▰ Sources. Simon & Schuster. American publishing company History[edit] Early years[edit] In 1924, Richard Simon's aunt, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, asked whether there was a book of New York World crossword puzzles, which were very popular at the time. After discovering that none had been published, Simon and Max Schuster decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity.[9] 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.
Simon called this "planned publishing".[10] Instead of signing authors with a planned manuscript, they came up with their own ideas, and then hired writers to carry them out.[10] In the 1930s, the publisher moved to what has been referred to as "Publisher's Row" on Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York.[10] Expansion[edit] ▱ Adams-F+W. Free Press (publisher)
American independent book publisher and later imprint (1947–2012) History[edit] Notable books[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] ☝️ (O'Dell) Know. Open Library - Harvester Wheatsheaf. It looks like you're offline. Publishing History This is a chart to show the when this publisher published books. Along the X axis is time, and on the y axis is the count of editions published. Click here to skip the chart. Reset chart or continue zooming in.
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Peter H. Wyden. American journalist Peter H. Wyden (October 2, 1923 – June 27, 1998) was an American journalist and writer. Early life[edit] Wyden was born Peter Weidenreich, in Berlin to a Jewish family.[1] His mother, Helen (née Silberstein), was a concert singer, and his father, Erich Weidenreich, was a businessman. Wyden attended the Goldschmidt School until he left Nazi Germany for the United States in 1937.[2][3] After studying at City College of New York,[1] he served with the U.S. Career[edit] After the war, Wyden began a career in journalism, during which he worked as a reporter for The Wichita Eagle, a feature writer for the St. In 1970, Wyden became a book publisher in New York City and Ridgefield, Connecticut.[4] Personal life and death[edit] Wyden was married three times.[1] He had two sons, including Ron Wyden, who became a United States senator.[6] He died on June 27, 1998, in Danbury, Connecticut.[1] Works[edit] References[edit] ^ a b c d e f Sengupta, Somini (June 29, 1998).