Shortly after arriving in Grand Rapids, young Herman Baker began working part-time in the bookstore owned by his uncle, Louis Kregel. Here young Baker developed a love for the religious classics, cultivated a knowledge of theology that would rival that of most ministers, and began to dream of beginning a book business of his own. Just one year after he became a bookseller, Herman Baker became a publisher. In 1940 he published More than Conquerors, a commentary on Revelation previously self-published by his friend, Dr. William Hendriksen. This title proved to be typical of the type of book Baker loved to publish--conservative, scholarly, biblical, timeless. This title is still in print, and continues to sell steadily. Baker has always preferred books with longevity, those that will be reprinted regularly over the years.