Penguin Group#Imprints

{{short description|Trade book publisher, part of Penguin Random House, owned by Bertelsmann}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Penguin Group

| image = Penguin_Publishing_Group_logo.png

| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=y|1935|7|30}}
(as Penguin Books)

| founder = {{hlist|Allen Lane|V. K. Krishna Menon|Richard Lane|John Lane}}[https://global.penguinrandomhouse.com/company-history/ Company history], Penguin Random House

| location = 20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London, United Kingdom

| products = Books

| revenue = {{Decrease}} £1.05 billion (2010)

| divisions =

| homepage = {{URL|penguin.co.uk}}

}}

Penguin Group is a British trade book publisher and part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. The new company was created by a merger that was finalised on 1 July 2013, with Bertelsmann initially owning 53% of the joint venture, and Pearson PLC initially owning the remaining 47%.Mark Sweney [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/29/penguin-random-house-book-publisher "Penguin and Random House merger to create biggest book publisher ever seen"], The Guardian, 29 October 2012 Since 18 December 2019, Penguin Random House has been wholly owned by Bertelsmann.Spahr, Wolfgang (18 December 2019) [https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8546649/bertelsmann-penguin-random-house "BMG Parent Bertelsmann to Acquire Full Stake in Penguin Random House"] Billboard

Penguin Books has its registered office in the City of Westminster, London."[http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/aboutus/index.html#question1 26. What is Penguin Books Limited's company registration number?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711051613/http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/aboutus/index.html |date=11 July 2009 }}" Penguin Books. Retrieved 28 August 2009."[http://www.westminster.gov.uk/maps/ Maps] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905100803/http://www.westminster.gov.uk/maps/ |date=5 September 2011 }}." City of Westminster. Retrieved 28 August 2009.

Its British division is Penguin Books Ltd. Other separate divisions are located in the United States, Ireland, New Zealand, India, Australia, Canada, China, Brazil and South Africa.

History

Penguin Books Ltd. (est. 1935) of the United Kingdom was bought by Pearson Longman in 1970. In 1975, Penguin acquired the American hardcover firm Viking Press.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/11/archives/viking-press-is-sold-to-penguin-books.html|title=Viking Press Is Sold to Penguin Books|last=Whitman|first=Alden|date=11 November 1975|work=The New York Times|access-date=13 September 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} In 1986, Penguin acquired the New American Library, a mass-market paperback publisher.{{Cite news| last = McDowell| first = Edwin| title = PENGUIN AGREES TO BUY NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY| work = The New York Times| date = October 1986| access-date = 2 December 2018| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/01/garden/penguin-agrees-to-buy-new-american-library.html}} In 1995, Penguin acquired the independent publisher Donald I. Fine.{{Cite journal| issn = 0000-0019| volume = 242| issue = 37| pages = 10–11| title = Penguin acquires Donald I. Fine| journal = Publishers Weekly| accessdate = 28 February 2021| date = 11 September 1995| url = http://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&sw=w&issn=00000019&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA17367675&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs}}

Penguin Group (USA) Inc. was formed in 1996 as a result of the merger between Penguin Books USA and the Putnam Berkley Group after Penguin acquired Putnam Berkley from MCA.{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Lyall| first = Sarah| title = Penguin Is Buying MCA's Putnam Berkley for $336 Million| work = The New York Times| access-date = 2 December 2018| date = 27 November 1996| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/27/business/penguin-is-buying-mca-s-putnam-berkley-for-336-million.html}}{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/media/features/5618/index1.html|title=Now for the Grann Finale|website=NYMag.com|date=21 January 2002 |access-date=23 May 2018}} The newly formed company was originally called Penguin Putnam Inc., but, in 2003, it 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.{{cite web|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/index.html|title=Penguin Group (USA): About Us|access-date=12 August 2005|archive-date=13 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913072023/http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/index.html|url-status=dead}} Penguin Group (USA) Inc. also operates its own speaker's bureau that books speaking engagements for many of the publisher's authors. In 2011, the online writing and publishing community Book Country was launched as a subsidiary of Penguin Group USA.{{cite web|url=http://www.bookcountry.com/AboutUs/Penguin.aspx |title=What's the Penguin About? |publisher=Bookcountry.com |access-date=27 February 2014}}

