Vintage Books is a publishing imprint founded in 1954 by Alfred A. Knopf. Its publishing list includes world literature, fiction, and non-fiction. Vintage is one of the biggest British publishing houses of trade paperbacks. It is a subdivision of Random House publishing, which is in turn owned by Bertelsmann, a German media conglomerate. In 1990 Vintage was set up in the United Kingdom. This division independently from the American company although both are part of Random House.