# Sol Cohen

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{{Short description|American publisher (1910–1988)}}
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| name = Sol Cohen
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|12|16|mf=y}}<ref name="SSDI">Social Security Death Index, SS# 107-07-2292.</ref>
| birth_place = New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|7|28|1910|12|16|mf=yes}}<ref name="SSDI" />
| death_place = [Fort Lauderdale, Florida](/source/Fort_Lauderdale%2C_Florida), U.S.
| occupation = Publisher, Editor
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'''Sol Cohen''' (December 16, 1910 – July 28, 1988) was an American publisher who worked mostly in the [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) field.

==Career==
Cohen started his long association with [Avon Publications](/source/Avon_Publications) in 1947, working as an editor for their [comics division](/source/Avon_Comics) from 1947–1956.<ref name="WhosWho" /> During this same period, from 1947–1949, Cohen was the circulation director and business manager of [EC Comics](/source/EC_Comics).<ref name="WhosWho" /> Also during this period, Cohen became associated with [Golden Age comics](/source/Golden_Age_of_Comic_Books) financier [Harry Donenfeld](/source/Harry_Donenfeld);<ref name="WhosWho">[http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=COHEN%2c+SOL Cohen entry], Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999.</ref> in 1949 the two men helped found the publisher [Youthful Magazines](/source/Youthful_Magazines).<ref name="WhosWho" />

Cohen edited Avon magazines, including ''[Avon Science Fiction & Fantasy Reader](/source/Avon_Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy_Readers)'', through most of the 1950s,<ref name="WhosWho" /> eventually became an [Avon Books](/source/Avon_Books) vice-president. When Cohen's stock gains from that job enabled him to retire in the early 1960s, he decided to continue working in publishing, and joined [Robert Guinn](/source/Robert_Guinn_(publisher)) at ''[Galaxy Science Fiction](/source/Galaxy_Science_Fiction)''.

Cohen left ''Galaxy'' in 1965, and bought ''[Amazing Stories](/source/Amazing_Stories)'' and ''[Fantastic](/source/Fantastic_(magazine))'' from [Ziff-Davis](/source/Ziff-Davis), forming a new publishing company, '''Ultimate Publishing''', to do so.<ref name="T_263">Ashley, ''Transformations'', p.&nbsp;263.</ref><ref>Pohl, ''The Way the Future Was'', pp.&nbsp;202&ndash;204.</ref> Cohen's tenure as publisher of ''Amazing Stories'' and ''[Fantastic](/source/Fantastic_(magazine))'' was filled with conflicts with his editors, contributors, and the [Science Fiction Writers of America](/source/Science_Fiction_Writers_of_America).<ref>Ashley, ''Transformations'', pp. 263–267.</ref>

In 1977, Cohen sold his half of the business to his partner, Arthur Bernhard, and moved to [Fort Lauderdale](/source/Fort_Lauderdale).  He died in July 1988.<ref name=GTF_348-355>Ashley, ''Gateways'', pp.&nbsp;348&ndash;355.</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book | first=Mike | last=Ashley | title=Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 | publisher=Liverpool University Press | location=Liverpool | year=2005 | isbn=0-85323-779-4 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/transformationsv0000ashl | ref=none }}
*{{cite book | first=Mike | last=Ashley | title=Gateways to Forever:The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980 | publisher=Liverpool University Press | location=Liverpool | year=2007 | isbn=978-1-84631-003-4 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/gatewaystoforeve0000ashl | ref=none }}
*{{cite book | first=Frederik | last=Pohl | title=The Way the Future Was| publisher=Gollancz| location=London | year=1979 |isbn= 0-575-02672-3 | ref=none}}

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Category:1910 births
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Category:20th-century American publishers (people)

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