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Crown Publishing Group

The Crown Publishing Group is a subsidiary of Penguin Random House that publishes across several fiction and non-fiction categories. Originally founded in 1933 as a remaindered books wholesaler called Outlet Book Company, the firm expanded into publishing original content in 1936 under the Crown name, and was acquired by Random House in 1988. Under Random House's ownership, the Crown Publishing Group was operated as an independent division until 2018, when it was merged with the rest of Random House's adult programs.

Crown Publishing Group
Parent companyRandom House (Penguin Random House)
StatusActive
Founded1933
Founders
  • Nat Wartels
  • Bob Simon
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City, New York, U.S.
DistributionWorldwide
Official websitewww.crownpublishing.com

Crown authors[1] include Jean Auel, Max Brooks, George W. Bush, Eitan Bernath,[2] Deepak Chopra, Ann Coulter, Andrew Cuomo,[3] Giada De Laurentiis, Will Ferrell (as fictional character Ron Burgundy), Gillian Flynn, Jim Gaffigan, Ina Garten, Greg Gutfeld, Mindy Kaling, Rachel Maddow, Jillian Michaels, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Theresa Rebeck, Mark Brennan Rosenberg, Judith Rossner, Rebecca Skloot, Suzanne Somers, Martha Stewart, Jonah Goldberg, Michael Jackson and many others.

History edit

Outlet Book Company edit

The company was founded in 1933 as the Outlet Book Company by Nat Wartels and Bob Simon.[4][5] Outlet Book Company began by featuring overstock and remaindered books, but soon moved into reprints of backlist, out-of-print, largely non-fiction titles, then into reprints of bestselling fiction and non-fiction, and eventually into original titles. It was under the Crown name that they began to publish original content in 1936.[6]

Crown acquired bankrupt publishers such as Covici-Friede, Henkle-Yewdale, and Robert M. McBride in the 1940s.[7] Other publishers acquired by Crown include Arcadia House; Howell, Soskin; and Julian Press.[7][8][9] Clarkson Potter became affiliated with Crown in 1963.[10]

Under the direction of Wartels,[4] Alan Mirken,[11] Joseph Reiner[12] and others, Crown Books became one of the Outlet Book Company's lead imprints for original publishing which included such landmark fiction and non-fiction as Judith Krantz's Princess Daisy, Jean M. Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear and Alex Comfort's The Joy of Sex in its early high-profile years.

Crown Publishing Group had its headquarters at 225 Park Avenue South in Midtown Manhattan,[13][14] occupying 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) of space. Random House received the space when it acquired the company. In 1990 Random House signaled intentions to sublease the space.[15]

Random House edit

The Outlet Book Company's Crown Books remained an independent company until 1988[11][16] when it was purchased by Random House.

In 2008, the Doubleday Business/Currency, Doubleday Religion, and WaterBrook Multnomah divisions were moved from Doubleday to Crown when Doubleday was merged with Knopf.[17] Doubleday Religion was replaced with the Catholic imprint Image in 2011.[18]

In 2018, Crown was combined with the main Random House Publishing Group.[19]

Imprints edit

Following the 2018 reorganization, the imprints that constitute Crown Publishing continued to be tied together into three imprint groups within Random House. The "trade" group includes the imprints Crown, Crown Archetype, Broadway Books, Hogarth, Three Rivers Press, and Tim Duggan Books. An illustrated and prescriptive nonfiction group comprises Clarkson Potter, Harmony Books, Rodale Books, and Ten Speed Press (which includes sub-imprints Lorena Jones Books and Watson-Guptill). A third group collects the business, conservative politics, and Christianity imprints Currency (formerly Doubleday/Crown Business), Crown Forum, Convergent, Image (formerly Doubleday Religion), Multnomah, and WaterBrook.[19]

Former imprints of the Crown Publishing Group included Amphoto Books, Bell Tower Press, Orion Books (unconnected to Orion Publishing), Shaye Areheart, and some related subsidiaries like Gramercy Publishing Company. These have either been discontinued or transferred to other Random House units.

