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Penguin Group

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

The Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, the largest in the world as of 2011, having overtaken Random House in 2009. The Penguin Group is the name of the incorporated division of parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations. Penguin Books has its registered office in City of Westminster, London, England.[1][2]

Its British division is Penguin Books Ltd. Its United States arm is Penguin Group (USA) Inc. The Irish division is Penguin Ireland, the New Zealand division is Penguin Group (NZ), the Indian division is Penguin Books India, 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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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.

Imprints

Penguin Group imprints include the following:[4]

See also

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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