Running faster than ever after 25 years.(Running Press)(Brief Article)

RUNNING PRESS has the unusual distinction of being the only trade publisher

in Philadelphia. It is also, at 25 years old, a considerable success story,

with annual sales at around the $50-million mark, and a targeted annual growth

of 15%, which publisher Buz Teacher said will be "notably exceeded" this year.

The publisher, which was begun by Buz and his brother Lawrence in late 1972

in a spare room above Lawrence's bookstore (they stored their first books in

the basement) now occupies a handsome historic landmark townhouse in downtown

Philadelphia, has its own 150,000-square-foot modern distribution center three

miles away, and recently opened an office in London. It employs about 100

people, and is increasing its title …