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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., 1846–1962
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