Heinemann (book publisher)
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Pearson (UK education) Random House (UK trade) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (US education) |
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| Founded | 1890 |
| Founder | William Heinemann |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
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Heinemann is a publishing house that was founded in 1890 in the United Kingdom. Heinemann has published the works of many notable authors including Chinua Achebe, W. Somerset Maugham, J. B. Priestley, and H. G. Wells. The company has also published numerous English translations and significant non-fiction work such as the Loeb Classical Library. After being taken over by Doubleday in 1920, the imprints have had a number of corporate owners. Today, the UK education imprint is owned by Pearson, the UK trade publications are owned by Random House and the US education imprint is owned by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
William Heinemann began working in the publishing industry under Nicolas Trübner, who was a major publisher of what was called Oriental scholarship. When, two years after Trübner's death, his company was taken over by the firm of Kegan Paul, Heinemann left and founded William Heinemann Ltd in Covent Garden, London, in 1890. The first title published was Hall Caine's The Bondman, which was a "stunning success", selling more than 450,000 copies. The company also released a number of works translated into English under the branding of "Heinemann's International Library", edited by Edmund Gosse. In 1893, Sydney Pawling became a partner. They became known for publishing the works of Sarah Grand. The company published the British version of Scribners' Great Education Series under the title Heinemann's Great Education Series, but did not include credits for the original American editor, Nicholas Murray Butler, an omission for which they were criticized.
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