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Stein and Day
StatusDefunct
Founded1962
FounderSol Steinand Patricia Day
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City
Publication typesBooks

Stein and Day, Inc.was an American publishing company founded bySol Steinand his wife Patricia Day in 1962.[1]Stein was both the publisher and theeditor-in-chief.The firm was based inNew York City,and was in business for 27 years, until closing in 1989.

History[edit]

Stein and Day's first book wasElia Kazan'sAmerica America,published in 1962, which was a bestseller and was adapted into afilmby Kazan. The success of many of Stein and Day's books was attributable in part to the amount of publicity work that Stein and Day did for each book[2]Stein worked with Kazan daily for five months on Kazan's first novelThe Arrangement,which was #1 on theNew York TimesBest Seller listfor 37 consecutive weeks.

The firm relocated fromManhattantoBriarcliff Manor, New Yorkin 1975,[3]and published about 100 books a year until the company declared bankruptcy in 1987, selling itsbacklistin 1988.[4][5]Stein and Day's demise was the subject of Stein's bookA Feast for Lawyers.[6]TheNew York Timeswrote, "He has produced an appalling, Dickensian portrait of the entire system...ought to be read not only by executives facingChapter 11but by all entrepreneurs and indeed by anyone who fantasizes about running his own company. "[7]Stein's book was honored by theAmerican Bankruptcy Instituteat its annual convention in Washington.Columbia Universityholds the Stein and Day Archives, which chronicles the firm's 27 years of existence.[8]

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Other authors[edit]

Stein and Day published works byLeslie Fiedler,David Frost,Jack Higgins,Dylan Thomas,Budd Schulberg,Claude Brown,Bertram Wolfe,Harry Lorayne,Wanda LandowskaandMarilyn Monroe,among others.[citation needed]They were the U.S. publishers ofJ. B. Priestley,Eric Partridge,Maxim Gorky,Che Guevara,L. P. Hartley,andGeorge Bernard Shaw.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^Bender, Dean. "A House Built on Bestsellers." Business Magazine Published by theGannett Westchester Newspapers.30 September 1979.
  2. ^."The Times Diary."The New York Times.12 March 1969.
  3. ^Wilner, Paul. "Tale of a Publisher's Move to the Country."The New York Times.11 February 1979.
  4. ^"Stein & Day Publishing Files for Bankruptcy".The New York Times.27 June 1987.
  5. ^"THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Stein & Day to Shut Down".The New York Times.29 July 1988.
  6. ^Stein, Sol (1989).A feast for lawyers: inside chapter 11: an exposé.New York, NY: Evans.ISBN978-0-87131-589-2.
  7. ^Gaeber, Lauren. "News and Noteworthy".The New York Times.25 March 1955. Retrieved fromhttp://nytimeson 13 September 2007.
  8. ^"Stein and Day records, 1963–1988".

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