American Publishers Association (APA) was created in 1901 to maintain the price of copyright books in the American market.
In 1913, the New York Supreme court ruled in favor of R. H
Macy's
Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American chain of high-end department stores founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It became a division of the Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores in 1994, through which it is affiliated wi ...
& Co. vs American Publishers Association, saying Macy's was entitled to damages of $140,000.
Its founding members were
Charles Scribner as President, Gen.
Alexander C. McClurg and George Mifflin as Vice Presidents,
George Platt Brett, Sr., of
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publ ...
as Secretary, and G. B. M. Harvey, of
Harper Brothers, as treasurer.
Notable members
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Frank Dodd,
Dodd, Mead and Company
Dodd, Mead and Company was one of the pioneer publishing houses of the United States, based in New York City. Under several names, the firm operated from 1839 until 1990.
History Origins
In 1839, Moses Woodruff Dodd (1813–1899) and John S. Ta ...
, former President of the American Publishers Association
See also
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Books in the United States
References
External links
Archival collections
Guide to the Darrell Kerr Correspondence with American Poets and Publishers.Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Publishing-related professional associations
Organizations based in Chicago
Book publishing in the United States
1901 establishments in Illinois
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