| Parent company | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (Random House) |
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| Founded | 1897 |
| Founder | Frank Nelson Doubleday and Samuel McClure |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | doubleday.knopfdoubleday.com |
Doubleday is an American publishing company.
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It was founded as Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 by Frank Nelson Doubleday,[1] 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 1900, the company became Doubleday, Page & Company when Walter Hines Page joined as a new partner. In 1922, the founder's son, Nelson Doubleday, joined the firm.
In 1927, Doubleday merged with the George H. Doran Company, creating Doubleday, Doran, the largest publishing business in the English-speaking world. In 1946, the company became Doubleday and Company, Nelson Doubleday resigned as president, but continued as chairman of the board until his death. Douglas Black took over and was president from 1946–1963.[2] By 1947, Doubleday was the largest publisher in the US, with annual sales of over 30 million books.
John Sargent was president and CEO from 1963–1978, with his son as a business associate in the publishing division.[3]
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.
In late 2008 and early 2009, the Doubleday imprint was merged with Knopf Publishing Group to form the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.[4]
The following are imprints that exist or have existed under Doubleday:
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