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Doubleday

American  
[duhb-uhl-dey] / ˈdʌb əlˌdeɪ /

noun

  1. Abner, 1819–93, U.S. army officer; sometimes credited with inventing the modern game of baseball.


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Mr. Howard has come to biography writing after a distinguished career in publishing at Doubleday Books, and he discourses with knowledge and zeal about Cowley’s second act as a revivalist and gatekeeper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

By Margaret Atwood Doubleday: 624 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

By Dan Brown Doubleday: 688 pages, $38 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

At social media marketing agency We Are Social, some employees have even worn hot pants to work, according to managing director, Lucy Doubleday.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

I am overjoyed the publisher will be Doubleday, since they also published Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, the second most read book in the world—topped only by the Bible.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers