The firm published Scribner's Magazine for many years. More recently, several Scribner titles and authors have garnered Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards and other merits. In 1978 the company merged with Atheneum and became The Scribner Book Companies. In turn it merged into Macmillan in 1984.[1]
Simon & Schuster bought Macmillan in 1994.[2] By this point only the trade book and reference book operations still bore the original family name. After the merger, the Macmillan and Atheneum adult lists were merged into Scribner's and the Scribner's children list was merged into Atheneum.[3][4] The former imprint, now simply "Scribner", was retained by Simon & Schuster, while the reference division has been owned by Gale since 1999. As of 2012[update], Scribner is a division of Simon & Schuster under the title Scribner Publishing Group which also includes the Touchstone Books imprint.[5]
The president of Scribner as of 2017[update] is Susan Moldow (who also held the position of publisher from 1994 to 2012), and the current publisher is Nan Graham.[6]
The firm was founded in 1846 by Charles Scribner I and Isaac D. Baker as "Baker & Scribner." After Baker's death, Scribner bought the remainder of the company and renamed it the "Charles Scribner Company." In 1865, the company made its first venture into magazine publishing with Hours at Home.
In 1870, the Scribners[clarification needed] organized a new firm, Scribner and Company, to publish a magazine entitled Scribner's Monthly. After the death of Charles Scribner I in 1871, his son John Blair Scribner took over as president of the company. His other sons Charles Scribner II and Arthur Hawley Scribner would also join the firm, in 1875 and 1884. They each later served as presidents. When the other partners in the venture sold their stake to the family, the company was renamed Charles Scribner's Sons.
The company launched St. Nicholas Magazine in 1873 with Mary Mapes Dodge as editor and Frank R. Stockton as assistant editor; it became well known as a children's magazine. When the Scribner family sold the magazine company to outside investors in 1881, Scribner's Monthly was renamed the Century Magazine. The Scribners brothers were enjoined from publishing any magazine for a period of five years.
Simon & Schuster reorganized their adult imprints into four divisions in 2012.[5] Scribner became the Scribner Publishing Group and would expand to include Touchstone Books which had previously been part of Free Press.[8] The other divisions are Atria Publishing Group, Simon & Schuster Publishing Group, and the Gallery Publishing Group. The new Scribner division would be led by Susan Moldow as president.[5]
Simon & Schuster has published thousands of books from thousands of authors. This list represents some of the more notable authors (those who are culturally significant or have had several bestsellers) from Scribner since becoming part of Simon & Schuster. For a more extensive list see List of Simon & Schuster authors.
^Mitgang, Herbert (April 26, 1984). "MACMILLAN ACQUIRES SCRIBNER". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
^Fabrikant, Geraldine (November 11, 1993). "Paramount To Acquire Macmillan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
^Lyall, Sarah (January 24, 1994). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Paramount Publishing to Cut Jobs and Books". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
^Dunleavey, M. P. (June 13, 1994). "Anatomy of a merger". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
^ abc"S&S Reorganizes Adult Group; Levin to Leave Free Press". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
^. www.simonandschusterpublishing.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
^. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
^Sisario, Ben (October 23, 2012). "After Consolidation at Simon & Schuster, Top Two at Free Press Are Leaving". Media Decoder Blog. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
^"Charles Scribner" (PDF). The New York Times. August 28, 1871. Retrieved July 24, 2008. The sad news was received on Saturday evening of the death from fever on that day at Lucerne, Switzerland, of Mr. Charles Scribner, head of the eminent publishing house Charles Scribner & Company...
^"Charles Scribner Dies suddenly at 76. Publisher Succumbs to Heart Disease at Home Here. Was at Desk Thursday. Entered Firm as Youth. Directed Business His Father Founded. Fostered Work of American Authors. Firm Founded in 1846. Received Honorary Degree". The New York Times. April 20, 1930. Retrieved July 24, 2008. Charles Scribner, chairman of the Board of Directors of the publishing house of Charles Scribner's Sons, 597 Fifth Avenue, which was founded by his father, died suddenly at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon of heart ...
^Pace, Eric (November 13, 1995). "Charles Scribner Jr., Who Headed Publishing Company, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved July 24, 2008. Charles Scribner Jr., the longtime head of the Charles Scribner's Sons book publishing company, died on Saturday at the Mary Manning Walsh nursing home on York Avenue in Manhattan. He was 74 and lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for half a century. The cause was pneumonia, and he had suffered for a decade from a degenerative neurological disorder, said his son Charles Scribner 3d.
