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At the time, Simon was a piano salesman and Schuster was editor of an automotive trade magazine. [10] They pooled US$8,000, equivalent to $142,000 today, [11] to start a company that published crossword puzzles. [12] [9] The new publishing house used "fad" publishing to publish books that exploited current fads and trends.
Scholastic was founded in 1920 by Maurice R. Robinson near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be a publisher of youth magazines. The first publication was The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic. It covered high school sports and social activities; the four-page magazine debuted on October 22, 1920, and was distributed in 50 high schools. [3]
This is a list of English-language book publishers.It includes imprints of larger publishing groups, which may have resulted from business mergers. Included are academic publishers, technical manual publishers, publishers for the traditional book trade (both for adults and children), religious publishers, and small press publishers, among other types.
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Scholastic: New York City: New York: United States 1920 Clifford the Big Red Dog. The Magic School Bus. Goosebumps. Simon & Schuster: New York City: New York: United States 1924 Skyhorse Publishing: Tamarind Books: United Kingdom 1987 Now an imprint of Random House Children's Books UK Text Publishing: Melbourne Australia 1990 Zac & Mia. Watch ...
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The company that became encyclopedia publisher Grolier Incorporated was founded by Walter M. Jackson (1863–1923) as the Grolier Society. [3] [4] Jackson had been the partner of Horace Everett Hooper in publishing the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica and in developing its 11th edition.
The grand prize is a publishing contract worth £10,000. In 2019 a second prize was introduced to mark the competition's tenth anniversary, with a publishing contract worth £7,500 awarded to the Chairman's Choice. Terms and Conditions can be found on the Chicken House website. Winners of the Competition in Chronological Order