Publishing in wartime: the Modern Library series during the Second World War.

From: Library Trends | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: Neavill, Gordon B. | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

American book publishing during the Second World War had to cope with a huge increase in demand for books coupled with scarcity of resources, especially paper rationing imposed by the War Production Board. Based on research in the Random House archives and focusing on the Modern Library series, this article examines how publishers coped with wartime challenges and opportunities. Random House grew rapidly during the war. Sales reached the million dollar mark in 1...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

A novel idea: the 100 best works of fiction.(Random House Modern Library selects list of 100 best novels of 20th century)(includes related tips on faking familiarity with the books)
U.S. News & World Report ; ... incorrect. With that in mind, we offer seemingly impromptu talking points for Modern Library's Top 10. For more information, see U.S. News Online (http://www.usnews.com). RELATED ARTICLE: A Bluffer's Guide Armed with well-chosen lines, one can fake erudition 1. Ulysses ...
Classics in New Clothes: Modern Library Renovated
Chicago Sun-Times ; Every time I had an extra $5 when I was an undergraduate during the late '50s and early '60s, I plunked it down at the college bookstore for another Modern Library edition of a William Faulkner novel. They were grand books, these inexpensive compact hardcovers of world classics. They looked elegant
`The Best Novels' May Not Be; Modern Library Panelists Say They Didn't Rank the Books
The Washington Post ; If someone made a list of the most successful recent publicity gambits in book publishing, the Modern Library's ranking of the 100 best novels would be No. 1. Alerted by voluminous media coverage, people have been arguing, agreeing, sneering and making counter-lists for more than two weeks now.
RANDOM HOUSE TO PUT CLASSICS ON DISKS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ) ; The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 05-06-1992 RANDOM HOUSE TO PUT CLASSICS ON DISKS Date: 05-06-1992, Wednesday Section: BUSINESS Edition: All Editions -- 5 Star, 4 Star, 3 Star, 2 Star, 1 Star Column: BRIEFLY NEW YORK -- Random House Inc. is to announce today that it will make its Modern Library book
DAVID EBERSHOFF, 31;Publishing director, Modern Library.(Brief Article)
Crain's New York Business ; David Ebershoff has what most writers only dream about: a big-time New York literary agent, a novel coming out in February, and a hefty $350,000 advance tucked safely in the bank. But the Pasadena, Calif.-born Mr. Ebershoff is not about to let it change his life. Instead, he is sticking with his
MODERN LIBRARY HAS ABOUT 100 REASONS TO CHANGE ITS WAYS.(Lifestyle)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) ; Faced with widespread criticism of the list it released last month of the 100 best English-language novels published in this century - most piercingly in written comments by two of the judges who helped compile it - the Modern Library says it will significantly overhaul the way it picks its choice
A century's best nonfiction.(Modern Library's list of the 100 best nonfiction books )
U.S. News & World Report ; Descendant of presidents, he considered his book the autobiography of a failure, a study in generational decline. How fitting, then, for a man who appreciated ironies, that The Education of Henry Adams should take first place on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best nonfiction books written in
`Dear Donald, Dear Bennett: The Wartime Correspondence of Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer,' introduction by Bob Loomis; Random House.(The Providence Journal)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ; ... Business continues wonderful. Everything is smooth as silk except that ... damn girdle of Jezebel's. As you follow the outgoing news from New York, you can't help but realize that the enormous visionary talent of Bennett Cerf lay in bringing people together ...
Lycos and Random House Launch Ebook Marketplace.
EContent ; The Lycos Network launched a new ebooks marketplace with Random House Inc. Modern Library, a Random House Trade Group imprint offering old and new classics, will provide the first offering in the new marketplace, located inside Lycos Shop at shop.lycos.com, and in Lycos Entertainment at
Random House promotes Daniel Menaker to executive editor in chief.(Brief Article)
M2 Best Books ; M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Random House has promoted editor in chief of the Random House, Villard and Modern Library imprints Daniel Menaker to executive editor in chief of the publishing group. Menaker will now also oversee the more commercial Ballentine imprint as