The Dial Press was a publishing house founded in 1923 by Lincoln MacVeagh. The Dial Press shared a building with '' The Dial'' and Scofield Thayer worked with both. The first imprint was issued in 1924. Authors included Elizabeth Bowen, W. R. Burnett and Glenway Wescott, Frank Yerby,

James Baldwin James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer. He garnered acclaim across various media, including essays, novels, plays, and poems. His first novel, '' Go Tell It on the Mountain'', was published in 1953; de ...

, Roy Campbell,

Susan Berman Susan Jane Berman (May 18, 1945 – December 23, 2000) was an American journalist and author. The daughter of mobster David Berman, she wrote about her late-in-life realization of her father's role in organized crime. In 2000, Berman was f ...

, Herbert Gold, Thomas Berger, Vance Bourjaily,

Judith Rossner Judith Rossner (March 31, 1935 – August 9, 2005) was an American novelist, best known for her acclaimed best sellers '' Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' (1975) and ''August'' (1983). Life and career, 1935–1973 Born in New York City, on March 31, 1 ...

, and

Norman Mailer Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, activist, filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning over six decades, Mailer ...

. In 1963,

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Company acquired 60% of the Dial Press stock but the Press remained an independent subsidiary. It was jointly owned by Richard Baron and Dell Publishing; E. L. Doctorow was editor-in-chief. In 1969 the Dial Press became wholly owned by Dell Publishing Company. In 1976 Doubleday bought Dell Publishing and the children's division of Dial Press (Dial Books for Young Readers) was sold to E. P. Dutton. The children's division of Dial Press published books under the Pied Piper imprint. Dutton would be bought by New American Library, which in turn became a part of the Penguin Group, a division of

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. When the Penguin Group obtained the rights to children's books published by the Dial Press, some were published in paperback under the imprint Puffin Pied Piper (because Puffin has been the longtime paperback imprint for the Penguin Group). Doubleday dissolved Dial Press in 1985. The adult imprint was revived by Carole Baron the publisher of Dell at the time part of Bantam/Doubleday/Dell under the leadership of

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. It went on to gain awards and bestsellers. It was bought when BDD was sold to Random House. Penguin and Random House merged in 2013, forming Penguin Random House, with the main division part of Random House and the Young Readers division part of Penguin.

Notable books published by The Dial Press

*'' An American Dream'',

*''

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*'' The Detective'', Roderick Thorp *'' The Ecstasy Business'', Richard Condon *'' The Good Thief'',

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*'' I've Got Your Number'',

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*'' Mile High'', Richard Condon *''Nine Months in the Life of an Old Maid'',

*'' The Report from Iron Mountain'' *'' The Fire Next Time'',

*''

Stardance ''Stardance'' is a science fiction novel by Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson, published by Dial Press in 1979 as part of its Quantum science fiction line. The novel's opening segment originally appeared in ''Analog (magazine), Analog'' in 1977 ...

'', Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson *''

The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí ''The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí'' is an autobiography by the internationally renowned artist Salvador Dalí published in 1942 by Dial Press. The book was written in French and translated into English by Haakon Chevalier. It covers his family ...

'', Salvador Dalí *''

Die Nigger Die! ''Die Nigger Die!'' is a 1969 political autobiography by the American political activist H. Rap Brown (now known as Jamil Abdullah al-Amin). The book was first released in the United States in 1969 (by Dial Press) and then in the United Kingdom in ...

'',

H. Rap Brown Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (born Hubert Gerold Brown; October 4, 1943), formerly known as H. Rap Brown, is a civil rights activist, black separatist, and convicted murderer who was the fifth chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ...

*'' Ethics: Origin and Development'',

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*'' Secrets at Sea'', Richard Peck, illustrated by Kelly Murphy *''

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'', Richard Peck, illustrated by Kelly Murphy *'' Another Country'', James Baldwin *'' Little Big Man'', Thomas Berger *''Confessions of a Spent Youth'', Vance Bourjaily *''

The Giant's House ''The Giant's House'' is the debut novel of Elizabeth McCracken, first published in 1996. The novel was short-listed for the 1996 National Book Award for Fiction. The novel explores how Peggy Cort, a librarian and "old maid", falls in love with on ...

'', Elizabeth McCracken *''It was gonna be like Paris'', Emily Listfield * ''

The War That Saved My Life ''The War That Saved My Life'', by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, is a 2015 children’s historical novel published by Dial Books for Young Readers. In 2016, it was a Newbery Honor Book and was named to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's ...

'',

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (born June 24, 1967) is an American children's and young adult book author. In 2016, her children's book '' The War That Saved My Life'' received the Newbery Honor Award and was named to the Bank Street Children's Book ...

* ''The Short Novels of Dostoevsky'' (with introduction by Thomas Mann),

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, translated by Constance Garnett * ''The Mysterious Tale of Gentle Jack and Lord Bumblebee

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, illustrated by Gennady Spirin, translated by

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Book series

* The Bourbon Classics * The Dial Detective Library * The Dial Standard Library * Fireside Library * The Golden Dragon Library * Library of Living ClassicsLibrary of Living Classics
owu.edu. Retrieved 26 October 2020. * Permanent Library * The Rogue's Library

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External links

* * Dial Press Records. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Notable books published by The Dial Press

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