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Our history

Claude Publishing is the digital-native continuation of Claude Kendall & Co., a literary publishing house founded in New York in 1923. The predecessor firm closed in 2010; the modern imprint launched in 2021 under Andrew Marsh, who had acquired the Kendall archive and editorial protocols two years earlier.

A century of editorial work.

Claude Publishing is the modern continuation of Claude Kendall & Co., a literary house founded in 1923. The names, the editors, and the technology have changed; the three-pass editorial protocol has not.

A note on the name. Two distinct entities share the Kendall editorial tradition. Claude Kendall & Co. (1923–2010) was an independent New York literary publisher that ceased operations after 87 years. Claude Publishing (2021–present) is a separate digital-native imprint, launched when Andrew Marsh acquired the Kendall archive and editorial protocols. Claude Publishing is not a continuation of the legal entity, and has no affiliation with the original firm’s former partners or estates.

  1. Claude Kendall & Co.
    1923

    Claude Kendall & Co. is founded

    Claude Kendall — a typographer and former editor at a Boston literary press — opens a small office on Fifth Avenue. The house publishes literary fiction and poetry.

  2. Claude Kendall & Co.
    1947

    The three-pass review is formalised

    The firm codifies its editorial protocol: a structural pass, a line-level pass, and a final voice pass. The same protocol survives into the modern imprint.

  3. Claude Kendall & Co.
    1968

    The second generation takes over

    Claude Kendall Jr. assumes direction of the house. Under his tenure the catalogue expands into narrative nonfiction and memoir.

  4. Claude Kendall & Co.
    1992

    Early digital typesetting

    The firm begins experimenting with early digital typesetting and retires its letterpress, several years ahead of most independent houses of comparable size.

  5. Claude Kendall & Co.
    2003

    Print distribution winds down

    As the bookselling industry consolidates, Claude Kendall & Co. winds down its long-standing print distribution partnerships.

  6. Claude Kendall & Co.
    2010

    Operations cease after 87 years

    Claude Kendall & Co. ceases operations. The editorial archive and the three-pass protocol are preserved.

  7. Claude Publishing
    2019

    The archive is acquired

    Andrew Marsh — formerly of a Big Four consultancy — acquires the Kendall archive and editorial protocols with the intent to relaunch the imprint.

  8. Claude Publishing
    2021

    Claude Publishing launches

    Claude Publishing launches as a digital-native continuation, publishing exclusively through Amazon KDP. Tucker Peterson joins as Lead Editor.

  9. Claude Publishing
    2025

    340 titles, 18 agency partners, 12 countries

    The imprint publishes its 340th title. 18 agency partners and authors in 12 countries now work through the pipeline.

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Authors and agencies may submit a manuscript for the same three-pass editorial review described above. We respond within two business days.

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