Doubleday
Doubleday is one of the largest
book publishing companies in the world.
It was founded as
Doubleday & McClure Company in
1897 by
Frank Nelson Doubleday who had formed a partnership with magazine publisher
Samuel McClure. One of their first bestsellers was
The Day's Work by
Rudyard Kipling. Other authors published by the company in its early years include
W. Somerset Maugham and
Joseph Conrad.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was later a vice-president of the company.
In 1927, Doubleday merged with the
George H. Doran Company, creating the largest publishing business in the English-speaking world.
Doubleday was sold to
Bertelsmann in
1986. In
1988 it became part of the
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, which in turn became a division of
Random House in
1998.
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Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisThe following are
imprints that exist or have existed under Doubleday.
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Garden City Publishing Co. originally established as a separate firm by Nelson Doubleday, Garden City's books were primarily reprints of books first offered by Doubleday, printed from the original plates but on less expensive paper. It was named for the village on
New York's
Long Island in which Doubleday was long headquartered (until 1986), and which still houses Bookspan, the direct marketer of general interest and specialty book clubs run by Doubleday Direct and Book-of-the-Month Club Holdings.
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Rimington & Hooper high quality limited editions.
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Blakiston Co. medical and scientific books. Sold in 1947 to
McGraw-Hill*
Blue Ribbon Books purchased in 1939 from
Reynal & Hitchcock.
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Triangle Books purchased in 1939 from Reynal & Hitchcock. Sold inexpensive books through chainstores.
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Image books Catholic Books -- still a Doubleday unit as part of Doubleday Religious Publishing
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Anchor Books produced quality
paperback for bookstores. It was named for the
anchor that (along with a
dolphin) forms Doubleday's logo. It is now part of the
Knopf Publishing Group's Vintage Anchor unit
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Zenith Books aimed at African-American youths
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Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, a literary imprint established in 1990. Talese, the imprint's publisher and editorial director, is a senior vice president of Doubleday.
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The Crime Club was active through much of the 20th century, publishing mystery and detective novels, most notably the
Fu Manchu series by
Sax Rohmer and the
Saint series by
Leslie Charteris.
Doubleday Bookstores is now a part of
Barnes & Noble.
Largest book publishing companies in the world*
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