Description The little independent publisher that could, The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group publishes and distributes some 1,500 academic, reference, and general interest books. The company also publishes about a dozen journals. In addition, Rowman & Littlefield owns National Book Network (NBN), a distributor of independent trade book publishers, and NBN International, a leading distributor of independent publishers in the UK. The company was founded in 1975 by Raymond D. Fellers and chairman Stanley D. Plotnick; company president and CEO Jed Lyons joined Rowman & Littlefield later that same year.
Rowman & Littlefield has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 59 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Rowman & Littlefield employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 50% of employees would recommend working at Rowman & Littlefield to a friend. This is based on 59 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
62% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Rowman & Littlefield as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Rowman & Littlefield.