A broad publishing family with a focused creative center.

RP Media has over 2,500 titles, including titles distributed through retail, school, and library channels for readers of all ages. Although RP Media has published dozens of authors across its imprints over the years, its primary focus is the work of William Stanek and Robert Stanek, with Hui Cha Stanek central to the visual, travel, and national parks record.

2,500+ titles in the RP Media publishing family Across retail, school, and library channels
11 major publishing imprints Books, audio, children, learning, parks, travel, leadership, professional knowledge
all ages reader and institution paths Children, teens, adults, schools, colleges, libraries, and bookstores
since 1994 independent publishing history Print, digital, audio, education, and story worlds
150+ professionally published books
57+ languages

Why imprints matter

Each imprint gives readers a cleaner doorway into the work.

RP Media has published widely, but the imprint structure keeps the site understandable. It separates books and audio, historic Reagent Press material, current releases, children’s learning, natural-world books, national park field guides, leadership, wellness, business, technology, and professional knowledge into clear public shelves.

Although RP Media has published dozens of authors across its imprints over the years, the current site gives primary focus to the work of William Stanek and Robert Stanek while preserving the larger company history.

Publishing imprints

The RP Media shelves.

Each imprint page explains its identity, what it publishes, who it serves, related publishing names, featured books or series, and the most useful next links.

main publishing arm

RP Books & Audio

Fiction, nonfiction, print, ebook, audio, classroom learning, coursework, and restored editions.

RP Books & Audio is the main publishing arm for fiction and nonfiction in ebook, print, and audio formats, with work for children, early YA, YA and teen readers, scholastic audiences, collegiate audiences, classroom learning materials, coursework, and reader-first editions.

  • William R. Stanek
  • William Stanek
  • Robert Stanek
  • R. Stanek
  • W. R. Stanek
Explore RP Books & Audio

larger audio publishing imprint

RP Audio

Audiobooks across fiction, nonfiction, education, legacy editions, and story worlds.

RP Audio is the larger audio publishing imprint for RP Media, with more than 500 titles produced and distributed across fiction, nonfiction, children’s listening, educational materials, restored editions, and story-world audio since 2002. Its catalog includes work for retail listeners, school and library audiences, families, students, and lifelong learners.

  • William R. Stanek
  • William Stanek
  • Robert Stanek
  • R. Stanek
  • W. R. Stanek
Explore RP Audio

children’s audio publishing imprint

RP Audio Kids

Audiobooks, read-alongs, learning audio, and story-world listening for children and families.

RP Audio Kids is the children’s audio imprint for RP Media, with more than 500 titles spanning fiction, nonfiction, early learning, read-along listening, classroom-friendly audio, and family listening since 2002. Its catalog supports young readers, developing listeners, schools, libraries, and parents through accessible audio editions and story-rich learning experiences.

  • Robert Stanek
  • R. Stanek
  • William R. Stanek
  • William Stanek
Explore RP Audio Kids

historic and continuing imprint

Reagent Press

The historic publishing house behind Ruin Mist, Bugville, audio, digital-first work, and legacy editions.

Reagent Press is the main historic and continuing publishing arm for ebooks, print books, and audio across fiction and nonfiction for children, early YA, YA and teen readers, adults, retail channels, scholastic channels, and collegiate channels.

  • Robert Stanek
  • R. Stanek
  • W. R. Stanek
  • William Stanek
  • William R. Stanek
Explore Reagent Press

current print, ebook, and audio imprint

Big Blue Sky Press

Current fiction and nonfiction for children, teens, adults, retail, scholastic, collegiate, print, ebook, and audio.

Big Blue Sky Press is the publishing arm for RP Media’s most current print, ebook, and audio titles across fiction and nonfiction for children, early YA, YA and teen readers, adults, retail audiences, scholastic audiences, and collegiate audiences.

  • William R. Stanek
  • William Stanek
  • Robert Stanek
  • R. Stanek
  • W. R. Stanek
Explore Big Blue Sky Press

children’s and classroom imprint

My World Books

Children’s books, scholastic materials, classroom resources, and K–12 reading paths.

My World Books is the children’s and classroom imprint for K–12 books, scholastic reading, classroom materials, family reading, early learning, Bugville Critters, Magic Lands, Stranger Truths, and stories younger readers can grow into.

