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Paladin and Loompanics. What would we do without these unique book publishers? But now Loompanics has called it quits, and fortunately for us, Paladin will continue printing many of the Loompanics favorites.

Paladin Press is the source for books and videos on personal and financial freedom, survival and preparedness, firearms and shooting, martial arts and self-defense, military and police tactics, knives and knife fighting, and more.
Browse through their collection of startlingly original titles — more than 800!

Action Library

Paladin Press, Gunbarrel Tech Center, 7077 Winchester Circle, Boulder, Colorado 80301; phone: 303.443.7250; to order with credit card: 800.392.2400.

When Paladin Press was founded in 1970, the book-publishing world probably thought it would not even survive, much less become the success story it has.

The company came into existence in September 1970 when Peder Lund joined Robert K. Brown as a partner in a book-publishing venture previously known as Panther Publications. They changed the name to avoid inadvertent identification with the then-active and highly publicized Black Panther movement. The word “paladin” comes from the knights who served in Charlemagne's court in eighth-century France. It was with some irony that Brown and Lund named the company after knights dispatched by the king to redress wrongs in the land.

As former military men and adventurers, Lund and Brown were convinced there was a market for books on specialized military and action/adventure topics. Both men also firmly believed that the First Amendment guaranteed Americans the right to read about whatever subjects they desired, and this became the cornerstone of Paladin’s publishing philosophy.