Manhattan respectively <a href="/c/books/credit/529904/manhattan-verlag/">Manhattan Verlag</a> is an Imprint of <a href="/c/books/credit/360937/wilhelm-goldmann-verlag-munchen/">Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, München</a>, which belongs to <a href="/c/books/credit/100478/verlagsgruppe-random-house-gmbh/">Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH</a>.
Mahattan was designed by Goldmann's then chief editor <a href="/c/books/credit/427863/ulrich-genzler/">Ulrich Genzler</a> as a label for publishings in trade paperback format (in Germany called just "Paperback" in contrast zu standard sized and mass-market paperbacks, which are called "Taschenbuch" [pocket book]), In 2000, the Manhattan concept was changed to publish mainly hardcover editions, although there were still paperback editions too.
Paperbacks were sometimes labeled Goldmann Manhattan.
Publishings credit <a href="/c/books/credit/237487/hans-im-gluck-verlag-munchen/">Hans-im-Glück-Verlag, München</a> for the permission to use the label Manhattan.