^Bailey, Herbert S. Jr. (1997). "Charles Scribner, Jr. (13 July 1921 – 11 November 1995)". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 141, No. 2. 141 (2): 233–237. JSTOR 987306.
^"Scribner/Simon & Schuster Acquires Majority of Stephen King's Body of Work".
Further reading
Roger Burlingame, Of Making Many Books: A Hundred Years of Reading, Writing and Publishing, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996 (Penn State Series in the History of the Book).
Robert Trogdon, The Lousy Racket: Hemingway, Scribners, and the Business of Literature, Kent State University Press, 2007.
External links
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Archives of Charles Scribner's Sons at the Princeton University Library, Manuscript Division
Charles Scribner's Sons Art Reference Department records at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Charles Scribner's Sons: An Illustrated Chronology Princeton Library
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typesBooksFiction genresAmerican literatureOwner s ViacomCBS trade Cengage Learning reference Official websitescribnerbooks wbr comThe firm published Scribner s Magazine for many years More recently several Scribner titles and authors have garnered Pulitzer Prizes National Book Awards and other merits In 1978 the company merged with Atheneum and became The Scribner Book Companies In turn it merged into Macmillan in 1984 1 Simon amp Schuster bought Macmillan in 1994 2 By this point only the trade book and reference book operations still bore the original family name After the merger the Macmillan and Atheneum adult lists were merged into Scribner s and the Scribner s children list was merged into Atheneum 3 4 The former imprint now simply Scribner was retained by Simon amp Schuster while the reference division has been owned by Gale since 1999 As of 2012 update Scribner is a division of Simon amp Schuster under the title Scribner Publishing Group which also includes the Touchstone Books imprint 5 The president of Scribner as of 2017 update is Susan Moldow who also held the position of publisher from 1994 to 2012 and the current publisher is Nan Graham 6 Contents 1 History 2 Presidents 2 1 Notable authors 2 1 1 Notable authors under Charles Scribner II 2 1 2 Notable authors under Charles Scribner s Sons 2 1 3 Notable authors under Maxwell Perkins and John Hall Wheelock 2 1 4 Notable authors under Simon and Schuster 3 Names 4 Bookstores 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory EditThe firm was founded in 1846 by Charles Scribner I and Isaac D Baker as Baker amp Scribner After Baker s death Scribner bought the remainder of the company and renamed it the Charles Scribner Company In 1865 the company made its first venture into magazine publishing with Hours at Home In 1870 the Scribners clarification needed organized a new firm Scribner and Company to publish a magazine entitled Scribner s Monthly After the death of Charles Scribner I in 1871 his son John Blair Scribner took over as president of the company His other sons Charles Scribner II and Arthur Hawley Scribner would also join the firm in 1875 and 1884 They each later served as presidents When the other partners in the venture sold their stake to the family the company was renamed Charles Scribner s Sons The company launched St Nicholas Magazine in 1873 with Mary Mapes Dodge as editor and Frank R Stockton as assistant editor it became well known as a children s magazine When the Scribner family sold the magazine company to outside investors in 1881 Scribner s Monthly was renamed the Century Magazine The Scribners brothers were enjoined from publishing any magazine for a period of five years In 1886 at the expiration of this term they launched Scribner s Magazine The firm s headquarters were in the Scribner Building built in 1893 on lower Fifth Avenue at 21st Street and later in the Charles Scribner s Sons Building on Fifth Avenue in midtown Both buildings were designed by Ernest Flagg in a Beaux Arts style The children s book division was established in 1934 under the leadership of Alice Dalgliesh It published works by distinguished authors and illustrators including N C Wyeth Robert A Heinlein Marcia Brown Will James Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Leo Politi Scribner merged with Atheneum in 1978 and then merged into Macmillan in 1984 In 1994 Macmillan was bought by Simon amp Schuster As of 2011 update the publisher is owned by the CBS Corporation 7 Simon amp Schuster reorganized their adult imprints into four divisions in 2012 5 Scribner became the Scribner Publishing Group and would expand to include Touchstone Books which had previously been part of Free Press 8 The other divisions are Atria Publishing Group Simon amp Schuster Publishing Group and the Gallery Publishing Group The new Scribner division would be led by Susan Moldow as president 5 Presidents EditCharles Scribner I 1821 1871 1846 to 1871 9 John Blair Scribner 1850 1879 1871 to 1879 Charles Scribner II 1854 1930 