w. w. norton & company status active founded 1923 ; 93 years ago 1923 founder william warder norton country of origin united states headquarters location 500 fifth avenue new york city new york key people w. drake mcfeely president publication types books imprints countryman liveright number of employees 450 official website wwnorton.com 500 fifth avenue w. w. norton & company is an american publishing company based in new york city . it has been owned wholly by its employees since the early 1960s . the company is known for its norton anthologies particularly the norton anthology of english literature and its texts in the norton critical editions series the latter of which are frequently assigned in university literature courses . contents 1 history 2 publishing 3 series 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the roots of the company date back to 1923 when william warder norton founded the firm with his wife mary norton and became its first president . 1 storer d. lunt took over in 1945 after norton s death and was succeeded by george brockway 1957 1976 donald s. lamm 1976 1994 and now w. drake mcfeely 1994 present . 2 publishing edit w. w. norton & company is an employee owned publisher in the united states 3 which publishes fiction nonfiction poetry college textbooks cookbooks art books and professional books . 4 series edit norton anthologies norton critical editions see also edit oxford world s classics verso book s radical thinkers references edit norton history . w. w. norton & company inc. retrieved 20 march 2013 . gale directory of company histories w. w. norton & company inc. . retrieved 20 march 2013 . norton history . w. w. norton & company inc. retrieved 20 march 2013 . stock page for w. w. norton & company . businessweek.com . external links edit official website making the cut chronicle of higher education retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title w. w. norton % 26 company & oldid 743120485 categories book publishing companies based in new yorkcompanies based in new york cityemployee owned companies of the united statespublishing companies established in 1923hidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran aisbahasa indonesianorsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 23 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view