Frank Nelson Doubleday (January 30, 1862–January 8, 1934), known to friends and family as “Effendi”, was a famous U.S. publisher. His most significant achievement was as founder and eponym of Doubleday & Company in 1897. January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... Doubleday is one of the largest book publishing companies in the world. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Frank Doubleday was a native of Brooklyn, New York, the son of a hatter. Early in life he became fascinated with the printing business and by the age of ten he had saved up enough money to buy his own printing press. He earned back his investment by printing advertising and news circulars for local businesses, and from that point never left the business. When Doubleday was 14, his father's business failed, and he was forced to leave school and find a full-time job. He went to work at the firm of Charles Scribner's Sons in Manhattan for the salary of $3 a week. Doubleday spent eighteen years at Scribner's, eventually rising to become the publisher of Scribner's Magazine and head of Scribner's subscription book department. For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Charles Scribners Sons is a publisher that was founded in 1846 at the Brick Church Chapel on New Yorks Park Row. ...

When Doubleday's relationship with J. Blair Scribner soured, he left the company and went into partnership with Samuel S. McClure, publisher of McClure's Magazine, to form the Doubleday & McClure Co. in March, 1897. The following year, Doubleday and McClure accepted a contract to manage the great publishing house of Harper & Brothers, at the instigation of their banker, J. Pierpont Morgan. On taking control, Doubleday dug thoroughly through Harper's books and decided that the company's finances were in a shambles, and Doubleday convinced McClure and Morgan to call off the deal. (Harper had gone heavily into debt in the Panic of 1893, and the extension of copyright to foreign authors in 1891 put a large dent in Harper's principal business, cheap domestic reprints of respected foreign authors.) McClures or McClures Magazine was a popular United States illustrated monthly magazine at the turn of the 20th century, often compared to the longer-running The Atlantic Monthly. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Corporation stubs ... John Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913), American financier and banker, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, a son of Junius Spencer Morgan (1813–1890), who was a partner of George Peabody and the founder of the house of J. S. Morgan & Co. ... The Panic of 1893 was a serious decline in the economy of the United States that began in 1893 and was precipitated in part by a run on the gold supply. ... Copyright symbol. ...

On December 31, 1899, growing tension between Doubleday and McClure led the two men to dissolve their partnership. The following year, Doubleday invited Walter Hines Page, former editor of The Atlantic Monthly, to join him; the new firm was Doubleday, Page & Co. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Walter Hines Page (August 15, 1855 - December 21, 1918) was an American journalist, publisher, and diplomat. ... February 1862 edition of The Atlantic Monthly, with The Battle Hymn of the Republic on the front page. ...

In 1921, Doubleday bought a controlling interest in the English publisher William Heinemann, after the eponymous senior partner died in a freak bedroom accident. In 1927, Doubleday purchased the publishing house of George H. Doran, and the company became Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Doubleday was twice married, first to Neltje De Graff, and then to Florence (birth name unknown). He had a son by his first wife, Nelson, who followed him into the publishing business and took over for his father after developing a promising mail-order business on his own (now part of BookSpan). An anglophile, Frank Doubleday spent many working vacations in England looking to sign up authors and publishers for U.S. editions. His personal friends included James Barrie, Andrew Carnegie, Alfred Harcourt, Edward Mandell House, Rudyard Kipling, T.E. Lawrence, Christopher Morley, Mark Twain. Through a cousin, he met John D. Rockefeller and either edited or ghost-wrote Rockefeller's autobiography. Neltje Blanchan (pseud of Nellie Blanchan (De Graff) Doubleday) (October 23, 1865 - 1918) was a United States scientific historian and nature writer who wrote books on gardening and birds. ... Nelson Doubleday (b. ... An anglophile is considered to be a non-English person who is extremely fond of all things English. ... Sir James Matthew Barrie, Baronet, Scottish author Sir James Matthew Barrie, Baronet (May 9, 1860 - June 19, 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. ... Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American businessman and major philanthropist and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company which later became U. S. Steel. ... House, Time, Jun. ... Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. ... Thomas Edward Lawrence (August 16, 1888 – May 19, 1935), also known as Lawrence of Arabia, and (apparently, among his Arab allies) Aurens or El Aurens, became famous for his role as a British liaison officer during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918. ... Christopher Morley (5 May 1890 - 28 March 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, and poet. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer. ... 1917 painting by John Singer Sargent. ... A ghostwriter is an author who writes under someone elses name, with their consent. ...

References

• Frank Nelson Doubleday, The Memoirs of a Publisher (Doubleday & Co., 1972)