Broadway Books is an imprint of the

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, a division of Random House, Inc.. It released its first list in Fall 1996. Broadway was founded in 1995 as a unit of Bantam Doubleday Dell, a unit of

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. Bertelsmann acquired

Random House Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the foll ...

in 1998 and merged Broadway into a combined group with Doubleday the next year. Random House reorganized again in 2008, with Doubleday moving to

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and Broadway moving to its current home at

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. Broadway's general-interest publishing was combined with Crown in 2010. Broadway became the paperback publisher for the Crown imprint in 2010. Broadway Books has published many ''New York Times'' bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, including Elizabeth Edwards' memoir ''Resilience'', Bill O'Reilly's memoir '' A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity'', '' Decision Points'' by George W. Bush, '' Liberal Fascism'' by Jonah Goldberg, and ''A Lion Called Christian'' by Ace Bourke and John Rendall. Broadway Books publishes a paperback list, in categories including narrative nonfiction, memoir, health and wellness, diet and fitness, inspiration, history, travel and adventure narrative, pop culture, politics, personal finance, popular reference, humor, and contemporary fiction. Travel writers in their "Broadway Abroad" category were Frances Mayes (''Under the Tuscan Sun''),

Bill Bryson William McGuire Bryson ( ; born 8 December 1951) is an American-British journalist and author. Bryson has written a number of nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Born in the United States, he has be ...

(''A Walk in the Woods'') and Martin Troost (''Lost on Planet China'' and ''Getting Stoned With the Savages''). Notable memoirs include

Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English Rock music, rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s l ...

's ''Clapton'', the bestselling rock autobiography of all time, the ''New York Times'' bestsellers ''Escape'' by Carolyn Jessop and ''No Shortcuts to the Top'' by climber Ed Viesturs, as well as ''Tuesdays With Morrie'' by Mitch Albom and Tim O'Brien's ''The Things They Carried''. In the field of personal finance, Broadway's titles include David Bach's ''The Automatic Millionaire'' and ''Smart Women Finish Rich''. Broadway's books that have been made into films include Kurt Eichenwald's bestselling ''The Informant'' and C. D. Payne 's cult classic ''Youth In Revolt''. In diet, health and fitness titles include Lou Arrone's ''The Skinny'', ''Are You Ready!'' from television's Biggest Loser's Bob Harper. Broadway Books' cookbook backlist includes

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guru Deborah Madison.

Authors

* David Bach *

* Christine Coppa * Elizabeth Edwards * Frances Mayes * Carolyn Jessop * Bill O'Reilly *

Rebecca Skloot Rebecca L. Skloot (born September 19, 1972) is an American science writer who specializes in science and medicine.Jessica Teisch, "Floyd Skloot & Rebecca Skloot", in '' Bookmarks'', May/June 2010. Her first book, '' The Immortal Life of Henrie ...

* Chérie Carter-Scott

Works published

* The Concise Guide To Sounding Smart At Parties

References

External links

* {{Authority control Book publishing company imprints Random House Penguin Random House Publishing companies established in 1996