American Publishers Association
- American Publishers Association
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founded_date = 1901
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location = Chicago, IL
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dissolved = 1913
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American Publishers Association(APA) was created in 1901 to maintain the price of copywright books in the American market. After a lawsuit in 1913, the American Publishers Association was disbanded. [ [http://www.publishingtrends.com/copy/00/09/0900discounts.htm Publishing Trends ] ]
On July, 8, 1908, the New York Supreme court ruled in favor of the APA in R. H Macy's & Co. vs American Publishers Association, saying Macy's is not entitled to damages as a result of the publishers not selling books to Macy's. [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B0CE6D81631E233A25752C1A9619C946997D6CF]
Its founding members were Charles Scribner as President, Gen. A. C. McClurg and George Mifflin as Vice Presidents, George Platt Brett, Sr., of Macmillan Publishers (United States) as Secretary, and G. B. M. Harvey, of Harper Brothers, as treasurer. [cite book |title= The Dial: Literary, Criticism, and Information |publisher=The Dial Company Publishers|year= 1900 ]
Notable members
Frank Dodd, Dodd, Mead and Company, former President of the American Publishers Association [cite book |title= The Dial: Literary, Criticism, and Information |publisher=The Dial Company Publishers|year= 1916 ]
Additional resources
[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A07E5D7173FE433A25750C1A9669D946197D6CF George Platt Brett letter in the New York Times]
[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A07E5D7173FE433A25750C1A9669D946197D6CF The Price of Books]
References
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