Bess Press is an American publisher, based in Hawaii, that issues various books on Hawaiian and Pacific history and culture.
[1] It was founded in 1979[2] by Benjamin "Buddy" Bess, who came to Hawaii in 1976 from New York.
Bess bought the rights to two out-of-print textbooks on Hawaiian language, Hawaii: The Aloha State and Hawaii: Our Island State that local schools asked about when he was a sales representative for mainland publishers.
He reprinted both volumes for $15,000, and pre-sold the copies, thus making a profit.
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