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Company name | Penguin Group |
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Founded | 1935 |
Headquarters | City of WestminsterLondon, England |
Parent | Pearson PLC |
Imprints | see below |
Url | www.penguin.com |
Its British division is Penguin Books Ltd. Its United States arm is Penguin Group (USA) Inc. The Irish division is Penguin Ireland, the New Zealand division is Penguin Group (NZ), the Indian division is Penguin Books India, the Australian division is Penguin Group (Australia). In Canada, Penguin operates as a division of Pearson Canada Inc. There are also Penguin Group (China) and Penguin Group (South Africa).
Penguin Group (USA) Inc. was formed in 1996 as a result of the merger between Penguin Books USA and the Putnam Berkley Group. The newly formed company was originally called Penguin Putnam Inc., but in 2003 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. Penguin Group (USA) Inc. also operates its own speaker's bureau that books speaking engagements for many of the publisher's authors.
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