Three Rivers Press is the
trade paperback imprint
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...
of the
Crown Publishing Group
The Crown Publishing Group is a subsidiary of Penguin Random House that publishes across several fiction and non-fiction categories. Originally founded in 1933 as a remaindered books wholesaler called Outlet Book Company, the firm expanded into ...
, a division of
Random House
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. It publishes original paperback titles as well as paperback reprints of books issued initially in
hardcover
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by the other Crown imprints.
History
The Crown Publishing Group launched its first paperback imprint, Crown Trade Paperbacks, in 1992. Five years later, the imprint decided to re-brand itself as Three Rivers Press, named for the
Harlem
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,
East
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Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...
and
Hudson
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* Hudson (surname)
* Henry Hudson, English explorer
* Hudson (footballer, born 1986), Hudson Fernando Tobias de Carvalho, Brazilian football right-back
* Hudson (footballer, born 1988), Hudso ...
rivers that border
Manhattan
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, as well as the three hardcover imprints (Crown, Harmony, and Clarkson Potter) that initially fed the list. In 2010, Three Rivers began the paperback publisher for Crown Archetype and
Harmony Books
Harmony Books is an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, itself part of publisher Penguin Random House. It was founded by Bruce Harris, a Crown executive, in 1972.
The imprint has been used for such books as:
*Jill Freedman, ''Circus Days'' ( ...
.
References
Crown restructuring complete''Dreams from My Father'': A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
External links
Book publishing companies based in New York (state)
Publishing companies established in 1992
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