On 11 April 2012, the United States Department of Justice filed United States v. Apple Inc., naming Apple, Penguin, and four other major publishers as defendants. The suit alleged that they conspired to fix prices for e-books and weaken Amazon.com's position in the market in violation of antitrust law.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/justice-department-files-suit-against-apple-publishers-report-says/2012/04/11/gIQAzyXSAT_story.html |title=Justice Department sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=11 April 2012 |access-date=1 June 2014 |author=Mui, Ylan Q. and Hayley Tsukayama}} In December 2013, a federal judge approved a settlement of the antitrust claims, in which Penguin and the other publishers paid into a fund that provided credits to customers who had overpaid for books due to the price-fixing.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/03/25/amazon-settlements-ebooks/6869033/ |title=E-book price fixing settlements rolling out |work=USA Today |date=25 March 2014 |access-date=1 June 2014 |author=Molina, Brett}}

On 26 October 2012, Pearson entered into talks with rival conglomerate Bertelsmann, over the possibility of combining their respective publishing companies, Penguin Group and Random House. The houses were considered two of the 'Big Six' publishing companies prior to the merger,{{cite web |last=Edgecliffe |first=Andrew |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eaf8eaaa-1eac-11e2-be82-00144feabdc0.html |title=Penguin and Random House in deal talks |work=Financial Times |date=26 October 2012 |access-date=27 February 2014}} which became the 'Big Five' upon its completion. The European Union approved the Penguin Random House merger on 5 April 2013.

Imprints

Penguin Group imprints include the following:{{cite web|url=http://www.penguin.com/publishers|title=Penguin: Publishers/Imprints|access-date=28 April 2018|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127061401/https://www.penguin.com/publishers/|url-status=dead}}

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Avery Publishing{{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=4 September 2001 |access-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105044548/http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/adult/avery.html |archive-date=5 January 2014 }}
Berkley Books
Ace Books
Jove Books
New American Library (NAL)
E. P. Dutton
Dutton Children's
Plume
Obsidian
Onyx
Roc Books
Signet Books
Signet Classics
Signet Eclipse
Topaz
Cartoon Network Books
Companhia das Letras (70%)
Dial Press
Dial Books
Dial Books for Young Readers
DK
Alpha Books
DK Eyewitness Travel
Firebird Books
Frederick Warne & Co
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Amy Einhorn
Marian Wood
Coward-McCann
G. P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Grosset & Dunlap
Charter Books (Ace Charter)
Bedtime Stories
Junior Library
Platt & Munk
HP Books (founded 1964, primarily an automotive book publisher){{cite web |url=http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/adult/hpbooks.html |title=HPBooks – Publishers – Penguin Group (USA) |publisher=Us.penguingroup.com |access-date=27 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216054716/http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/adult/hpbooks.html |archive-date=16 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}
Kokila{{cite web|url=https://global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcements/penguin-young-readers-to-launch-new-imprint-kokila/|title=Penguin Young Readers to Launch New Imprint Kokila|publisher=Penguin Random House |access-date=15 July 2019}}
Ladybird Books
Pamela Dorman Books
Pelican Books
Penguin Books
Awa Press{{cite web |url=http://www.penguin.co.nz/browse/by-imprint/awa-press |title=Awa Press | Penguin Books New Zealand |publisher=Penguin.co.nz |access-date=27 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303211859/http://www.penguin.co.nz/browse/by-imprint/awa-press |archive-date=3 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}
Hamish Hamilton
Michael Joseph
Penguin Classics
Penguin Press (founded 2003, for literary nonfiction and fiction){{cite web |url=http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/adult/penguinpress.html |title=The Penguin Press – Publishers – Penguin Group (USA) |publisher=Us.penguingroup.com |access-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213211558/http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/adult/penguinpress.html |archive-date=13 February 2014}}
Penguin Young Readers Group
Crash Course Books{{cite news |last1=Tagen-Dye |first1=Carly |title=John Green to Publish New Nonfiction Book About Tuberculosis: ‘Culmination of a Long Journey’ |url=https://people.com/john-green-new-nonfiction-book-about-tuberculosis-8731962 |access-date=22 October 2024 |work=People.com |date=22 October 2024 |language=en}}
Price Stern Sloan
Puffin Books
Viking Press
Viking Children's
TarcherPerigee{{cite web|url=http://www.penguin.com/meet/publishers/tarcherperigee/|title=TARCHERPERIGEE|work=penguingroup|access-date=25 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702145815/http://www.penguin.com/meet/publishers/tarcherperigee/|archive-date=2 July 2016|url-status=dead}}
Philomel Books
Portfolio
Razorbill
Riverhead Books
Sentinel
Speak