Scribner

Scribner is one of the oldest and most prestigious publishing houses in the United States. Founded in 1846 by Charles Scribner I and Isaac D. Baker under the original name Baker & Scribner, the company has played a central role in American publishing for more than 175 years. After Baker's departure in 1850, the business was renamed Charles Scribner Company, eventually becoming known simply as Scribner. Today, Scribner operates as a distinguished publishing imprint of Simon & Schuster, which has been part of KKR since 2023 following its acquisition from Paramount Global. Scribner's headquarters are located within the Simon & Schuster offices at 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York, USA, placing it at the heart of the American publishing industry.

From its earliest years, Scribner established a reputation for publishing works of exceptional literary quality while also producing books with broad commercial appeal. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the company published fiction, history, biography, politics, science, philosophy, religion, and literary criticism. It became especially renowned for nurturing long-term relationships with many of the greatest American writers, helping shape modern American literature and influencing readers around the world.

Scribner is perhaps best known for publishing some of the most celebrated authors in literary history. Among its most famous writers is Ernest Hemingway, whose longstanding relationship with Scribner resulted in the publication of nearly all of his major works, including The Old Man and the Sea, For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, and The Sun Also Rises. Scribner also became synonymous with F. Scott Fitzgerald, publishing classics such as The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, This Side of Paradise, and The Beautiful and Damned. Other distinguished authors associated with Scribner include Thomas Wolfe, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Stephen King, Anthony Doerr, Don DeLillo, Frank McCourt, Doris Kearns Goodwin, David McCullough, Colson Whitehead, Robert A. Caro, Walter Isaacson, and Jeannette Walls. The publisher has consistently attracted Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award recipients, and Nobel Prize laureates.

Over the decades, Scribner has published many books that became international classics and enduring bestsellers. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is regarded as one of the greatest American novels ever written and has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea has sold millions of copies globally, won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and contributed significantly to Hemingway receiving the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. Other major successes include Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography; All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and a worldwide bestseller; Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson; The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls; and numerous bestselling works by Stephen King. Many Scribner titles have been adapted into acclaimed films, television series, and theatrical productions, extending their cultural influence far beyond the printed page.

Although Scribner does not publicly report separate annual revenue or unit sales because it functions as an imprint within Simon & Schuster, its commercial impact is substantial. Books published under the Scribner name have collectively sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide, and many continue to appear on bestseller lists decades after their initial publication. The imprint regularly publishes books that reach The New York Times Best Seller list and enjoys strong international distribution through Simon & Schuster's global publishing network.

Scribner's achievements extend beyond commercial success. Its catalog includes numerous recipients of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, and works by authors honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature. The publisher has built a reputation for editorial excellence, carefully developing literary talent while also supporting commercially successful nonfiction and contemporary fiction. Its long-standing commitment to quality has made the Scribner name a mark of distinction among authors, booksellers, critics, and readers.