Tuttle Publishing

[3][4] A company profile describes it as an "International publisher of innovative books on design, cooking, martial arts, language, travel and spirituality with a focus on China, Japan and Southeast Asia.

[8][9] According to executives, "Tuttle, which specializes in Japanese and other Asian books, came to feel that it was putting its existing business at risk by acquiring Atlantic.

"[14] The company's founder, Charles Egbert Tuttle, Jr., was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University.

[6] He enlisted in the U.S. military and was stationed in Japan immediately after World War II, working on General Douglas MacArthur’s staff.

[11] Tuttle publishes between 150-175 new books each year, including cooking, craft, history, art, architecture, current affairs, travel, origami, gardening and children's titles.

The company's bestselling books include Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible by Hitomi Shida, which has sold more than 60,000 copies since its release in 2017 and was in its fifth printing in 2018,[19] Others include Cool Japan Guide by Abby Denson, North Korea Confidential by Daniel Tudor and James Pearson, and Geek in Japan by Hector Garcia.

[20][21] The company has also published books on Tagalog,[22] Chinese,[18] Korean, Indonesian, Burmese, Cambodian, Lao, Malay, Thai, and Vietnamese.

The company has a strong international network of distributors and booksellers—with Tuttle books distributed not only in North America and Asia, but from Europe to Australia and the Middle East to South Africa.

Exterior of Periplus Bookshop in Pondoh Indah Mall
A Periplus Bookshops branch in Pondok Indah Mall , part of Periplus Publishing Group and where most of Tuttle Publishing books are offered for sale in Indonesia