Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. was a division of the
Meredith Publishing Company. It was a result of the merger of
Appleton-Century Company with
F.S. Crofts Co. in 1948. Prior to that
The Century Company had merged with
D. Appleton & Company in 1933.
The Century Company and its subsequent incarnations published the ''
New Century Dictionary''.
Eventually Meredith sold the majority of the company and the Appleton name to
Prentice-Hall
Prentice Hall was a major American educational publisher. It published print and digital content for the 6–12 and higher-education market. It was an independent company throughout the bulk of the twentieth century. In its last few years it ...
in 1973. Part of the company became part of Hawthorn Books and New Win Publishing.
Timeline
* 1948
Appleton-Century Company, founded in 1933, merged with F. S. Crofts Co., founded in 1924, to form Appleton-Century-Crofts.
* 1960 Purchased by
Meredith Publishing Company
* 1969 Meredith trade books division sold to
Hawthorn Books
* 1973 Appleton textbook division purchased by
Prentice Hall
Prentice Hall was a major American publishing#Textbook_publishing, educational publisher. It published print and digital content for the 6–12 and higher-education market. It was an independent company throughout the bulk of the twentieth cen ...
; the medical division retains the Appleton name
* 1974
New Century division sold to
Charles Walther, and was later renamed New Win Publishing
* 1998 Prentice Hall merged with
Pearson Education
Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc. The subsidiary was formed in 1998, when Pearson plc acquired Simon & Schuster's educatio ...
* 1999 Pearson Education sells successor company Appleton & Lange to
McGraw-Hill
McGraw Hill is an American education science company that provides educational content, software, and services for students and educators across various levels—from K-12 to higher education and professional settings. They produce textbooks, ...
* 2003
Academic Learning Company, LLC acquired New Win Publishing, which was a division of New Century Publishing
Imprints
* Century vagabond books of travel
See also
*
Duell, Sloan and Pearce
References
* ''New Century Dictionary''. (1963). ii. New York:Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.
External links
Appleton-Century mss., 1846–1962at the Lilly Library, Indiana University
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Defunct book publishing companies of the United States
Publishing companies established in 1948
Publishing companies disestablished in 1973
1948 establishments in New York (state)
1973 disestablishments in New York (state)
American companies established in 1948
Companies disestablished in 1973