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Doubleday is one of the largest Book Publishing companies in the world. It was founded as Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 by Frank Nelson Doubleday who had formed a partnership with magazine publisher Samuel McClure . One of their first bestsellers was '' The Day's Work '' by Rudyard Kipling . Other authors published by the company in its early years include W. Somerset Maugham and Joseph Conrad . Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was later a vice-president of the company. In 1900 the company became ''Doubleday, Page & Company'' when Walter Hines Page joined as a new partner. In 1922, the founder's son, Nelson Doubleday , joined the firm. In 1927, Doubleday merged with the George H. Doran Company , creating ''Doubleday, Doran'', the largest publishing business in the English-speaking world. In 1946, the company became ''Doubleday and Company'' and John Sargent became president and CEO during that time, with his son as a business associate in the publishing division. John Turner Sargent Doubleday was sold to Bertelsmann in 1986 . In 1988 it became part of the '' Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group'', which in turn became a division of Random House in 1998 . NOTABLE EDITORS IMPRINTS The following are Imprint s that exist or have existed under Doubleday.
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