Country of origin United States Official website perseusbooksgroup.com Founded 1996 | Imprints 12 Founder Frank Pearl Parent organization Hachette Book Group | |
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Parent company Perseus LLC - Lagardère SCA Headquarters location New York City, New York, U.S. Key people David Steinberger (President and CEO) Headquarters New York City, New York, United States Subsidiaries Basic Books, Running Press, Da Capo Press, Westview Press, Avalon Publishing Group, Inc. | ||
Perseus Books Group was an American publishing company founded in 1996 by investor Frank Pearl. 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. In April 2016, its publishing business was acquired by Hachette Book Group and its distribution business by Ingram Content Group.
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In January 2007, Perseus Book Group purchased Avalon Publishing Group, the parent company of Carroll & Graf and Thunder's Mouth Press; the purchaser folded both imprints and stopped publishing books under those names in May 2007.
After the death of Frank Pearl, Perseus was sold to Centre Lane Partners, a private equity firm.
Imprints
The Perseus Books Group currently has 12 imprints:
Former imprints
Before Avalon Publishing Group was integrated into the Perseus Books Group, it published on 14 imprint presses. 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
Perseus Books Group
Distribution
In addition, Perseus owns separate book distribution companies.