Difference between revisions of "Publisher:Ballantine Books"

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Ballantine Books is a publisher.^[1] It was founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973.^[2]

Ballantine initated a policy of publishing a low-cost mass-market paperback edition at the same time as a hardcover edition in 1952 with Cameron Hawley's Executive Suite (Ballantin Book #1).^[2].

In 1969 Ballantine initated the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series edited by Lin Carter.^[2] This reprintd several rare titles, some considered "classics". It also included the first books in Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series.^[2] Ballentine published the "authorized" paperback edition of the (revised) second edition of Tolkein's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

Historical full names and addresses

1970: Ballantine Books, Inc., 101 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10003.^[1]

Logos

1970^[1]

Intext

Note that from 1970 to 1972 "An Intext Publisher" appeared at the bottom of the title page though it's not been confirmed if this was for all publications in this period. See the Intext article for more information about this.

Verified appearances of Intext:

March 1970^[1]

References and verification sources

1. ^ After Doomsday by Poul Anderson published March 1970

2. ^ Wikipedia article (see links below)

External Links

Wikipedia article

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-'''Ballantine Books''' is a publisher.{{ref|1}} It was founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973.{{ref|2}} In 1969 Ballantine initated the ''Ballantine Adult Fantasy series'' edited by Lin Carter.{{ref|2}}  This reprintd several rare titles, some considered "classics". It also included the first books in {{A|Katherine Kurtz}}'s Deryni series.{{ref|2}}  Ballentine published the "authorized" paperback edition of the (revised) second edition of Tolkein's ''Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit''.
+'''Ballantine Books''' is a publisher.{{ref|1}} It was founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973.{{ref|2}}
+Ballantine initated a policy of publishing a low-cost mass-market paperback edition at the same time as a hardcover edition in 1952 with Cameron Hawley's Executive Suite (Ballantin Book #1).{{Ref|2}}.
+In 1969 Ballantine initated the ''Ballantine Adult Fantasy series'' edited by Lin Carter.{{ref|2}}  This reprintd several rare titles, some considered "classics". It also included the first books in {{A|Katherine Kurtz}}'s Deryni series.{{ref|2}}  Ballentine published the "authorized" paperback edition of the (revised) second edition of Tolkein's ''Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit''.
 == Historical full names and addresses ==