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Random House also operates branches in [http://www.randomhouse.com.au/ Australia], [[New Zealand]], [[South Africa]], [[India]] and [[South Korea]].<ref>[http://www.randombooks.co.kr/ {{Languageicon|ko|Korean}} Random House Korea web site]</ref> In Australia offices are in [[Sydney]] and [[Melbourne]]. In New Zealand it is based in [[Glenfield, New Zealand|Glenfield]], [[Auckland]], while Random House's Indian headquarters are located in [[New Delhi]].
Random House also operates branches in [http://www.randomhouse.com.au/ Australia], [[New Zealand]], [[South Africa]], [[India]] and [[South Korea]].<ref>[http://www.randombooks.co.kr/ {{Languageicon|ko|Korean}} Random House Korea web site]</ref> In Australia offices are in [[Sydney]] and [[Melbourne]]. In New Zealand it is based in [[Glenfield, New Zealand|Glenfield]], [[Auckland]], while Random House's Indian headquarters are located in [[New Delhi]].


===Random House, U.S.A.<ref>http://www.randomhouse.biz/ourpublishers/</ref>===
==Subsidiaries and affiliates==
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;[[Crown Publishing Group]]
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* [[Doubleday (publisher)#Imprints|Anchor Books]]
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* Amphoto Books
* Back Stage Books
* Billboard Books
* Broadway
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* [[Crown]]
* Crown Business
* Crown Forum
* [[Clarkson Potter]]
* Broadway Business
* Doubleday Religion
* Harmony Books
* Potter Craft
* Potter Style
* [[Ten Speed Press]]
* [[Three Rivers Press]]
* [[Tricycle Press]]
* Shaye Areheart Books
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* Waterbrook Multnomah
* Watson-Guptill
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;Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
* [[Alfred A. Knopf]]
* Anchor Books
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* [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]
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* [[Everyman's Library]]
* Nan A. Talese
* [[Pantheon Books]]
* [[Schocken Books]]
* [[Vintage Books|Vintage]]
;The Monacelli Press
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;Random House Publishing Group
* [[Ballantine Books]]
* [[Ballantine Books]]
* [[Bantam Books]]
* [[Bantam Books|Bantam]]
* [[BBC Books]]
* [[Delacorte Press|Delacorte]]
* [[Dell Publishing|Dell]]
* Century
* [[Chatto and Windus]]
* [[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]]
* Del Rey / Lucas Books
* Corgi
* [[Crown Publishing Group]]
* [[Dial Press|The Dial Press]]
* [[Del Rey Books]]
* [[Modern Library|The Modern Library]]
* One World
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* [[Dell Publishing]]
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* Presido Press
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* [[Doubleday (publisher)|The Doubleday Publishing Group]]
* Random House Trade Group
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* Ebury Press
* Random House Trade Paperbacks
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* [[Everyman Chess]]
* [[Bantam Spectra|Spectra]]
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* Random House Children's Books
* [[Strivers Row]]
* [[Spiegel & Grau]]
* [[Time Out]]
* [[Villard Books]]
;Random House Audio Publishing Group
* [[Villard (imprint)|Villard]] (1983)
* Listening Library
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* [[Virgin Books]]
* Random House Audio
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* Waterbrook Press
* Random House Audio Assets
* [[Western Publishing Company]] (co-owner with [[Classic Media]])
* Random House Audio Dimensions
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* [[Xlibris]]
* Random House Audio Roads
* Random House Audio Voices
* Random House Audio Price-less
;Random House Children's Books
* Random House Children's Books (Kids@Random)
* [[Little Golden Books|Golden Books]]<ref>http://www.randomhouse.com/golden/lgb/</ref>
;Random House Information Group
* [[Fodors|Fodor's Travel]]
* [[Living Language (publisher)|Living Language]]
* [[Prima Games]]
* [[Princeton Review]]
* Random House Puzzles & Games
* Random House Reference Publishing
* Sylvan Learning
;Random House International
* Areté
* [[McClelland & Stewart|McClelland & Stewart Ltd.]]
* Plaza & Janés
* Random House Australia
* Random House of Canada Limited
* Random House Mondadori
* Random House South Africa
* Random House South America
* Random House United Kingdom
* Transworld UK
* Verlagsgruppe Random House
;Random Houe Large Print


==Imprints==
==Imprints==

Revision as of 15:52, 21 August 2009

Random House, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary of Bertelsmann
IndustryBooks, Publishing
Founded1925
FounderBennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer
Headquarters(Original Office)
New York City, USA
(International Offices)
Munich, Germany
London, UK
Key people
Markus Dohle (Chairman and CEO)
Brad Martin (Random House Canada, Chief Executive Officer)
Dr. Joerg Pfuhl (Verlagsgruppe Random House)
Gail Rebuck (Random House Group)
ProductsBooks
RevenueIncrease$2.3 billion USD (2006)
Number of employees
5,764 (as of December 31, 2007)
Websitewww.randomhouse.com
Random House Tower headquarters, New York City

Random House, Inc. is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher. It has been owned since 1998 by the large German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a home video distribution arm, Random House Home Video.

