When did Aaron A. Wyn hire editor Donald A. Wollheim to start Ace Books?
Aaron A. Wyn hired editor Donald A. Wollheim in 1952 after a mistaken phone call from his wife Rose.
Aaron A. Wyn hired editor Donald A. Wollheim in 1952 after a mistaken phone call from his wife Rose.
A. E. van Vogt's The World of Null-A appeared in 1953 as Ace's first science fiction title.
Charter Communications acquired Ace Books in New York City in 1969 before Grosset & Dunlap bought Charter Communications eight years later in 1977.
Donald Wollheim and Terry Carr both editors left the company in 1971 after financial troubles worsened while Susan Allison served as editor-in-chief from 1982 until July 2015.
The first book released that year cost thirty-five cents and carried the serial number D-01 while serial number D-599 marked the end of the initial lettered series.