be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . march 2009 perseus books group parent company perseus llc lagard re sca founded 1996 founder frank pearl country of origin united states headquarters location new york city new york key people david steinberger president and ceo imprints 12 official website perseusbooksgroup.com perseus books group was 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 april 2016 its publishing business was acquired by hachette book group and its distribution business by ingram content group . 2 in january 2007 perseus book group purchased avalon publishing group the parent company of carroll & graf and thunder s mouth press ; 3 the purchaser folded both imprints and stopped publishing books under those names in may 2007 . 4 after the death of frank pearl perseus was sold to centre lane partners a private equity firm . 5 contents 1 imprints 1.1 former imprints 1.1.1 avalon publishing group 1.1.2 perseus books group 2 distribution 3 references 4 see also 5 external links imprints edit the perseus books group currently has 12 imprints 6 avalon travel basic books basic civitas beast books dacapo nation books running press publicaffairs seal press weinstein books westview vanguard press former imprints edit before avalon publishing group was integrated into the perseus books group it published on 14 imprint presses . 7 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 edit avalon travel publishing axoplasm black square editions blue moon books carroll & graf publishers acquired in 1998 8 folded in 2007 4 four walls eight windows absorbed into thunder s mouth press in 2004 marlowe & company absorbed into the dacapo imprint 4 no exit press seal press shoemaker & hoard publishers sold to counterpoint llc 9 thunder s mouth press folded in 2007 4 perseus books group edit counterpoint press sold to counterpoint llc 4 distribution edit in addition perseus owns separate book distribution companies . 6 publishers group west pgw founded in 1976 based in berkeley california . consortium book sales and distribution founded in 1985 based in st. paul minnesota . perseus distribution founded in 1999 based in new york city . legato publishers group founded in 2013 based in chicago . references edit a b millot jim 2007 12 03 . publisher of the year . publishers weekly . publishers weekly . retrieved 2012 01 21 . natasha onwuemezi perseus sale to hachette book group completed the bookseller 1 april 2016 milliot jim 2007 11 01 . perseus to buy avalon ; eyes pgw pubs . publishers weekly . archived from the original on march 4 2016 . a b c d e milliot jim 2007 05 10 . perseus folds two imprints sells another . publishers weekly . archived from the original on 2010 02 17 . new investor for perseus books group . publishersweekly.com . retrieved 2016 04 04 . a b about us . perseus books group . retrieved 2010 01 16 . publishers look up service . association of american publishers . retrieved 2010 01 16 . farmanfarmaian roxane 1998 12 07 . avalon to acquire carroll & graf . publishers weekly . 245 49 11 . kinsella bridget . winton shoemaker & co. buys counterpoint . publishers weekly . archived from the original on september 1 2009 . retrieved 2010 01 16 . see also edit list of book distributors external links edit perseus books group v t e perseus books group avalon travel basic books beast books da capo nation books publicaffairs running press seal vanguard westview this article about a united states publishing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title perseus books group & oldid 739776110 categories book distributorsbook publishing companies based in new yorkpublishing companies based in new york citypublishing companies established in 19961996 establishments in new yorkunited states publishing company stubshidden categories wikipedia articles in need of updating from march 2009all wikipedia articles in need of updatingall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 16 september 2016 at 22 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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