Nelson Doubleday

Nelson Doubleday ( born June 16, 1889 in Brooklyn, New York City; † January 11, 1949 in Oyster Bay, Long Iceland, New York) was an American publisher.

He was the son of the Doubleday publishing company founder Frank Nelson Doubleday and Neltje Blanchan, brother of writer Russell Doubleday and father of Nelson Doubleday, Jr.

At the request of the young Nelson Rudyard Kipling wrote his " Just So Stories for Little Children ," published in 1902 by Doubleday. For his part in the emergence of the book he acted with his father as publisher of the book a penny per copy sold itself out, which he was to receive this bonus for life.

In 1912 he founded his own publishing house, Nelson Doubleday, Inc., with whom he first one months old magazines sold at half price. In 1918, he joined as a junior partner in his father's company. The Great Depression survived the company, previously acquired by British publishers and all the magazines were sold in the possession of the publisher.

In 1916 he married Martha J. Nicholson, this marriage was divorced in 1931. In 1932 he married Ellen McCarter Violet, who brought two children into the marriage and with whom he would have two children, Sargent and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.

Doubleday, who claimed " I sell books, I do not read them" ( "I sell books, I do not read them " ) applied for its products partly aggressive, founded a variety of book clubs that designed with high and therefore priced differently book editions were supplied. Doubleday in 1947 sold his 26 book clubs and other distribution channels such as department stores more than 30 million books, moved Daphne du Maurier, Edna Ferber, Classic, Guides and was the largest North American publisher.