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E. P. Dutton
Parent company	Penguin Group (Penguin Random House)
Founded	Boston, Massachusetts (1852)
Founder	Edward Payson Dutton
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	New York City
Publication types	Books
Official website	penguin.com

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E. P. Dutton was an American book publishing company. It was founded as a book retailer in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1852^[1] by Edward Payson Dutton. Since 1986, it has been an imprint of Penguin Group.

Creator

Edward Payson Dutton (January 1, 1831 in Keene, New Hampshire^[2] – 1923) was a prominent American book publisher.

In 1852, Dutton founded the E. P. Dutton bookselling company in Boston, Massachusetts. The business sold fiction and non-fiction, and within a short time expanded into the selling of children's literature. In 1864, he opened a branch office to sell books in New York City and in 1869 moved his company's headquarters there and entered the book publishing business. From 1888 onward, he started working with Ernest Nister. In 1906, Dutton struck what proved to be a significant deal with the English publishing company of J. M. Dent to be the American distributor of the Everyman's Library series of classic literature reprints.

Edward Dutton died in 1923, aged 92, but his company continued to flourish and today is an imprint of the Penguin Group.

History

Dutton expanded to New York City in 1864, where it began publishing religious books. In 1906, Dutton made a deal with English publishing company J. M. Dent to be the American distributor of the Everyman's Library series of classic literature reprints.

John Macrae joined the company in 1885 as an office boy, and in 1923 was named president. In 1928, the publishing and retail divisions were split into two separate businesses with Macrae acquiring the publishing side, operating as E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc.

It published children's books under the Unicorn imprint, with some books published in the 1990s. Dutton Children's Books continues today.

In 1975, Dutton was acquired by the Dutch publisher Elsevier.^[3] The following year, Dutton bought Hawthorn Books from W. H. Allen & Co.^[4] Dutton lost money under Dutch ownership, and the company was sold to the buyout firm Dyson-Kissner-Moran in 1981. The paperback publisher New American Library acquired Dutton in 1985.^[5]

New American Library was acquired by Penguin Group in 1986, and split into two imprints: Dutton and Dutton Children's Books.^[6] Dutton is now a boutique imprint within Penguin Group, publishing approximately 40 books for adults per year, half of them fiction and half non-fiction. After the acquisition by Penguin, books to which Penguin acquired the rights as part of the acquisition of Dutton were published in paperback under the imprint Puffin Unicorn (because Puffin has been the longtime paperback imprint for the Penguin Group). Penguin merged with Random House to form Penguin Random House in 2013.

In 2017, sister imprint Blue Rider Press was closed and its books were moved to Dutton.^[7]

Book series

Dutton Paperbacks^[8]
Everyman's Library^[9]
Sunrise Book^[10]
Unicorn Books^[11]
Dutton Obelisk^[12]
Studio Vista/Dutton Pictureback^[13]^[14]

References

^ "E. P. Dutton Marks its 100th Birthday; Book Concern Starts Second Century Today by Publishing Literary History Volume". The New York Times. January 4, 1952.
^ DUTTON, Edward Payson; p. 330; in Who's Who in America (1901–1902 edition); via archive.org
^ "Elsevier Reaches Dutton Merger Accord". The New York Times. April 12, 1975. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
^ Tebbel, John William (1972). A history of book publishing in the United States. New York: R. R. Bowker Co. pp. 318–319. ISBN 9780835204897. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
^ McDOWELL, EDWIN (February 7, 1985). "E.P. Dutton to Be Purchased by New American Library". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
^ McDowell, Edwin (October 1986). "PENGUIN AGREES TO BUY NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY". The New York Times. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ Milliot, Jim. "PRH Closing the Blue Rider Imprint". PublishersWeekly.com.
^ Dutton Paperbacks (E. P. Dutton) – Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
^ Collecting Everyman's Library (1906–78), everymanslibrarycollecting.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
^ "Sunrise Book" + Dutton, worldcat.org. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
^ Unicorn Books (E. P. Dutton) – Book Series List, publishing history.com. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
^ Appelbaum, Judith (June 12, 1983). "PAPERBACK TALK; Revivals: Plans and Progress". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
^ Studio Vista | Dutton Picturebacks – Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
^ Modern Sculpture (Studio Vista / Dutton Pictureback) by Alan Bowness, goodreads.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

External links

[1] "E. P. Dutton Marks its 100th Birthday; Book Concern Starts Second Century Today by Publishing Literary History Volume". The New York Times. January 4, 1952.

