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Dell Publishing Company, Inc. is an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, that was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte Jr. with $10,000 (approx. $145,000 in 2021), two employees and one magazine title, I Confess, and soon began turning out dozens of pulp magazines, which included penny-a-word detective stories, articles about films, and romance books (or "smoochies" as ...
It was jointly owned by Richard Baron (1923–2021) [2] 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 The Dial Press (Dial Books for Young Readers) was sold to E. P. Dutton. The children's ...
George T. Delacorte Jr. (20 June 1894 – 4 May 1991) was an American magazine publisher, born in New York City. He founded the Dell Publishing in 1921. His goal was to entertain readers who were not satisfied with the genteel publications available at the time.
S. Safe Harbour (novel) Scientology: The Now Religion; The Scorch Trials; Sea Change (Powlik novel) The Second Summer of the Sisterhood; User:Dunkybrown/In Too Deep (Child novel)
Pages in category "Dell Publishing books" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Dell Magazines is also the sponsor of the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, given out by the World Science Fiction Society alongside the Hugo Awards. The award was previously known as the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer from its founding in 1973 until 2019, after that year's winner, Jeannette Ng , criticized John W. Campbell ...
Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1973. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium. [1] In 1953, Dell claimed to be the world's largest comics publisher, selling 26 million copies each month. [2]
Dell Mapback #173, 1947 Crime map from Dell 173 Dell Mapback, The Sheik. Mapback is a term used by paperback collectors to refer to the earliest paperback books published by Dell Books, beginning in 1943. The books are known as mapbacks because the back cover of the book contains a map that illustrates the location of the action.