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Random House (Firm)

LC control no.n 80051803
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingRandom House (Firm)
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Variant(s)Random House, New York
See alsoFounder: Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971
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Founder: Klopfer, Donald, 1902-1986
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Product of merger: Penguin Random House
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Beginning date1925
LocatedNew York (N.Y.)
Field of activityPublishers and publishing
Found inBeowulf. Beowulf, 1932.
Wikipedia, May 19, 2014; 26 February 2019: (Random House; American book publisher; founded in 1925 by Bennet Cerf and Donald Klopfer when they acquired the Modern Library imprint; Random House was purchased by Bertelsmann AG in 1988, who merged it with Bantam Doubleday Dell; Penguin Random House was formed from the merger between Random House and Penguin Group formed on July 1, 2013; Random House continues to exist as a subsidiary of Penguin Random House)
Associated languageeng