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International Publishers 1925
Iroquis Publishing 1915
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Kinsey 1932
Knight Publishing 1935
Knopf, Alfred 0. 1917
A.C. McClurg was a Civil War officer and hero. Company began as a retail bookstore when McClurg purchased the retail trade of S.C. Griggs & Co.
In 1873, McClurg and Jansen entered the publishing business with H.W.S. Cleveland's Landscape Architecture. 1874, Reverend Swing's Truths For Today, a book of sermons that led to a law-suit from Reverend Francis Patton, a minister who accused Swing of misrepresenting Christ and neglecting his duties. Jansen and McClurg stood by their author, won the case and with it immeasurable publicity.
1875, issued a couple of romances and some pamphlets.
1877, issued catalogue of Standard Library and Illustrated Books in Fine Bindings.
1880, purchased Mitchell & Hathaway Booksellers and made Lucien Mitchell a partner.
1881, Edward Cook joined the partnership.
1886, Jansen retired due to poor health. McClurg now took over, remanmed the firm after himself and re-dedicated himself to improving the publishing side of the business. First book published under the A.C. McCLURG imprint: Women in Music.
In 1887, McClurg issued a list of 17 new titles. In 1889 a major fire wiped out his inventory. He reformed the business by selling it to his employees with McClurg holding about 33% and his editor, F.B. Smith about 10%. McClurg fell ill in 1900 and died the following year. Smith took control of the firm.
Founded by Amos Kellogg, education theorist who edited the "New York Public School Journal" from 1874. He turned it into a champion for reform in teacher education.
Among the first to recognize the merit of the radical teaching methods of Colonel Francis W. Parker at the Quincy Schools, Kellogg published the Colonel's essays and lectures, which attracted manuscripts from other educational theorists:
Payne's Lecture on the Art of Science of Teaching Quick's Educational Reformers Hughes' Mistakes in Teaching
Published descriptive catalogue of books on ecducation, the first of its kind in America.
Established graded examinations for N.Y. School teachers. Founded N.Y. University School of Pedagogy.
Also, Kellogg published numerous magazines: "Pedagogic Quarterly", "Our Times", "Teacher's Library", etc.
Company was sold to A.S. Barnes in 1902.
This publishing house was an outgrowth of "Judge" humor magazine.
The magazine was founded in 1881 by Frank Tousey, pulbisher of dime novels, James Albert Wales, a cartoonist, and George H. Jessop, an author.
Purchased 1887 by WIllima J. Arkell, who built it into a major publication rivaling "Puck".
He issued a series of paperback books, mostly as advertising suppliements for his numerous magazines, including "Leslie's Weekly".
First book: Napolean Smith, by anonymous. Arkell advertized a reward of $250 to the first reader who could identify the author. Sold over 200,000 copies.
Second book: Star-Crossed, autobiography of a famous actress. Again, the reader was offered a reward to guess the actress' name, but no one did.
Third book: "Judge's Library", a series of books of compilations from "Judge" magazine.
William C. King worked for several book companies, usually selling books by subscriptions. He published various books himself, under the imprint of other publishing houses until he met...
A.W. Richardson, a former school teacher and traveling subscription book salesman.
Together they issued books on a shoe-string budget until 1896 when they managed to purchase the Eagle Publishing Co. of Albany, N.Y.
King's fame lay wit his innovative "drill plan", where he hired salespeople who were experts in a particular field, then published books for them to sale. He outlined books, then had "experts" write them.
The first successful book was Our Home. King outlined a book aoubt the White House, hired C.A. Sargent to write it, then hired the former First Lady, Garfield's widow, to write an introduction.
Other successfully designed books: The Cottage Physician; Encyclopedia of Business, Manners Culture & Dress; and Our Elder Brother, a book about Christ by Rev. Dr. E.P. Tenney.
King persuaded other VIP's to write books he outlined---or to write introductions: President McKinley, Prime Minister Gladstone, Edward Everett Hale, Dwight Moody.
American Music System, for teaching music K-12.