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| Parent company | Crown Publishing Group (Random House) |
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| Founded | 1995 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | crownpublishing.com/broadway-books |
Broadway Books is an imprint of theCrown Publishing Group, a division ofRandom House, Inc.. It released its first list in Fall 1996. Broadway was founded in 1995 as a unit of Bantam Doubleday Dell, a unit ofBertelsmann.[1] Bertelsmann acquiredRandom House in 1998 and merged Broadway into a combined group withDoubleday the next year.[2] Random House reorganized again in 2008, with Doubleday moving toKnopf and Broadway moving to its current home atCrown.[3] Broadway's general-interest publishing was combined with Crown in 2010.[4] Broadway became the paperback publisher for the Crown imprint in 2010.[5]
Broadway Books has published manyNew York Times bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, includingElizabeth Edwards' memoirResilience,Bill O'Reilly's memoirA Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity,Decision Points by George W. Bush,Liberal Fascism byJonah Goldberg, andA 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 wereFrances Mayes (Under the Tuscan Sun),Bill Bryson (A Walk in the Woods) and Martin Troost (Lost on Planet China andGetting Stoned With the Savages). Notable memoirs includeEric Clapton'sClapton, the bestselling rock autobiography of all time, theNew York Times bestsellersEscape by Carolyn Jessop andNo Shortcuts to the Top by climberEd Viesturs, as well asTuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom and Tim O'Brien'sThe Things They Carried.
In the field of personal finance, Broadway's titles includeDavid Bach'sThe Automatic Millionaire andSmart Women Finish Rich. Broadway's books that have been made into films includeKurt Eichenwald's bestsellingThe Informant andC. D. Payne 's cult classicYouth In Revolt. In diet, health and fitness titles include Lou Arrone'sThe Skinny,Are You Ready! from television'sBiggest Loser'sBob Harper. Broadway Books' cookbook backlist includesvegetarian guru Deborah Madison.
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