Avery Publishing#Sharks Don't Get Cancer

{{Short description|Book publishing imprint of the Penguin Group}}

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| founded = 1976

| founder = Rudy Shur

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| country = United States

| headquarters = New York City

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Avery Publishing is a book publishing imprint of the Penguin Group, founded as an independent publisher in 1976 by Rudy Shur and partners,{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutewrite.com/novels/rudy_shur.htm |title=Rudy Shur Interview |publisher=Absolutewrite.com |date=2010-08-31 |access-date=2014-01-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.squareonepublishers.com/TopMenu/AboutUs |title=About Square One |publisher=Squareonepublishers.com |access-date=2014-01-01 }} and purchased by Penguin in 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Penguin+Putnam+Inc.+Signs+Agreement+to+Acquire+The+Avery+Publishing...-a055508878 |title=Penguin Putnam Inc. Signs Agreement to Acquire The Avery Publishing Group. - Free Online Library |publisher=Thefreelibrary.com |date=1999-08-19 |access-date=2014-01-01}}{{cite web|author=John F. Baker |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19990823/25652-penguin-putnam-buying-avery.html |title=Penguin Putnam Buying Avery |publisher=Publishersweekly.com |date=1999-08-23 |access-date=2014-01-01}} The current president is veteran publisher William Shinker.{{cite web |url=http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/adult/avery.html |title=Avery - Publishers - Penguin Group (USA) |publisher=Us.penguingroup.com |date=2001-09-04 |access-date=2014-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105044548/http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/adult/avery.html |archive-date=2014-01-05 |url-status=dead }} Their offices were located at one time in Garden City, New York, home to other publisher's offices.

Penguin merged the Gotham Books and Hudson Street Press imprints into Avery in 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/65311-big-changes-at-penguin-publishing-group.html |title=Big Changes at Penguin Publishing Group |author=Jim Milliot |publisher=Publishers Weekly |date=2015-01-16 |access-date=2018-08-10}}