References edit

  1. ^ "Crown Publishing Group: Authors". RandomHouse.com.
  2. ^ "Eitan Eats the World by Eitan Bernath: 9780593235362 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  3. ^ Jesse McKinley, Danny Hakim, and Alexandra Alter (March 31, 2021). "As Cuomo Sought $4 Million Book Deal, Aides Hid Damaging Death Toll". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b Cyr, Diane (January 1988). . Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management. Archived from the original on June 23, 2006. Nat Wartels, founder, Crown Publishers, inducted for outstanding contributions to book publishing. Wartels' philosophy has been "to perceive what people in the marketplace want, and find the right author, art director and whoever else is needed to shape the book for the audience." With that, Wartels organized the bankrupt Outlet Book Company—which he bought for a few hundred dollars during the Depression—into highly successful Crown Publishing.
  5. ^ "History". RandomHouse.com. In 1933, inspired entrepreneurs Nat Wartels and Bob Simon founded a book company named Outlet Book Company. With the goal of providing quality books at inexpensive prices, Wartels and Simon used innovative techniques to create new markets for the books, bringing Outlet to the forefront of bargain book publishing. Outlet Book Company also introduced the concept of reprinting bestselling books to sell at bargain prices.
  6. ^ McDowell, Edwin (February 8, 1990). "Nat Wartels, 88, the Chairman Of the Crown Publishing Empire". The New York Times. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Pryor, Elizabeth Scott (1986). "Crown Publishers". In Dzwonkoski, Peter (ed.). American literary publishing houses, 1900-1980. Dictionary of literary biography. Vol. 46. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Company. pp. 101–102. ISBN 0-8103-1724-9.
  8. ^ Tollers, Vincent L (1986). "Howell, Soskin and Company". In Peter Dzwonkoski (ed.). American literary publishing houses, 1900-1980. Trade and paperback. Dictionary of literary biography. Detroit, Mich: Gale Research Co. pp. 193–194. ISBN 978-0-8103-1724-6.
  9. ^ Dzwonkoski, Peter (1986). "Arcadia House". In Dzwonkoski, Peter (ed.). American literary publishing houses, 1900-1980. Trade and paperback. Dictionary of literary biography. Detroit, Mich: Gale Research Co. ISBN 978-0-8103-1724-6.
  10. ^ "Pamela Howard Wed to Clarkson N. Potter". The New York Times. November 27, 1973.
  11. ^ a b Susan Heller Anderson (January 13, 1990). "Chronicle". The New York Times. Mr. Mirken joined Crown in 1951. He developed Publishers Central Bureau, a leading mail-order book and video distributor, and the Outlet Book Company, which markets promotional books. Crown also publishes trade books, including those of the best-selling authors Judith Krantz, Jean Auel and William J. Caunitz.
  12. ^ "Joseph H. Reiner Dead at 71; Crown Publishers Executive". The New York Times. October 6, 1983. Mr. Reiner originated the Bonanza division of Outlet, which brought books back into print in quality hardcover editions. These included Bruce Catton's American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War, the original water-color paintings by John James Audubon and works by such authors as Frank Lloyd Wright and P. G. Wodehouse.
  13. ^ The Illustrated Gospels: According to St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke & St. John. Crown Publishers, 1985. ISBN 0517559250, 9780517559253. p. 4. "Published in the United States in 1985 by Crown Publishers, Inc. , 225 Park Avenue South, New York, New York, 10003"
  14. ^ School Library Journal: SLJ., Volume 36, Issues 7-12. R.R. Bowker Company, Xerox Company, 1990. p. 27. See image: "The Crown Publishing Group 225 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10003 A Random House Company"
  15. ^ Dunlap, David W. (December 2, 1990). "Commercial Property: Book Publishers; Random House Elects to Stay in Its Midtown Tower". The New York Times. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  16. ^ . Company Profile on the iWon website. Archived from the original on August 14, 2007.
  17. ^ Rich, Motoko (December 3, 2008). "Major Reorganization at Random House". ArtsBeat. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  18. ^ "Crown Reorganizes Religion Program". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  19. ^ a b Milliot, Jim. "Centrello Details Crown Reorg". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved August 2, 2022.

