Free Press (publisher)

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Free Press
Parent company
Simon & Schuster
Founded1947
FounderJeremiah Kaplan and Charles Liebman
SuccessorSimon & Schuster
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City, New York, U.S.
Key peopleMartha K. Levin, publisher

Free Press was an American independent book publisher that later became an imprint of

neoconservative books, it was purchased by Simon & Schuster in 1994. By 2012, the imprint ceased to exist as a distinct entity; however, some books were still being published using the Free Press imprint.[1][2]

History

Free Press was founded by

Emile Durkheim, The Theory of Economic and Social Organization by Max Weber and The Scientific Outlook by Bertrand Russell.[4] It was headquartered in Glencoe, Illinois
, where it was known as The Free Press of Glencoe.

In 1960, Kaplan was recruited by Macmillan to provide new editorial leadership and he agreed to move to New York if

Macmillan Publishing Company would buy Free Press, and thus Free Press was sold in 1960 for $1.3 million ($500,000 going to Kaplan and $800,000 going to Liebman).[4]

In 1994, Simon & Schuster acquired Macmillan and Free Press.[4] In 2012, it was announced that Free Press would cease to exist as a distinct entity and would be merged into Simon & Schuster, the company's flagship imprint.[4][1] "We plan to continue publishing thought leaders and other important cultural voices under the Free Press imprimatur, while also introducing many other Free Press authors, such as novelists and historians and business writers, to the flagship Simon & Schuster imprint."[4]

During the 1960s and 1970s Free Press was under the direction of a variety of publishers including George McCune (who later co-founded

Illiberal Education by Dinesh D'Souza, The Real Anita Hill by David Brock, and The Bell Curve by Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein.[5][4] In 1994, Simon & Schuster acquired Macmillan and Free Press was led by publishers Michael Jacobs, Paula Barker Duffy, and William Shinker for short stints.[4]

Free Press was led by publisher Martha Levin from 2001 until 2012, when it ceased to exist as a distinct entity and merged into Simon & Schuster's flagship imprint.

Man Booker Prize.[8]

Notable books

  • Carl Menger (1950). Principles of Economics. Glencoe, IL: Free Press
  • Talcott Parsons (1951). The Social System. Glencoe, IL: Free Press
  • Elihu Katz and Paul Lazarsfeld (1955). Personal Influence. Glencoe, IL: Free Press
  • Robert K. Merton (1957). Social Theory and Social Structure. Glencoe, IL: Free Press
  • Robert E. Lane (1959). Political Life: Why People Get Involved in Politics. Glencoe, IL: Free Press
  • James S. Coleman (1961). The Adolescent Society. Glencoe, IL: Free Press
  • Herbert Gans
    (1962). The Urban Villagers. Glencoe, IL: Free Press
  • Diffusion of Innovations
    . Glencoe, IL: Free Press
  • Erving Goffman (1963). Behavior in Public Places. Glencoe, IL: Free Press
  • Stanley Lieberson (1963). Ethnic Patterns in American Cities. Glencoe, IL: Free Press
  • Howard S. Becker (1963). Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance. New York: Free Press.
  • Ernest Becker (1973). The Denial of Death. New York: Free Press.
  • Claude Fischer
    , et al., (1977). Networks and Places. New York: Free Press.
  • Peter Blau and Otis Dudley Duncan. (1978). The American Occupational Structure. New York: Free Press.
  • Everett Rogers and D. Lawrence Kincaid. (1981). Communication Networks. New York: Free Press.
  • ISBN 0029079705
    .
  • OCLC 56413718
    .
  • ISBN 0-226-22482-1
    .
  • OCLC 231335005
    .
  • OCLC 30913157
    .
  • OCLC 34150540
    .
  • OCLC 34078354
    .
  • OCLC 39368588
    .
  • OCLC 53220540
    .
  • OCLC 72701599
    .
  • OCLC 145379548
    .
  • Adiga, Aravind (2008). The White Tiger. New York: Free Press.
  • Eire, Carlos (2008). Waiting for Snow in Havana. New York: Free Press.
  • OCLC 535493357
    .
  • ISBN 978-1439102374
    .

References

  1. ^
    New York Times
    . Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  2. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  3. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Claire Kelley (October 24, 2012). "After 65 years, Free Press to be absorbed into Simon & Schuster flagship". Melville House Publishing. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  5. ^ Bellow, Adam (2005-05-21). "My Escape From The Zabar's Left". New York. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  6. ^ "A Publisher is Appointed at the Free Press". The New York Times. April 9, 2001.
  7. ^ "2003 National Book Award Winner: Nonfiction". Nationalbook.org. 2003.
  8. ^ "'White Tiger' cub Aravind Adiga roars to Booker Prize win". USA Today. October 15, 2008.

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