The Crown Publishing Group is one of Random House's main publishing groups. Acquired by Random House in 1988, Crown Publishers specializes in publishing hardcover fiction and nonfiction books, business books, conservative books, cooking and lifestyle books, and others. Crown's website is www.randomhouse.com/crown.
Based in New York City, the Crown Publishing Group itself has its own different publishing groups which help to reach very targeted audiences. Those groups and their segments of focus are:
Crown. Publishes some of today's best original popular fiction and nonfiction.
Crown Business. Publishes some of today's most forward-thinking business writers, in categories ranging from management and leadership to business narrative, career advice, and personal finance.
Crown Forum. The latest addition to Crown's family of targeted imprints, Crown Forum serves a conservative readership, publishing books from Ann Coulter, Michael Medved, Daniel J. Flynn, Kenneth Timmerman, and others.
Three Rivers Press. The trade paperback imprint of the Crown Publishing Group. It publishes reprints of books issued initially in hardcover by the other Crown imprints, as well as original softcover titles.
Clarkson Potter. The premier publisher of beautifully designed books on cooking and lifestyle. The published authors include acclaimed chefs, television personalities, and familiar names like the Moosewood Collective and Martha Stewart.
Harmony Books. A leading publisher in the area of mind, body, and spirit, as well as biography, memoir, science, and general narrative nonfiction publishing.
Bell Tower. A division of Harmony Books, it publishes works of teachings from many sacred traditions-books that nourish the soul, illuminate the mind, and speak to the heart.
Shaye Areheart. Founded and led by award-winning Harmony editor Shaye Areheart, this publishing group is an imprint devoted to contemporary literary and commercial fiction.
Some of the most popular authors that Crown has published are:
- Deepak Chopra
- Martha Stewart
- Suzanne Somers
- James Lileks
- Arianna Huffington
- Douglas Adams
- Amy Krouse Rosenthal