External links edit

  • Official website

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Not to be confused with Crown Books or Crown Media Holdings The Crown Publishing Group is a subsidiary of Penguin Random House that publishes across several fiction and non fiction categories Originally founded in 1933 as a remaindered books wholesaler called Outlet Book Company the firm expanded into publishing original content in 1936 under the Crown name and was acquired by Random House in 1988 Under Random House s ownership the Crown Publishing Group was operated as an independent division until 2018 when it was merged with the rest of Random House s adult programs Crown Publishing GroupParent companyRandom House Penguin Random House StatusActiveFounded1933FoundersNat WartelsBob SimonCountry of originUnited StatesHeadquarters locationNew York City New York U S DistributionWorldwideOfficial websitewww wbr crownpublishing wbr comCrown authors 1 include Jean Auel Max Brooks George W Bush Eitan Bernath 2 Deepak Chopra Ann Coulter Andrew Cuomo 3 Giada De Laurentiis Will Ferrell as fictional character Ron Burgundy Gillian Flynn Jim Gaffigan Ina Garten Greg Gutfeld Mindy Kaling Rachel Maddow Jillian Michaels Barack Obama Michelle Obama Theresa Rebeck Mark Brennan Rosenberg Judith Rossner Rebecca Skloot Suzanne Somers Martha Stewart Jonah Goldberg Michael Jackson and many others Contents 1 History 1 1 Outlet Book Company 1 2 Random House 2 Imprints 3 References 4 External linksHistory editOutlet Book Company edit The company was founded in 1933 as the Outlet Book Company by Nat Wartels and Bob Simon 4 5 Outlet Book Company began by featuring overstock and remaindered books but soon moved into reprints of backlist out of print largely non fiction titles then into reprints of bestselling fiction and non fiction and eventually into original titles It was under the Crown name that they began to publish original content in 1936 6 Crown acquired bankrupt publishers such as Covici Friede Henkle Yewdale and Robert M McBride in the 1940s 7 Other publishers acquired by Crown include Arcadia House Howell Soskin and Julian Press 7 8 9 Clarkson Potter became affiliated with Crown in 1963 10 Under the direction of Wartels 4 Alan Mirken 11 Joseph Reiner 12 and others Crown Books became one of the Outlet Book Company s lead imprints for original publishing which included such landmark fiction and non fiction as Judith Krantz s Princess Daisy Jean M Auel s The Clan of the Cave Bear and Alex Comfort s The Joy of Sex in its early high profile years Crown Publishing Group had its headquarters at 225 Park Avenue South in Midtown Manhattan 13 14 occupying 80 000 square feet 7 400 m2 of space Random House received the space when it acquired the company In 1990 Random House signaled intentions to sublease the space 15 Random House edit The Outlet Book Company s Crown Books remained an independent company until 1988 11 16 when it was purchased by Random House In 2008 the Doubleday Business Currency Doubleday Religion and WaterBrook Multnomah divisions were moved from Doubleday to Crown when Doubleday was merged with Knopf 17 Doubleday Religion was replaced with the Catholic imprint Image in 2011 18 In 2018 Crown was combined with the main Random House Publishing Group 19 Imprints editFollowing the 2018 reorganization the imprints that constitute Crown Publishing continued to be tied together into three imprint groups within Random House The trade group includes the imprints Crown Crown Archetype Broadway Books Hogarth Three Rivers Press and Tim Duggan Books An illustrated and prescriptive nonfiction group comprises Clarkson Potter Harmony Books Rodale Books and Ten Speed Press which includes sub imprints Lorena Jones Books and Watson Guptill A third group collects the business conservative politics and Christianity imprints Currency formerly Doubleday Crown Business Crown Forum Convergent Image formerly Doubleday Religion Multnomah and WaterBrook 19 Former imprints of the Crown Publishing Group included Amphoto Books Bell Tower Press Orion Books unconnected to Orion Publishing Shaye Areheart and some related subsidiaries like Gramercy Publishing Company These have either been discontinued or transferred to other Random House units