Arbor House
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Arbor House was an independent publishing house founded by Donald Fine in 1969. Specialising in hard cover publications, Arbor House published works by Hortense Calisher, Ken Follett, Cynthia Freeman, Elmore Leonard and Irwin Shaw before being acquired by the Hearst Corporation in 1979 to move into paperback publishing.[1] Arbor House became an imprint of William Morrow & Company in 1988.[2]
[edit] History
Publisher Donald Fine founded Arbor House in Westminster, Maryland in 1969, using a $5,000 loan.[3] Fine was vice president of Dell Publishing and a co-founder of Delacorte Press, before starting his own business.[3] Arbor House was acquired by the Hearst Corporation in 1978 for $1.5 million.[3] Industry officials had previously speculated that Arbor House would merge with William Morrow & Company, another company in the Hearst Corporation, unless it published a number of best selling books.[2]
- Power on Earth: Michele Sindona's Explosive Story, Nick Tosches (1986)[4]
- Blood of Amber, Roger Zelazny (1986)
- Blood Music, Greg Bear (1985)
- No More Vietnams, Richard Nixon (1985)[5]
- Trumps of Doom, Roger Zelazny (1985)
- The Mayflower Madam, Sydney Biddle Barrows (1984)
[edit] References
- ^ Dudar, Helen. "An attorney turns to fiction", The Wall Street Journal, September 16, 1985. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
- ^ a b McDowell, Edwin. "Arbor to become a Morrow imprint", N.Y. Times, June 3, 1987. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
- ^ a b c Smith, Dinitia. "Donald Fine, 75, publisher of suspenseful best sellers", N.Y. Times, August 16, 1997. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
- ^ McDowell, Edwin. "Book set on Sindona, Italian banker", N.Y. Times, March 26, 1986. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
- ^ Chace, James. "How America 'lost the peace'", N.Y. Times, April 7, 1985. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
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