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The "big five" publishers in the United States
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The list The "big five" publishers in the United States includes
Penguin Random House, Poseidon Press, Threshold Editions, Grand Central Publishing and Atheneum Books.
The list consists of 21 members.
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Marabout (publishing company)
French publisherOverview: Hachette Livre S.A. (or simply known as Hachette) is a French publishing group that was based in Paris. It was founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif which later became successively L. Hachette et ...
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Penguin Random House
Multinational conglomerate publishing company
Overview: Penguin Random House Limited is a British-American multinational conglomerate publishing company formed on July 1, 2013, with the merger of Penguin Books and Random House. Penguin Books was originally ... 0
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Poseidon Press
Defunct American publishing imprintOverview: Poseidon Press was an imprint of Simon & Schuster publishing, operating from 1982 to 1993. The founding editor was Ann Patty, who later went on to become an executive editor at Harcourt. The imprint was ... 0
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Threshold Editions
US publishing imprintOverview: Threshold Editions is an imprint of book publisher Simon & Schuster, a division of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, specializing in conservative non-fiction. The imprint was co-founded by Mary Matalin, serving ... 0
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Pika Édition
French publisherOverview: Hachette Livre (or simply known as Hachette) is a French publishing group that was based in Paris. It was founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif which later became successively L. Hachette et Co ... 0
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Grand Central Publishing
Division of Hachette Book Group
Overview: Grand Central Publishing is a book publishing imprint of Hachette Book Group, originally established in 1970 as Warner Books when Kinney National Company acquired the Paperback Library. When Time Warner ... 0
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Pavilion Books
British publishing houseOverview: HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and ... 0
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Atheneum Books
New York City publishing house
Overview: Atheneum Books was a New York City publishing house established in 1959 by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., Simon Michael Bessie and Hiram Haydn. Simon & Schuster has owned Atheneum properties since it acquired ... 0
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Charles Scribner's Sons
American publisher
Overview: Charles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner's or Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City that has published several notable American authors, including Henry James, Ernest Hemingway ... 0
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Hachette (publisher)
French publisher
Overview: Hachette Livre (or simply known as Hachette) is a French publishing group that was based in Paris. It was founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif which later became successively L. Hachette et Co ... 0
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Free Press (publisher)
American independent book publisher and later imprint (1947–2012)Overview: Free Press was an American independent book publisher that later became an imprint of Simon & Schuster. It was one of the best-known publishers specializing in serious nonfiction, including path-breaking ... 0
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Hachette Book Group
Publishing company owned by Hachette LivreOverview: Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a publishing company owned by Hachette Livre, the largest publishing company in France, and the third largest trade and educational publisher in the world. Hachette Livre is ... 0
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Macmillan Publishers
International publishing company
Overview: Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd in the UK and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in the US) is a British publishing company traditionally ... 0
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HarperCollins
American publishing house
Overview: HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and ... 0
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Ecco Press
Publishing companyOverview: Ecco is a New York–based publishing imprint of HarperCollins. It was founded in 1971 by Daniel Halpern as an independent publishing company; Publishers Weekly described it as "one of America's best-known ... 0
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St. Martin's Press
American book publisherOverview: St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan in New York City. It is headquartered in the Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language ... 0
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Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
Privately-held German company
Overview: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (German: Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck) is a privately held German company headquartered in Stuttgart, that owns publishing companies worldwide. Through Macmillan Pu ... 0
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Simon & Schuster
American publishing company
Overview: Simon & Schuster LLC (SHOO-stər) is an American publishing house owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since 2023. It was founded in New York City in 1924, by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. Along ... 0
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Pocket Books
American publisher
Overview: Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books. 0
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Penguin Group
Trade book publisher, part of Penguin Random House, owned by Pearson plcOverview: 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 ... 0
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