[Marquis1902-2] DUTTON, Edward Payson; p. 330; in Who's Who in America (1901–1902 edition); via archive.org

[3] "Elsevier Reaches Dutton Merger Accord". The New York Times. April 12, 1975. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 20, 2018.

[4] Tebbel, John William (1972). A history of book publishing in the United States. New York: R. R. Bowker Co. pp. 318–319. ISBN 9780835204897. Retrieved December 22, 2019.

[5] McDOWELL, EDWIN (February 7, 1985). "E.P. Dutton to Be Purchased by New American Library". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 20, 2018.

[6] McDowell, Edwin (October 1986). "PENGUIN AGREES TO BUY NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY". The New York Times. Retrieved December 2, 2018.

[7] Milliot, Jim. "PRH Closing the Blue Rider Imprint". PublishersWeekly.com.

[8] Dutton Paperbacks (E. P. Dutton) – Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.

[9] Collecting Everyman's Library (1906–78), everymanslibrarycollecting.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.

[10] "Sunrise Book" + Dutton, worldcat.org. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

[11] Unicorn Books (E. P. Dutton) – Book Series List, publishing history.com. Retrieved May 24, 2018.

[12] Appelbaum, Judith (June 12, 1983). "PAPERBACK TALK; Revivals: Plans and Progress". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

[13] Studio Vista | Dutton Picturebacks – Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

[14] Modern Sculpture (Studio Vista / Dutton Pictureback) by Alan Bowness, goodreads.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

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[ref3-16] t venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft, Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.

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[ref4-18] t venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.

[ref9-19] t venture with Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen and Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

[ref10-20] t venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.

[ref11-21] t venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas.

