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Chronicle Books

Logo: chroniclebooks.com4

American book publisher

Chronicle Books is a San Francisco–based American publishing company that publishes books for both adults and children.2 It is part of The McEvoy Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1967Founded1
  • Industrypublishing1
  • HeadquartersSan Francisco1
  • Websitewww.chroniclebooks.com
  • Legal formLimited Liability Company3
  • LEI549300LLLD1D5U1ORK703
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY, 19801 Wilmington, United States3
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 31229263

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Chronicle Books is a San Francisco–based American publishing company that publishes books for both adults and children.2

Corporate structure

Chronicle Books is part of a group headed by The McEvoy Group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The company was established in 1967 by Phelps Dewey, an executive with Chronicle Publishing Company, then-publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1999 it was bought by Nion McEvoy, great-grandson of M. H. de Young, founder of the Chronicle, from other family members who were selling off the company's assets. At the time Chronicle Books had a staff of 130 and published 300 books per year, with a catalog of more than 1,000 books.

In 2000, McEvoy set up the McEvoy Group as a holding company. In 2008, Chronicle acquired Handprint Books.

From Wikipedia’s article on Chronicle Books, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1967Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$3.7M 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $3.7M in all. PPP loans $3.7M.$0$1M$2M$3M$4M2020 · PPP loans: $3.7M2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$3.7M$3.7M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA6. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 27, 2020$3.7M PPP loan (first draw) from The Citizens State Bank of Ouray6To CHRONICLE BOOKS, San Francisco CA; $3.7M forgiven Jul 15, 2021

Sources

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