1879 to 1930 10 Arthur Hawley Scribner 1859 1932 c 1900 Charles Scribner III 1890 1952 1932 to 1952 Charles Scribner IV 1921 1995 1952 to 1984 11 12 Notable authors Edit Notable authors under Charles Scribner II Edit Edith Wharton Henry JamesNotable authors under Charles Scribner s Sons Edit Ernest Hemingway Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Ring Lardner Thomas Wolfe Reinhold Niebuhr Susanne LangerNotable authors under Maxwell Perkins and John Hall Wheelock Edit F Scott Fitzgerald Thomas Wolfe Ernest Hemingway Ring Lardner Erskine Caldwell S S Van Dine James Jones Alan PatonNotable authors under Simon and Schuster Edit Simon amp Schuster has published thousands of books from thousands of authors This list represents some of the more notable authors those who are culturally significant or have had several bestsellers from Scribner since becoming part of Simon amp Schuster For a more extensive list see List of Simon amp Schuster authors Annie Proulx Andrew Solomon Anthony Doerr Don DeLillo Frank McCourt Stephen King 1998 present for new releases 2016 present for re releases in US Canada 13 Jeanette WallsNames EditBaker amp Scribner until the death of Baker in 1850 Charles Scribner Company Charles Scribner s Sons ScribnerBookstores EditThe Scribner Bookstores are now owned by Barnes amp Noble See also EditCharles Scribner I Scribner s Monthly Scribner s Magazine Simon amp Schuster Scribner BuildingReferences Edit Mitgang Herbert April 26 1984 MACMILLAN ACQUIRES SCRIBNER The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 22 2016 Fabrikant Geraldine November 11 1993 Paramount To Acquire Macmillan The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 22 2016 Lyall Sarah January 24 1994 THE MEDIA BUSINESS Paramount Publishing to Cut Jobs and Books The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved December 23 2019 Dunleavey M P June 13 1994 Anatomy of a merger Publishers Weekly Retrieved December 23 2019 a b c S amp S Reorganizes Adult Group Levin to Leave Free Press Publishers Weekly Retrieved January 16 2017 Scribner Meet the Team From Simon amp Schuster www simonandschusterpublishing com Archived from the original on January 18 2017 Retrieved January 16 2017 Columbia Journalism Review CJR s guide to what the major media companies own Archived from the original on April 17 2016 Retrieved November 28 2011 Sisario Ben October 23 2012 After Consolidation at Simon amp Schuster Top Two at Free Press Are Leaving Media Decoder Blog Retrieved January 16 2017 Charles Scribner PDF The New York Times August 28 1871 Retrieved July 24 2008 The sad news was received on Saturday evening of the death from fever on that day at Lucerne Switzerland of Mr Charles Scribner head of the eminent publishing house Charles Scribner amp Company Charles Scribner Dies suddenly at 76 Publisher Succumbs to Heart Disease at Home Here Was at Desk Thursday Entered Firm as Youth Directed Business His Father Founded Fostered Work of American Authors Firm Founded in 1846 Received Honorary Degree The New York Times April 20 1930 Retrieved July 24 2008 Charles Scribner chairman of the Board of Directors of the publishing house of Charles Scribner s Sons 597 Fifth Avenue which was founded by his father died suddenly at 1 o clock yesterday afternoon of heart Pace Eric November 13 1995 Charles Scribner Jr Who Headed Publishing Company Dies at 74 The New York Times Retrieved July 24 2008 Charles Scribner Jr the longtime head of the Charles Scribner s Sons book publishing company died on Saturday at the Mary Manning Walsh nursing home on York Avenue in Manhattan He was 74 and lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for half a century The cause was pneumonia and he had suffered for a decade from a degenerative neurological disorder said his son Charles Scribner 3d Bailey Herbert S Jr 1997 Charles Scribner Jr 13 July 1921 11 November 1995 Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Vol 141 No 2 141 2 233 237 JSTOR 987306 Scribner Simon amp Schuster Acquires Majority of Stephen King s Body of Work Further reading EditRoger Burlingame Of Making Many Books A Hundred Years of Reading Writing and Publishing New York Charles Scribner s Sons 1946 Pennsylvania State University Press 1996 Penn State Series in the History of the Book Robert Trogdon The Lousy Racket Hemingway Scribners and the Business of Literature Kent State University Press 2007 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charles Scribner s Sons Wikisource has original works published by or about Charles Scribner s Sons The House of Scribner Charles Scribner s Sons at Thomson Gale Archives of Charles Scribner s Sons at the Princeton University Library Manuscript Division Charles Scribner s Sons Art Reference Department records at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art Charles Scribner s Sons An Illustrated Chronology Princeton Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles Scribner 27s 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