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The rewards of not doing business by the book.
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| Dover
was established in 1941 by Hayward and Blanche Cirker, who
managed the company through more than a half-century of growth.
Over the years, Dover built a thriving business on making
an extraordinarily wide range of intellectual property available
to customers with special interests. |
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| “We
can take a book on an esoteric subject and sell
more copies of it than anyone believed possible.” |
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Hayward
Cirker
Co-Founder, Dover Publications |
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| Many of
the company’s 7000 titles have remained in print for
decades. Dover offers these books, to the delight of its
loyal customers, in high-quality paperback editions with
low prices. |
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| “The
shelves of American bookstores, not to mention
those of millions of book lovers, would look
very different if not for Cirker’s influence.” |
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The
New York Times, 6/18/00 |
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| In 1951, Dover
broke new ground by introducing one of the first trade paperbacks.
Until then paperbacks were cheaply produced pocket-sized editions
selling in drugstores for 25 cents. Dover produced larger, high-quality
paperbacks and sold them in bookstores for a dollar or more. While
competitors initially predicted disaster, they soon recognized the
strong market response and got on the bandwagon. Dover's chosen manufacturer
for these quality books was Courier. |
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| “The
hundreds of thousands of titles commonly available in quality
paperback editions today owe their origin to dynamic changes
in publishing introduced in part by Hayward Cirker.” |
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Publisher’s
Weekly, 3/20/00 |
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| Today, Dover is
still a successful rebel. Dover is able to keep books in print and
price them aggressively by following a unique, time tested formula.
It continues to sell wonderful products at prices so low that customers
are left wondering “How can they possibly sell these books
so inexpensively?” |
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| At Courier, we’re
delighted that Dover’s founders selected us to carry on their
tradition of publishing — not by the book. |
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