Topic summary
Appleton-Century Company
Extracted from the Wikipedia article D. Appleton & Company.
Timeline
- 1813 Relocated from Haverhill to Boston and imported books from England
- 1825 Relocated New York City and entered the book business with brother-in-law Jonathan Leavitt
- 1831 Published first book: Crumbs from the Master's Table by William Mason (1719–1791)
- 1848 Daniel Appleton retired; son William Henry Appleton (1814–1899) formed a partnership with his brothers, John Adams Appleton (1817–1881), George Swett Appleton (1821–1878), Daniel Sidney Appleton (1824–1890) and Samuel Francis Appleton (1826–1883)
- 1849 Death of Daniel Appleton
- 1857 First New York trade publisher to engage in subscription publishing
- 1869 Appleton's Journal started
- 1872 Popular Science Monthly magazine and International Scientific Series started by editor Edward L. Youmans
- 1875 Original publication of the memoirs of General William Tecumseh Sherman, one of the first such publications by a Civil War general
- 1881 Relocated from Leonard Street and Broadway, to Bond Street, New York City; Journal becomes Appleton's Magazine
- 1890 Co-founded American Book Company, a conglomerate including D. Appleton & Company
- 1894 Published Songs of the Soil by Frank Lebby Stanton
- 1900 Filed for bankruptcy and sold Popular Science; re-organized by Joseph H. Sears of Harper's
- 1905 Appleton's Magazine renamed Appleton's Booklovers Magazine
- 1919 J. W. Hiltman named president
- 1924 Purchased Stewart and Kidd, founded in 1914
- 1931 Published I Sailed with Chinese Pirates by Aleko E. Lilius
- 1933 Merged with The Century Company, founded in 1881, to form the Appleton-Century Company
- 1945 Sold hymn books department to Revell Publishing
- 1948 Merged with F. S. Crofts Co., founded in 1924, to form Appleton-Century-Crofts.