Books by Maine authors celebrating our area’s uniqueness are at the heart of Penobscot Books in Stonington, Maine. Our mission is preservation in book form, keeping alive our history, commemorating the special people of our area, and sharing our spectacular natural resources and culture. Our authors all live in or have ties to the East Penobscot Bay area, making Penobscot Books a truly local independent publisher.

Penobscot Books is a division of Penobscot Bay Press, a 50+ -year-old company that publishes three weekly newspapers covering the towns of East Penobscot Bay. As part of our mission, we also preserve some of that newspaper content in book form. One example is Island Heritage, a compendium of reminiscences by Deer Isle and Stonington folks, looking back at their younger days and life here then.

Our titles are largely nonfiction and also include cookbooks and children’s publications. See inside for the award-winning Island Naturalist, Around Maine coloring book, Vangie’s Kitchen Corner Downeast cookbook, and much more.

We publish multiple books per year in sync with the summer season and winter holidays. Our books are marketed to bookstores and other venues throughout Maine and New England as well as to Acadia National Park gift stores, and can be found on our website, in our offices in Stonington and Blue Hill, and some titles on amazon.com.

Thank you for visiting our online store. Your purchase supports local business and helps keep our area’s economy vibrant.

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Our experienced team can collaborate, produce and print a Print Job or publish your Manuscript or Book.

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Want to know more? You can reach us at 207-367-2200 or books@pbp.me.