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-'''E. P. Dutton''' was an American [[Publishing|book publishing]] company{{clarify|reason=Why is the past tense used ? The company looks still up and running|date=September 2020}}. It was founded as a book retailer in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], in 1852<ref>{{cite news |title=E. P. Dutton Marks its 100th Birthday; Book Concern Starts Second Century Today by Publishing Literary History Volume |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 4, 1952}}</ref> by Edward Payson Dutton.
+'''E. P. Dutton''' was an American [[Publishing|book publishing]] company. It was founded as a book retailer in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], in 1852<ref>{{cite news |title=E. P. Dutton Marks its 100th Birthday; Book Concern Starts Second Century Today by Publishing Literary History Volume |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 4, 1952}}</ref> by Edward Payson Dutton. Since 1986, it has been an imprint of [[Penguin Group]].
 ==Creator==
+[[File:Edward Payson Dutton.jpg|thumb|left|Edward Payson Dutton]]
-'''Edward Payson Dutton''' (January 4, 1831 – 1923) was a prominent [[United States|American]] [[Publishing|book publisher]].
+'''Edward Payson Dutton''' (January 1, 1831 in [[Keene, New Hampshire]]<ref name=Marquis1902>[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica02marq/page/330/mode/2up DUTTON, Edward Payson]; p. 330; in ''[[Who's Who in America]]'' (1901–1902 edition); via [[archive.org]]</ref> – 1923) was a prominent American [[Publishing|book publisher]].
-In 1852, Dutton founded the E. P. Dutton bookselling company in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. The business sold fiction and non-fiction, and within a short time expanded into the selling of [[children's literature]].
-In 1864, he opened a branch office to sell books in [[New York City]] and in 1869 moved his company's headquarters there and entered the book publishing business.
+In 1852, Dutton founded the E. P. Dutton bookselling company in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. The business sold fiction and non-fiction, and within a short time expanded into the selling of [[children's literature]]. In 1864, he opened a branch office to sell books in [[New York City]] and in 1869 moved his company's headquarters there and entered the book publishing business. From 1888 onward, he started working with [[Ernest Nister]]. In 1906, Dutton struck what proved to be a significant deal with the English publishing company of [[J. M. Dent]] to be the American distributor of the [[Everyman's Library]] series of [[Classic book|classic literature]] reprints.
-From 1888 onward, he started working with [[Ernest Nister]].
-In 1906, Dutton struck what proved to be a significant deal with the [[England|English]] publishing company of [[J. M. Dent]] to be the American distributor of the [[Everyman's Library]] series of [[Classic book|classic literature]] reprints.
 Edward Dutton died in 1923, aged 92, but his company continued to flourish and today is an [[Imprint (trade name)|imprint]] of the [[Penguin Group]].
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 It published children's books under the Unicorn imprint, with some books published in the 1990s. [[Dutton Children's Books]] continues today.
-In 1975, Dutton was acquired by the Dutch publisher [[Elsevier]].<ref>{{cite news |work=The New York Times |title=Elsevier Reaches Dutton Merger Accord |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/12/archives/elsevier-reaches-dutton-merger-accord.html |date=1975-04-12 |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=2018-01-20}}</ref> The following year, Dutton bought [[Hawthorn Books]] from [[W. H. Allen & Co.]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Tebbel |first=John William |title=A history of book publishing in the United States |url=http://archive.org/details/historyofbookpub0004tebb |publisher=R. R. Bowker Co. |location=New York |date=1972 |pages=318–319 |access-date=2019-12-22}}</ref> Dutton lost money under Dutch ownership, and the company was sold to the buyout firm [[Charles Dyson|Dyson-Kissner-Moran]] in 1981. The paperback publisher [[New American Library]] acquired Dutton in 1985.<ref>{{cite news |work=The New York Times |last=McDOWELL |first=EDWIN |title=E.P. Dutton to Be Purchased by New American Library |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/07/books/ep-dutton-to-be-purchased-by-new-american-library.html |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=2018-01-20 |date=1985-02-07}}</ref>
+In 1975, Dutton was acquired by the Dutch publisher [[Elsevier]].<ref>{{cite news |work=The New York Times |title=Elsevier Reaches Dutton Merger Accord |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/12/archives/elsevier-reaches-dutton-merger-accord.html |date=April 12, 1975 |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref> The following year, Dutton bought [[Hawthorn Books]] from [[W. H. Allen & Co.]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Tebbel |first=John William |url=http://archive.org/details/historyofbookpub0004tebb |title=A history of book publishing in the United States |date=1972 |publisher=R. R. Bowker Co. |location=New York |pages=318–319 |isbn=9780835204897 |author-link=John William Tebbel |access-date=December 22, 2019}}</ref> Dutton lost money under Dutch ownership, and the company was sold to the buyout firm [[Charles Dyson|Dyson-Kissner-Moran]] in 1981. The paperback publisher [[New American Library]] acquired Dutton in 1985.<ref>{{cite news |work=The New York Times |last=McDOWELL |first=EDWIN |title=E.P. Dutton to Be Purchased by New American Library |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/07/books/ep-dutton-to-be-purchased-by-new-american-library.html |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=January 20, 2018 |date=February 7, 1985}}</ref>
