Penguin Books

Penguin Books, Penguin, Random House since 2013, is the world's largest trade book publisher for literature and nonfiction. The company is owned by the Bertelsmann Group and the Pearson PLC. The native to the United States part of the company trades under Penguin Group ( USA), Inc., the British parent company under the name of Penguin Books Ltd.. Sales in the first half of 2012 amounted to 441 million GBP.

Penguin to include as non-fiction division Dorling Kindersley Travel Guides and Rough Guides.

Penguin Books was founded in 1935 by the young publisher Allen Lane, who wanted to offer inexpensive pocket books, but their content quality should not suffer. On 30 July 1935, the first ten titles of the publisher appeared on the market:

  • Ariel by André Maurois
  • A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
  • Poet's Pub by Eric Linclater
  • Madame Claire by Susan Ertz
  • Twenty- Five by Beverley Nichols
  • William E. H. Young
  • Gone to Earth by Mary Webb
  • Carnival of Compton Mackenzie

Lane had with his concept quickly incredible success, and today appears at Penguin a diverse publishing program that comes with various book series ( not just paperbacks ) very wide areas of literature, art, music, and natural sciences and the humanities (Universal Library ), children's covers and audio books as well as reference books.

Merger with Random House

Since 1 July 2013, the merger with Random House, a Bertelsmann subsidiary, legally approved and antitrust law. Thus, under the name Penguin Random House was the world's largest trade book publisher. Bertelsmann holds 53% and Pearson 47 % stake in the new publishing house.

Penguin book series (selection)

  • Classic of World Art (World Art)
  • Classic Crimes ( Crime novels )
  • Classics Library (library of classic texts since antiquity )
  • English Library (British Library )
  • King Penguin Books ( King Penguin Books, 1959 set )
  • Pelican Books ( Pelican Books )
  • Ptarmigan Books ( grouse Books )
  • Puffin Books ( Puffin Books )
  • Modern classics
  • Science Fiction

Imprints

When Penguin Books ( UK), among others following Imprints connected:

  • Allen Lane
  • Dorling Kindersley
  • Fig Tree
  • Hamish Hamilton
  • Michael Joseph
  • Ladybird
  • Pelican Books
  • Puffin
  • Rough Guides
  • Viking
  • Frederick Warne (Flower Fairies, Peter Rabbit, Spot )

In Penguin Group (USA) are among others following Imprints connected:

  • Ace Books
  • Alpha Books
  • Avery
  • Berkley Books
  • Blue Rider Press
  • Current
  • Dial Books for Young Readers
  • Dutton
  • Dutton Children's
  • Firebird Books
  • Frederick Warne & Co
  • Gotham Books
  • G. P. Putnam 's Sons
  • G. P. Putnam 's Sons Books for Young Readers
  • Grosset & Dunlap
  • HP Books
  • Hudson Street Press
  • Jove Books
  • New American Library (NAL ) Obsidian
  • Onyx
  • Roc Books
  • Signet Books
  • Signet Classics
  • Signet Eclipse
  • Topaz
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