Perseus Books Group

Perseus Books Group

Parent company	Perseus LLC
Founded	1996
Founder	Frank Pearl
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	New York City
Imprints	12
Official website	perseusbooksgroup.com

Perseus Books Group is an American publishing company founded in 1996 by investor Frank Pearl.^[1] It was named Publisher of the Year in 2007 by Publishers Weekly magazine for its role in taking on publishers formerly distributed by Publishers Group West and acquiring Avalon Publishing Group.^[1]

In January 2007, Perseus Book Group purchased Avalon Publishing Group, the parent company of Carroll & Graf and Thunder's Mouth Press;^[2] the purchaser folded both imprints and stopped publishing books under those names in May 2007.^[3]

Imprints

The Perseus Books Group currently has 12 imprints:^[4]

• Avalon Travel
• Basic Books
• Basic Civitas
• Beast Books
• DaCapo
• Nation Books
• Running Press
• PublicAffairs
• Seal Press
• Weinstein Books
• Westview
• Vanguard Press

Former imprints

Before Avalon Publishing Group was integrated into the Perseus Books Group, it published on 14 imprint presses.^[5] In 2007, some of these imprints were integrated into the Perseus Books Group, while others folded or were sold to other companies. Perseus also sold one of their imprints in the restructuring process.
Avalon Publishing Group:

• Avalon Travel Publishing
• Axoplasm
• Black Square Editions
• Blue Moon Books
• Carroll & Graf Publishers - folded in 2007^[3]
• Four Walls Eight Windows
• Marlowe & Company - absorbed into the DaCapo imprint^[3]
• No Exit Press
• Seal Press
• Shoemaker & Hoard Publishers - sold to Counterpoint LLC^[6]
• Thunder's Mouth Press - folded in 2007^[3]

Perseus Books Group:

• Counterpoint Press - sold to Counterpoint LLC^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Millot, Jim (2007-12-03). "Publisher of the Year". Publishers Weekly. Publishers Weekly. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6506784.html. Retrieved 2008-10-13. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Milliot, Jim (2007-11-01). "Perseus to Buy Avalon; Eyes PGW Pubs" (^{[dead link]}). Publishers Weekly. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6406735.html 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} Milliot, Jim (2007-05-10). "Perseus Folds Two Imprints, Sells Another" (^{[dead link]}). Publishers Weekly. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6441065.html 
4. ^ "About Us". Perseus Books Group. http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/perseus/about_us.jsp. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
5. ^ "Publishers Look-up Service". Association of American Publishers. http://www.publisherlookup.org/viewcompany.php?prmKeyword=Keywords&prmCoID=9. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
6. ^ Kinsella, Bridget. "Winton, Shoemaker & Co. Buys Counterpoint". Publishers Weekly. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6440961.html. Retrieved 2010-01-16. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Perseus Books Group website
• Perseus, LLC website