Arcade Publishing is an independent trade publishing company that started in 1988 in New York, USA. It publishes American and world fiction and nonfiction.
The company was started and run by
Richard Seaver and his wife Jeannette.
[Weber, Bruce (January 7, 2009)]
"Richard Seaver, Publisher, Dies at 82".
''The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
''. It declared bankruptcy shortly after Richard's death in 2009, and was acquired by
Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. is an American independent book publishing company founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York City, with a satellite office in Brattleboro, Vermont.
History
The current president and publisher is founder Tony Ly ...
in 2010.
[(July 27, 2010)]
"Skyhorse Takes Arcade".
''Publishers Weekly
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''.
In 2011, Arcade was relaunched as an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, where it continues to acquire and publish literary fiction and nonfiction. In addition to its main list, Arcade now also issues Arcade Artists & Art, a series featuring books by and about artists, particularly of the modern period. Jeannette Seaver serves as a consulting editor in the acquisition and curation of upcoming lists.
''Auschwitz'' by
Miklos Nyiszli became a
''New York Times'' bestseller in 2011. The company has also published a number of books by Albanian author
Ismail Kadare, including ''
Elegy for Kosovo'', ''
The Successor'', ''
Spring Flowers, Spring Frost'', ''
Agamemnon's Daughter'', ''
The File on H.
''The File on H.'' is a novel by the Albanian author Ismail Kadare. It first appeared in Albanian in 1981 under the title ''Dosja H''.
Plot
In this often-comic novel, two Homeric scholars from Ireland by way of Harvard University plan to investi ...
'', ''
The Pyramid
A pyramid is a structure with triangular lateral surfaces converging to an apex.
Pyramid may also refer to:
Anatomy and medicine
* Petrous part of the temporal bone, the pyramid
* Pyramid (brainstem), the anterior part of medulla oblongata
Ga ...
'', and ''
The Three-Arched Bridge''.
References
External links
Arcade Publishing web site
Defunct book publishing companies of the United States
Publishing companies established in 1988
1988 establishments in the United States
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