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Ottenheimer Publishers
Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc. was a Baltimore, Maryland, publisher founded in 1890 and which closed in 2002.
The publisher was primarily a packager known for children's books, especially pop-up and board books, as well as cookbooks. It was a printer for Time Magazine. It also republished the works of Nancy Stouffer. Stouffer authored ''The Legend of Rah and the Muggles'' as well as ''Larry Potter and His Best Friend Lilly''. She filed an unsuccessful trademark infringement lawsuit in 2000 against ''Harry Potter'' author J.K. Rowling and U.S. publisher Scholastic.
==History==
Ottenheimer Publishers was founded in 1890 by brothers Isaac and Moses Ottenheimer while they were both still in their teens. Per family legend, the business began with a one hundred dollar loan from an aunt. The brothers Ottenheimer could use the funds toward any business of their choosing, provided it did not interfere with the Sabbath.〔Glasgow, Jesse. "Ottenheimer is a publisher's publisher." The Baltimore Sun: August 24, 1980.〕 Though their business originally centered on selling remandered books, they soon made a name for themselves by selling compilations of joke books, parlor games, and fortune-telling manuals. The joke books in particular were quite popular, with some estimates that over one million copies were sold;〔Dennis, Lloyd B. "$2,000,000 book business started out here as a joke." The Baltimore Sun: September 22, 1963.〕 compact and retailing for ten cents, they were cheap and portable. The brothers later admitted that the jokes they published were not original; instead, they would have one of their employees attend performances by leading comedians and write down the jokes that received the best audience reaction.〔Bready, James H. "There's Life in the Old Gag Yet." The Baltimore Sun: April 19, 1953.〕 The joke books were often thematically arranged, with books devoted to topics such as ethnic humor, married life, and the then-modern automobile. The joke books sold well until the early 1930s, at which time the Ottenheimer's began to produce reference works and cookbooks. The printing plates used for producing the joke books were donated to scrap drives during World War II.〔Bready, James H. "There's Life in the Old Gag Yet." The Baltimore Sun: April 19, 1953.〕
The company filed for bankruptcy in November 2001 and closed in 2002.〔Milliot, Jim. "Ottenheimer closing down." Publishers Weekly: June 17, 2002.〕
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