-New American Library was acquired by Penguin Group in 1986, and split into two imprints: Dutton and [[Dutton Children's Books]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/01/garden/penguin-agrees-to-buy-new-american-library.html |last=McDowell |first=Edwin |title=PENGUIN AGREES TO BUY NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY |access-date=2018-12-02}}</ref> Dutton is now a boutique imprint within Penguin Group, publishing approximately 40 books for adults per year, half of them fiction and half non-fiction. After the acquisition by Penguin, books to which Penguin acquired the rights as part of the acquisition of Dutton were published in paperback under the imprint Puffin Unicorn (because Puffin has been the longtime paperback imprint for the Penguin Group). Penguin merged with [[Random House]] to form [[Penguin Random House]] in 2013.
+New American Library was acquired by Penguin Group in 1986, and split into two imprints: Dutton and [[Dutton Children's Books]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/01/garden/penguin-agrees-to-buy-new-american-library.html |last=McDowell |first=Edwin |title=PENGUIN AGREES TO BUY NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY |work=The New York Times |date=October 1986 |access-date=December 2, 2018}}</ref> Dutton is now a boutique imprint within Penguin Group, publishing approximately 40 books for adults per year, half of them fiction and half non-fiction. After the acquisition by Penguin, books to which Penguin acquired the rights as part of the acquisition of Dutton were published in paperback under the imprint Puffin Unicorn (because Puffin has been the longtime paperback imprint for the Penguin Group). Penguin merged with [[Random House]] to form [[Penguin Random House]] in 2013.
-In 2017, sister imprint Blue Rider Press was closed and its books were moved to Dutton.<ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/74105-prh-closing-the-blue-rider-imprint.html PRH Closing the Blue Rider Imprint]</ref>
+In 2017, sister imprint Blue Rider Press was closed and its books were moved to Dutton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/74105-prh-closing-the-blue-rider-imprint.html|title=PRH Closing the Blue Rider Imprint|first=Jim|last=Milliot |website=PublishersWeekly.com}}</ref>
-==Notable authors==
-{{unreferenced section|date=February 2021}}
-* [[Cleveland Amory]]
-* [[Jorge Luis Borges]]
-* [[Gore Vidal]]
-* [[Marchette Chute]]
-* [[Lawrence Durrell]]
-* [[Milton Glaser]]
-* [[John Irving]]
-* [[Daniel Levitin]]
-* [[Peter Matthiessen]]
-* [[Gavin Maxwell]]
-* [[Joyce Carol Oates]]
-* [[Luigi Pirandello]]
-* [[Ayn Rand]]
-* [[Françoise Sagan]]
-* [[Mickey Spillane]]
-* [[Gail Sheehy]]
-* [[John Green (author)|John Green]]
-* [[Adam Gidwitz]]
-* [[A. A. Milne]]
 ==Book series==
-* Dutton Paperbacks<ref>[http://www.publishinghistory.com/dutton-paperbacks.html Dutton Paperbacks (E. P. Dutton) - Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.</ref>
+* Dutton Paperbacks<ref>[http://www.publishinghistory.com/dutton-paperbacks.html Dutton Paperbacks (E. P. Dutton) – Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.</ref>
-* [[Everyman's Library]]<ref>[http://www.everymanslibrarycollecting.com/index.html Collecting Everyman's Library (1906-78)], everymanslibrarycollecting.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.</ref>
+* [[Everyman's Library]]<ref>[http://www.everymanslibrarycollecting.com/index.html Collecting Everyman's Library (1906–78)], everymanslibrarycollecting.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.</ref>
-* Unicorn Books<ref>[http://www.publishinghistory.com/unicorn-books-e-p-dutton.html Unicorn Books (E. P. Dutton) - Book Series List], publishing history.com. Retrieved 24 May 2018.</ref>
+* Sunrise Book<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=%22Sunrise+Book%22+%2B+%22E.+P.+Dutton%22&limit=10&offset=1&orderBy=publicationDateAsc "Sunrise Book" + Dutton], worldcat.org. Retrieved August 27, 2023.</ref>
+* Unicorn Books<ref>[http://www.publishinghistory.com/unicorn-books-e-p-dutton.html Unicorn Books (E. P. Dutton) – Book Series List], publishing history.com. Retrieved May 24, 2018.</ref>
-* Dutton Obelisk<ref>{{Cite news|last=Appelbaum|first=Judith|date=1983-06-12|title=PAPERBACK TALK; Revivals: Plans and Progress|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/12/books/paperback-talk-revivals-plans-and-progress.html|access-date=2021-06-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
+* Dutton Obelisk<ref>{{Cite news|last=Appelbaum|first=Judith|date=June 12, 1983|title=PAPERBACK TALK; Revivals: Plans and Progress|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/12/books/paperback-talk-revivals-plans-and-progress.html|access-date=June 5, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
+* Studio Vista/Dutton Pictureback<ref>[https://www.publishinghistory.com/studio-vista-dutton-picturebacks.html Studio Vista | Dutton Picturebacks – Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11912254-modern-sculpture Modern Sculpture (Studio Vista / Dutton Pictureback) by Alan Bowness], goodreads.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.</ref>
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.penguin.com/publishers/dutton/ Dutton imprint page at Penguin USA]
+* [https://www.penguin.com/dutton-overview/ Dutton imprint page at Penguin USA]
 * [https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/e/ep_dutton.htm E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. Records - An inventory of its records at Syracuse University]
-*[https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?Erp=20&N=38537+38533+37910+33398+4288205036&view=grid Children's books by E. P. Dutton] at [[Toronto Public Library]]
+* [https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?Erp=20&N=38537+38533+37910+33398+4288205036&view=grid Children's books by E. P. Dutton] at [[Toronto Public Library]]
 {{Penguin Random House}}
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-[[Category:E. P. Dutton|*]]
+[[Category:E. P. Dutton| ]]
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 [[Category:Publishing companies established in 1864]]

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