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Publishers Group Incorporated
 PROFILE
You don't have to write a best-seller for Publishers Group to get your book onto store shelves. It owns Publishers Group West (PGW), the largest North American distribution company for independent publishers, and Avalon Publishing Group, an entity that invests in the publishers that PGW distributes. PGW represents about 150 publishers in Canada, the UK, and the US. Its customers range from small presses to publishers of such big sellers as the automobile price guide "Kelley Blue Book." Services provided by PGW include marketing, pricing, print runs, and shipping. Publishers Group has sales offices in New York City and Toronto. Brothers Charlie and Mike Winton, along with other employees, own the firm.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
1999 Sales (mil.): 161.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 23.8%
Employees: 350
Revenue per employee: $460,000.00

 KEY PEOPLE
• Charles Winton
    CEO
• Randall Fleming
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
1700 Fourth St.
Berkeley, CA 94710
US
Phone: 510-528-1444
Fax: 510-528-3444
Online: Web Site

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