Scribner

Book publishing dynasty

Scribner is a surname, most associated with the American publishing house Charles Scribner's Sons, founded in 1846.

The company published major American authors including Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Edith Wharton.

She submitted her manuscript to Scribner.

The name sometimes appears as shorthand for the publisher itself.

publisher

Charles

Popular regal name

Maxwell · Perkins · editor · Hemingway · Fitzgerald · imprint · literary · Simon · Sons · manuscripts

surname

family

Related people together

lineage · heritage · descendants · American · Scottish · origin · clan · relatives · archives · historical

occupation

copyist

Document duplicator by hand

  • clerkOffice record-keeper
  • writerCreator of texts
  • penmanSkilled handwriting practitioner

transcriber · notary · secretary · recorder · calligrapher · amanuensis · quill · medieval · scriptorium

Opposites
role in publishing

Scribnerauthor

Creator of written works

writer · novelist · Ernest Hemingway · F. Scott Fitzgerald · Hemingway

publishing prestige/approach

ScribnerHarlequin

Masked comic servant

vanity press · self-publishing · Lulu · small press

Family

scribe, scribble, script, scripture, scribal, scrivener, inscribe, inscription, describe

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G