References edit Crown Publishing Group Authors RandomHouse com Eitan Eats the World by Eitan Bernath 9780593235362 PenguinRandomHouse com Books PenguinRandomhouse com Retrieved May 19 2022 Jesse McKinley Danny Hakim and Alexandra Alter March 31 2021 As Cuomo Sought 4 Million Book Deal Aides Hid Damaging Death Toll The New York Times Retrieved April 4 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link a b Cyr Diane January 1988 Ten inducted into Publishing Hall of Fame Folio The Magazine for Magazine Management Archived from the original on June 23 2006 Nat Wartels founder Crown Publishers inducted for outstanding contributions to book publishing Wartels philosophy has been to perceive what people in the marketplace want and find the right author art director and whoever else is needed to shape the book for the audience With that Wartels organized the bankrupt Outlet Book Company which he bought for a few hundred dollars during the Depression into highly successful Crown Publishing History RandomHouse com In 1933 inspired entrepreneurs Nat Wartels and Bob Simon founded a book company named Outlet Book Company With the goal of providing quality books at inexpensive prices Wartels and Simon used innovative techniques to create new markets for the books bringing Outlet to the forefront of bargain book publishing Outlet Book Company also introduced the concept of reprinting bestselling books to sell at bargain prices McDowell Edwin February 8 1990 Nat Wartels 88 the Chairman Of the Crown Publishing Empire The New York Times Retrieved May 27 2018 a b Pryor Elizabeth Scott 1986 Crown Publishers In Dzwonkoski Peter ed American literary publishing houses 1900 1980 Dictionary of literary biography Vol 46 Detroit Mich Gale Research Company pp 101 102 ISBN 0 8103 1724 9 Tollers Vincent L 1986 Howell Soskin and Company In Peter Dzwonkoski ed American literary publishing houses 1900 1980 Trade and paperback Dictionary of literary biography Detroit Mich Gale Research Co pp 193 194 ISBN 978 0 8103 1724 6 Dzwonkoski Peter 1986 Arcadia House In Dzwonkoski Peter ed American literary publishing houses 1900 1980 Trade and paperback Dictionary of literary biography Detroit Mich Gale Research Co ISBN 978 0 8103 1724 6 Pamela Howard Wed to Clarkson N Potter The New York Times November 27 1973 a b Susan Heller Anderson January 13 1990 Chronicle The New York Times Mr Mirken joined Crown in 1951 He developed Publishers Central Bureau a leading mail order book and video distributor and the Outlet Book Company which markets promotional books Crown also publishes trade books including those of the best selling authors Judith Krantz Jean Auel and William J Caunitz Joseph H Reiner Dead at 71 Crown Publishers Executive The New York Times October 6 1983 Mr Reiner originated the Bonanza division of Outlet which brought books back into print in quality hardcover editions These included Bruce Catton s American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War the original water color paintings by John James Audubon and works by such authors as Frank Lloyd Wright and P G Wodehouse The Illustrated Gospels According to St Matthew St Mark St Luke amp St John Crown Publishers 1985 ISBN 0517559250 9780517559253 p 4 Published in the United States in 1985 by Crown Publishers Inc 225 Park Avenue South New York New York 10003 School Library Journal SLJ Volume 36 Issues 7 12 R R Bowker Company Xerox Company 1990 p 27 See image The Crown Publishing Group 225 Park Ave South New York NY 10003 A Random House Company Dunlap David W December 2 1990 Commercial Property Book Publishers Random House Elects to Stay in Its Midtown Tower The New York Times Retrieved January 6 2019 Random House The Scoop Company Profile on the iWon website Archived from the original on August 14 2007 Rich Motoko December 3 2008 Major Reorganization at Random House ArtsBeat Retrieved October 14 2019 Crown Reorganizes Religion Program PublishersWeekly com Retrieved October 14 2019 a b Milliot Jim Centrello Details Crown Reorg PublishersWeekly com Retrieved August 2 2022 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Crown Publishing Group amp oldid 1191282725, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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