and nonfiction titles roll through the pipeline year-round, with new lists arriving in spring and fall. Behind closed doors, acquisitions teams evaluate proposals across genres, while marketing teams coordinate catalog mailings and digital campaigns. Rights managers broker deals overseas, and production staff shepherd manuscripts toward print and digital deadlines.

Need to reach them. Dial (212) 414-1701 for the main line. A quick map shows the walk from Grand Central; just head north on Madison, cut over at 40th, and the building’s set back from the traffic.