Arbor House

Arbor House is an American independent publishing house founded by Donald Fine in 1969. The company originally specialized in hardcover publications and published works by Hortense Calisher, Ken Follett, Cynthia Freeman, Elmore Leonard and Irwin Shaw before being acquired by the Hearst Corporation in 1978. Arbor House subsequently became an imprint of William Morrow & Company in 1988. The Arbor House name was subsequently used again for independent publishing operations, with the company resuming operations in 2019. The current Arbor House Publishers operates through its website at arborhousepublishers.com.

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