Curated playlist
Book publishing companies of the United States
- Westview PressHarperCollins bought Westview Press in 1995, but the two companies were a poor match.
- Random HouseRandom House got its name from a casual remark in 1927. Bennett Cerf said they would publish a few books at random.
- HarperCollinsHarperCollins joined a New York printer and a Glasgow printer that never met. Murdoch merged them in 1989.
- Merriam-WebsterNoah Webster learned 26 languages just to trace where English words came from. He spent two decades on his dictionary.
- Ashgate PublishingIn July 2015, Ashgate Publishing was sold to Informa for a reported £20 million.
- Everyman's LibraryEveryman's Library launched in 1906 with a one-shilling copy of Boswell's Life of Johnson.
- CRC PressIn 1913, a company gave a free 116-page booklet to anyone buying a dozen rubber aprons.
- National Academies PressIn 2003, the National Academies Press offered online buyers a free PDF at checkout. Most still bought print.
- Scholastic CorporationScholastic began as a four-page magazine handed out in 50 high schools near Pittsburgh.
- Triumph BooksTen days after Dale Earnhardt died at the 2001 Daytona 500, Triumph Books had a tribute in print.