  • R. Stanek
  • Robert Stanek
Explore My World Books

children’s learning and story-world imprint

Bugville Learning

Early learning, beginning readers, classroom resources, and Bugville story-world education.

Bugville Learning is the umbrella imprint for Bugville Critters, Bugville Jr., Bugville Sleuth Society, Big Ideas for Bright Little Minds, BIG Little Readers, and Bugville Big Adventures. Since 2005, Bugville Learning has brought together children’s books, early learning materials, beginning reader paths, classroom resources, family learning, and character-based educational experiences for young readers.

  • Robert Stanek
  • R. Stanek
Explore Bugville Learning

natural world and classroom imprint

Wonderful World Press

Natural-world books, national parks, children’s learning, scholastic materials, and K–12 classroom resources.

Wonderful World Press focuses on books about the natural world, children’s books, national parks, travel, place-first field guides, scholastic materials, and K–12 classroom resources.

  • William R. Stanek
  • William Stanek
  • R. Stanek
Explore Wonderful World Press

national parks literary field guide imprint

Our American National Parks Library

Literary field guides, park companions, photography insight, travel planning, and national park art.

Our American National Parks Library is the publishing home for William and Hui Cha Stanek’s literary field guides to America’s greatest landscapes. The imprint brings together compact, deeply useful national park guides, living online companions, photography wisdom, quiet-travel guidance, family-friendly planning, and collector-facing national park and wildlife art rooted in wonder, field intelligence, and a more human way of traveling.

  • William R. Stanek
  • William Stanek
  • Hui Cha Stanek
Explore Our American National Parks Library

scholastic, collegiate, and professional learning imprint

Stanek Learning

Learning materials for schools, libraries, colleges, professionals, and lifelong learners.

Stanek Learning is the new home for learning materials serving schools, libraries, colleges, classrooms, professionals, and independent learners. Its catalog focuses on a wide spectrum of technology, science, business, leadership, professional knowledge, coursework, and practical education at the crossroads of technology, business, and science.

  • William R. Stanek
  • William Stanek
  • W. R. Stanek
Explore Stanek Learning

professional, leadership, and wellness imprint

Stanek & Associates Press

Business, leadership, wellness, professional knowledge, coursework, retreats, seminars, and collegiate materials.

Stanek & Associates Press focuses on business, leadership, wellness, professional knowledge, ebooks, books, audiobooks, collegiate materials, coursework, retreat materials, leadership seminars, and classes covering the same practical fields.

  • William Stanek
  • William R. Stanek
Explore Stanek & Associates Press

Find the right imprint

A reader-first map of the publishing family.

Use this section as a practical guide: choose the imprint that matches the kind of book, listener, classroom, rights conversation, or publishing record you need.

main publishing arm

RP Books & Audio

Fiction, nonfiction, print, ebook, audio, classroom learning, coursework, and restored editions.

larger audio publishing imprint

RP Audio

Audiobooks across fiction, nonfiction, education, legacy editions, and story worlds.

children’s audio publishing imprint

RP Audio Kids

Audiobooks, read-alongs, learning audio, and story-world listening for children and families.

historic and continuing imprint

Reagent Press

The historic publishing house behind Ruin Mist, Bugville, audio, digital-first work, and legacy editions.

current print, ebook, and audio imprint

Big Blue Sky Press

Current fiction and nonfiction for children, teens, adults, retail, scholastic, collegiate, print, ebook, and audio.

children’s and classroom imprint

My World Books

Children’s books, scholastic materials, classroom resources, and K–12 reading paths.

children’s learning and story-world imprint

Bugville Learning

Early learning, beginning readers, classroom resources, and Bugville story-world education.

natural world and classroom imprint

Wonderful World Press

Natural-world books, national parks, children’s learning, scholastic materials, and K–12 classroom resources.

national parks literary field guide imprint

Our American National Parks Library

Literary field guides, park companions, photography insight, travel planning, and national park art.

scholastic, collegiate, and professional learning imprint

Stanek Learning

Learning materials for schools, libraries, colleges, professionals, and lifelong learners.

professional, leadership, and wellness imprint

Stanek & Associates Press

Business, leadership, wellness, professional knowledge, coursework, retreats, seminars, and collegiate materials.

Next step

Move from imprint to books, authors, rights, or the historic archive.

The imprint system is the public-facing map for a wide publishing record. It helps readers find the right shelf without flattening the company history.