Penguin Group

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Penguin Group
Parent company Pearson PLC
Founded 1935
Headquarters location City of Westminster
London, England
Imprints Many (see below)
Official website www.penguin.com

The Penguin companies comprising the Penguin Group are collectively the second largest trade book publisher in the world, behind Random House. "The Penguin Group" is the name of the unincorporated division of the parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations. Penguin Books has its registered office in City of Westminster, London, England.[1][2]

Its United States arm is Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Its British division is Penguin Books Ltd. The Irish division is Penguin Ireland, the New Zealand division is Penguin Group (NZ), the Indian division is Penguin Books, the Australian division is Penguin Group (Australia). In Canada Penguin operates as a division of Pearson Canada Inc. There are also Penguin Group (China) and Penguin Group (South Africa).

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[edit] History

Penguin Books Ltd. (est. 1935) of the United Kingdom was bought over by Pearson Longman in 1970.

Penguin Group (USA) Inc. was formed in 1996 as a result of the merger between Penguin Books USA and the Putnam Berkley Group. The newly formed company was originally called Penguin Putnam Inc., but in 2003 changed its name to Penguin Group (USA) Inc. to reflect the parent Pearson PLC's grouping of all the Penguin companies worldwide under the supervisory umbrella of Pearson's own Penguin Group division.

The different Penguin companies use many imprints, many of which used to be independent publishers.[3] Penguin Group (USA) Inc. also operates its own speaker's bureau that books speaking engagements for many of the publisher's authors.

[edit] Imprints

Penguin Group imprints include the following:[4]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "26. What is Penguin Books Limited's company registration number?." Penguin Books. Retrieved on 28 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Maps." City of Westminster. Retrieved on 28 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Penguin Group (USA): About Us". http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/index.html. 
  4. ^ "Penguin: Publishers/Imprints". http://pubeasy.books.penguin.co.uk/pls/pubeasy/bepublist.publist_page. 

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