• Many popular books published today go through United States publishing houses.oldbooks01 image by cilin from Fotolia.com
  
  Some of the largest book publishing houses in the world are located in the United States, most based in Manhattan. These publishing houses have many different divisions and editors, publishing all types of books. These three publishers, in particular, are known for specific types of books and are some of the most infamous in the country as a result of having been in the publishing business for quite a long time.
  
  

Random House

• Random House is one of the largest publishing houses in the United States, located in Manhattan and founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, after it purchased the Modern Library and wanted to broaden its publishing abilities. It helped get James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in the United States, publishes its own English Dictionary and Webster's College Dictionary. It has since acquired many smaller publishing houses around the country, ranging from Knopf to Times Books and have since expanded to number of different countries around the world. Random House publishes all types of books, but specializes in fiction bestsellers and reference books. For writers to submit their manuscripts to Random House for publication, they must have a literary agent.
  
  Random House, Inc.
  1745 Broadway
  New York, NY 10019
  (212) 782-9000
  randomhouse.com
  
  

Farrar, Straus & Giroux

• Farrar, Straus and Giroux was founded in 1945, though Giroux didn't come on until decades later. They are known for publishing quality literary fiction and are considered one of the major publishing houses of the publishing world. Located in Manhattan, it was known for years as a large but feisty independent publishing house that wouldn't sell to a media conglomerate, at least not until it became part of the German Publishing Group Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck (GmbH) in 1995. They have published modern classics such as Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities," among other critically acclaimed bestsellers. They specialize in literary fiction. Writers must submit manuscripts through a literary agent to Farrar, Straus and Giroux for them to consider publishing it.
  
  Farrar, Straus & Giroux
  18 West 18th St
  New York, NY 10011
  212-741-6900
  us.macmillan.com/FSG.aspx
  
  

Simon & Schuster

• Founded in January 1924 in Manhattan, Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster first published "The Crossword Puzzle Book," which sold over 100,000 copies. They followed with three more crossword puzzle books, which all sold equally as well. This allowed their company to grow over the next few decades into one of the most powerful and subsequently influential publishing houses in the country, ranging from "Bambi" to the Pulitzer Prize winner "Now in November." Simon & Schuster were acquired by Field Enterprises, a Chicago Communications Company in the 1940s and then changed hands many other times from the 1970s to the present, as they are now owned by Viacom, Inc. They publish some of the most well known authors in the world, such as Stephen King, specializing in literary fiction as well as many bestselling non-fiction books. All manuscripts submitted to Simon & Schuster must be submitted through a literary agent.
  
  Simon & Schuster
  1230 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Fl.
  New York, NY 10020
  212-698-7000
  simonandschuster.com