Ballantine Books

Summary

Ballantine Books is a publishing house^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ballantine Books received the Hugo Award for Best SF Book Publisher^[3].
• Ballantine Books is in the country of United States^[4].
• Ballantine Books's instance of is recorded as publishing house^[5].
• Ballantine Books's instance of is recorded as imprint^[6].
• Ballantine Books's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[7].
• Ballantine Books's founder is recorded as Ian Ballantine^[8].
• Ballantine Books's owned by is recorded as Penguin Random House^[9].
• Ballantine Books's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[10].
• Ballantine Books's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 138445030^[11].
• Ballantine Books's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85212771^[12].
• Ballantine Books's child organization or unit is recorded as Fawcett Publications^[13].
• Ballantine Books's child organization or unit is recorded as Gold Medal Books^[14].
• Ballantine Books's child organization or unit is recorded as Fawcett Crest^[15].
• Ballantine Books's Commons category is recorded as Ballantine Books^[16].
• +1952-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ballantine Books^[17].
• Ballantine Books's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02chbw^[18].
• Ballantine Books's location of formation is recorded as New York City^[19].
• Ballantine Books's official website is recorded as https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/57084/ballantine/^[20].
• Ballantine Books's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2013048190^[21].
• Ballantine Books's ISFDB publisher ID is recorded as 19^[22].
• Ballantine Books's Cooper Hewitt person ID is recorded as 1108915035^[23].
• Ballantine Books's Quora topic ID is recorded as Ballantine-Books^[24].
• Ballantine Books's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/San Diego State University^[25].
• Ballantine Books's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID is recorded as ballantine_books^[26].
• Ballantine Books's Fandom article ID is recorded as memory-alpha:Ballantine_Books^[27].

Body

Founding

Ballantine Books's founder is recorded as Ian Ballantine^[8]. +1952-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[17]. Its location of formation is recorded as New York City^[19].

Operations

Ballantine Books's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[10]. Subsidiaries include Fawcett Publications^[13], a book publisher^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1919^[30], headquartered in New York City^[31]; Gold Medal Books^[14], an imprint^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1950^[34], headquartered in New York City^[35]; and Fawcett Crest^[15].

Ownership

Ballantine Books's owned by is recorded as Penguin Random House^[9].

Recognition

Ballantine Books received the Hugo Award for Best SF Book Publisher^[3].

Why It Matters

Ballantine Books ranks in the top 8% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

FAQs

What awards did Ballantine Books receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best SF Book Publisher^[3].