Cumberland House Publishing is a Nashville-based independent publisher founded in 1996 by Ron Pitkin. It specializes in a wide range of nonfiction and fiction titles including conservative, inspirational, and historical nonfiction, as well as cooking, family life, biographies, gift books, travel guides, sports collections, and entertainment. The publisher gained prominence for bestselling series such as Gregory E. Lang's 'Why a Daughter Needs a Dad,' which sold over five million copies and became a New York Times bestseller, and award-winning cookbooks like 'Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread, and Scuppernong Wine,' which won a James Beard Award. Cumberland House published works by figures such as former U.S. Senator Jim DeMint, aligning with themes of family values, regional interests, and motivational content. Prior to founding Cumberland House, Pitkin co-founded Rutledge Hill Press in 1983, which produced bestsellers like 'Life's Little Instruction Book.' In 2008, Sourcebooks acquired certain assets of Cumberland House, including approximately 90 backlist and forthcoming titles, and it continued as an independent imprint under Sourcebooks with Pitkin as executive acquisitions editor. By 2009, over 400 titles from Cumberland House were sold to Turner Publishing Company, which incorporated Cumberland House Press as one of its imprints. The publisher's output emphasized English-language books in categories such as family, fiction, sports, and travel. Ron Pitkin, a pivotal figure in Nashville's publishing scene, passed away on April 6, 2022, at age 79. Cumberland House continues to operate as an imprint of Turner Publishing Company, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and maintains a reputation for quality inspirational and historical content with ties to platforms like the Conservative Book Club.