Sheed and Ward: Difference between revisions

Sheed and Ward published a number of major [[List of Catholic authors|Roman Catholic authors]] of the 1920s through to the mid-twentieth century, including [[G. K. Chesterton]], [[Hilaire Belloc]], [[Christopher Dawson]], [[Vincent McNabb]], [[Leo J. Trese]], [[Ronald Knox]] and [[Etienne Gilson]]. In the early 1930s Sheed and Ward operated the Catholic Book a Month Club. In 1973, Sheed and Ward was acquired by the [[Universal Press Syndicate]]; the company was used as the base of the publisher [[Andrews McMeel Publishing|Andrews McMeel]].<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Gale Research Company| isbn = 0-8103-1724-9| volume = 46| pages = [https://archive.org/details/americanliterary0046unse/page/337 337–339]|editor1= Peter Dzwonkoski | last = Stevens| first = Annie E.| title = American literary publishing houses, 1900-1980 | chapter = Sheed and Ward| location = Detroit, Mich.| series = Dictionary of literary biography| date = 1986| chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/americanliterary0046unse/page/337}}</ref> However, the Sheed and Ward name and backlist were later divested.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Transaction Publishers| isbn = 978-1-4128-3251-9| pages = 41–47|editor1= Everette E. Dennis |editor2=Craig L. LaMay |editor3=Edward C. Pease | last = McMeel| first = John P.| title = Publishing Books| chapter = A Voice from the Heartland - Alive and Well, Thank You| date = 1997-01-01}}</ref> The company was owned by the [[National Catholic Reporter]] from 1986 to 1998, when it was sold to the [[Priests of the Sacred Heart]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Inside NCR: Sheed & Ward, Credence Cassettes sold| accessdate = 2018-03-31| url = http://www.natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives2/1998b/050898/050898b.htm}}</ref> The United States assets were acquired by [[Rowman & Littlefield]] in 2002, and the United Kingdom assets by the [[Continuum International Publishing Group]],<ref>Jim Milliot, "[http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20020715/18122-rowman-amp-littlefield-buys-sheed-amp-ward.html Rowman & Littlefield Buys Sheed & Ward]", ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'', July 15, 2002.</ref> which has since been subsumed into [[Bloomsbury Publishing]]. The company archives of the New York office from 1933 to 1977 are kept at the [[University of Notre Dame]].<ref name="Archives">{{cite web | url=http://archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/html/SAW.htm | title=Sheed & Ward Records | publisher=University of Notre Dame | work=Notre Dame Archives Inventory | accessdate=June 7, 2016}}</ref>▼