In 1975 Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz a graduate of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem was director of a high-end graphics studio in New York. The firm named ArtScroll Studios produced brochures invitations awards and ketubahs. Rabbi Nosson Scherman then principal of Yeshiva Karlin Stolin Boro Park was recommended to Zlotowitz as someone who could write copy and they collaborated on a few projects. In late 1975 Zlotowitz wrote an English translation and commentary on the Book of Esther in memory of a friend and asked Scherman to write the introduction. The book sold out its first edition of 20000 copies within two months. With the encouragement of Rabbi Moses Feinstein Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky and other Gedolei Yisrael the two continued producing commentaries beginning with a translation and commentary on the rest of the Five Megillot (Song of Songs Ecclesiastes Lamentations and Ruth) and went on to publish translations and commentaries on the Torah Prophets Talmud Passover Haggadah siddurs and machzors. By 1990 ArtScroll had produced more than 700 books including novels history books children books and secular textbooks and became one of the largest publishers of Jewish books in the United States.In 1975 Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz a graduate of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem was director of a high-end graphics studio in New York. The firm named ArtScroll Studios produced brochures invitations awards and ketubahs. Rabbi Nosson Scherman then principal of Yeshiva Karlin Stolin Boro Park was recommended to Zlotowitz as someone who could write copy and they collaborated on a few projects. In late 1975 Zlotowitz wrote an English translation and commentary on the Book of Esther in memory of a friend and asked Scherman to write the introduction. The book sold out its first edition of 20000 copies within two months. With the encouragement of Rabbi Moses Feinstein Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky and other Gedolei Yisrael the two continued producing commentaries beginning with a translation and commentary on the rest of the Five Megillot (Song of Songs Ecclesiastes Lamentations and Ruth) and went on to publish translations and commentaries on the Torah Prophets Talmud Passover Haggadah siddurs and machzors. By 1990 ArtScroll had produced more than 700 books including novels history books children books and secular textbooks and became one of the largest publishers of Jewish books in the United States.