Random House, U.S.A.

Random House was founded in 1927 by Americans Bennett Cerf, Christopher Coombes and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random," which suggested the name Random House.[1]

Its American imprints currently include the Crown Publishing Group including Three Rivers Press, the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, the Random House Audio Publishing Group, the Random House Publishing Group (which includes Ballantine and the eponymous Random House), and Random House Children's Books. Del Rey Manga publishes English manga in North America.

Random House entered reference publishing in 1947 with the American College Dictionary, which was followed in 1966 by its first unabridged dictionary. Today it publishes the Random House Dictionary of the English Language and Random House Webster's College dictionaries, probably the main competitors for Merriam-Webster reference titles.

The distinguished American publishers Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and Pantheon Books were acquired by Random House in 1960 and 1961, respectively; works continue to be published under these imprints with editorial independence, such as Everyman's Library, a series of classical literature reprints. Random House has been the distributor for Shambhala Publications since 1974. They also currently distribute Rizzoli Books, National Geographic Books, Steerforth Press, Wizards of the Coast, Vertical Books, Welcome Books, New York Review of Books, Titan Books, Other Press, Hatherleigh Press, North Atlantic Books, Monacelli Press Books, and DC Comics. In 1998, Bertelsmann AG bought Random House and it soon went global.[2]

The publisher's main U.S. office is located at 1745 Broadway in Manhattan, in the 684-foot Random House Tower, completed in 2003 and spanning the entire west side of the block between West 55th Street and west 56th. Its lobby showcases floor-to-ceiling glassed-in bookcases filled with books published by the company's many imprints.

Random House, UK

The Random House Group is one of the largest general book publishing companies in the UK. The Group is based in London and has subsidiary companies in Australia, New Zealand and India, with a joint venture in South Africa called Random House Struik.

The Group comprises six publishing companies with over 40 diverse and highly respected imprints and brand-name publishers including, Century, BBC Books, Jonathan Cape, William Heinemann, Chatto & Windus, Vintage, Corgi, Doubleday, Bantam Press and Virgin Books.

Random House’s non-fiction publishing consists of broad general non-fiction and specialist categories such as cookery, gardening, travel and business books. The Group’s classic backlist of over 6000 titles includes the works of Graham Greene, Iris Murdoch and Virginia Woolf amongst others. Random House Children’s Books publishes many bestselling writers including Philip Pullman and Jacqueline Wilson, the former Children’s Laureate. The Random House Group distribution business services its own imprints as well as 60 other UK publishers.

Other international branches

Verlagsgruppe Random House is the second largest book publisher in Germany with 40 imprints as of September 2008, including historic publishing houses Goldmann and Heyne. It is headquartered in Munich.

Random House of Canada was established in 1944 as the Canadian distributor of Random House Books. In 1986 the company established its own indigenous Canadian publishing program that has become one of the most successful in Canadian history.

Random House also operates branches in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India and South Korea.[3] In Australia offices are in Sydney and Melbourne. In New Zealand it is based in Glenfield, Auckland, while Random House's Indian headquarters are located in New Delhi.

Random House, U.S.A.[4]

Crown Publishing Group
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
The Monacelli Press
Random House Publishing Group
Random House Audio Publishing Group
  • Listening Library
  • Random House Audio
  • Random House Audio Assets
  • Random House Audio Dimensions
  • Random House Audio Roads
  • Random House Audio Voices
  • Random House Audio Price-less
Random House Children's Books
Random House Information Group
Random House International
  • Areté
  • McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
  • Plaza & Janés
  • Random House Australia
  • Random House of Canada Limited
  • Random House Mondadori
  • Random House South Africa
  • Random House South America
  • Random House United Kingdom
  • Transworld UK
  • Verlagsgruppe Random House
Random Houe Large Print

Imprints

See also

References

  1. ^ [1] Bennet Alfred Cerf Biography
  2. ^ Random House Company History, from http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Random-House-Inc-Company-History.html. Accessed April 13, 2008.
  3. ^ Template:Languageicon Random House Korea web site
  4. ^ http://www.randomhouse.biz/ourpublishers/
  5. ^ http://www.randomhouse.com/golden/lgb/

External links

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