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Doubleday has been a division of Random
House Inc. since 1998.
Doubleday through 1999 printed "First
Edition" on the copyright page, and for subsequent editions
removed the first edition statement and added a numbered print
history line. For example a second printing would be
indicated as: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.
From 2000 forward first editions were
indicated with "First Edition" printed on the copyright page as
well as a numbered printing line. For example a first
editon printing would be indicated as: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
accompanied with the statement First Edition. Subsequent
editions the First Edition statement is removed and the number
line adjusted. For example a second printing would be 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9.
Website:
http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/
History of Doubleday
Doubleday's began publishing began in
1897 when Frank Nelson Doubleday, with remarkable confidence,
and a back loan of five thousand dollars, founded Doubleday
& McClure Company in partnership with magazine publisher
Samuel McClure. Among their first bestsellers was A Day's
Work by Rudyard Kipling. While the alliance between
Doubleday and McClure lasted only three years, a long and
profitable friendship grew between Doubleday and Kipling, who,
using Doubleday's initials, "F.N.D.," nicknamed him "effendi,"
the Turkish word for "chief"; this name remained with Doubleday
for his entire career.
In 1900, the company became Doubleday, Page & Company when
Walter Hines Page joined as a new partner. He was a strong
coleader until his appointment as U.S. Ambassador to the Court
of St. James in 1913. The founder's son, Nelson Doubleday,
joined the firm in 1922. Doubleday merged with George H. Doran
Company in 1927, making Doubleday, Doran the largest publishing
concern in the English-speaking world. The business became
known as Doubleday & Company in 1946. Anchor Books created
by Jason Epstein in 1953, was the first line of distinguished
trade paperback books in the industry. Shortly thereafter a
Catholic publishing program was started by John Delaney. By
1955 the program had expanded to cover other religions, which
soon led to the Image line of trade paperbacks. This program is
still growing today. The Nan A. Talese imprint was formed in
1990, two years after she joined Doubleday, bringing with her a
distinguished list of authors.
Doubleday was sold to Bertelsmann, AG, a Germany-based
worldwide communications company in 1986. In 1988 it became
part of the Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group which went
on to acquire and become a division of Random House Inc. in
1998.
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