macmillan publishers parent company holtzbrinck publishing group founded 1843 ; 173 years ago 1843 founder daniel macmillan alexander macmillan country of origin united kingdom headquarters location london england publication types books academic journals magazines official website macmillan.com 2008 conference booth macmillan publishers ltd occasionally known as the macmillan group is an international publishing company owned by holtzbrinck publishing group . it has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others . contents 1 history 1.1 macmillan in the united states 1.2 macmillan in russia 1.3 e books and price fixing charges 1.4 corruption charges 2 divisions 3 see also 4 notes and references 5 further reading 6 external links history edit this logo appeared in leslie stephen s biography of alexander pope published by macmillan & co in 1880 . macmillan was founded in 1843 by daniel and alexander macmillan two brothers from the isle of arran scotland . daniel was the business brain while alexander laid the literary foundations publishing such notable authors as charles kingsley 1855 thomas hughes 1859 francis turner palgrave 1861 christina rossetti 1862 matthew arnold 1865 and lewis carroll 1865 . alfred tennyson joined the list in 1884 thomas hardy in 1886 and rudyard kipling in 1890 . 1 other major writers published by macmillan included w. b. yeats rabindranath tagore nirad c. chaudhuri se n o casey john maynard keynes charles morgan hugh walpole margaret mitchell c. p. snow rumer godden and ram sharan sharma . beyond literature the company created such enduring titles as nature 1869 the grove dictionary of music and musicians 1877 and sir robert palgrave s dictionary of political economy 1894 99 . macmillan established an office in new york city . it sold its american division in 1896 which published as the macmillan company . macmillan publishers re entered the american market in 1954 under the name st. martin s press . after retiring from politics in 1964 former prime minister of the united kingdom harold macmillan became chairman of the company serving until his death in december 1986 . 2 he had been with the family firm as a junior partner from 1920 to 1940 when he became a junior minister and from 1945 to 1951 while he was in the opposition in parliament . the company was one of the oldest independent publishing houses until 1995 when a 70 % share of the company was bought by german media giant holtzbrinck publishing group . holtzbrinck purchased the remaining shares in 1999 ending the macmillan family s ownership of the company . in may 2015 london based macmillan science and education merged with berlin based springer science business media to form springer nature jointly controlled by holtzbrinck publishing group and bc partners . macmillan in the united states edit main article macmillan publishers united states george edward brett opened the first macmillan office in the united states in 1869 and macmillan sold its u.s. operations to the brett family george platt brett sr. and george platt brett jr. in 1896 resulting in the creation of an american company macmillan publishing also called the macmillan company . even with the split of the american company from its parent company in england george brett jr. and harold macmillan remained close personal friends . george p. brett jr. made the following comments in a letter dated 23 january 1947 to daniel macmillan about his family s devotion to the american publishing industry for the record my grandfather was employed by macmillan s of england as a salesman . he came to the united states with his family in the service of macmillan s of england and built up a business of approximately 50 000 before he died . he was succeeded ... by my father who eventually incorporated the macmillan company of new york and built up business of about 9 000 000 . i succeeded my father and we currently doing a business of approximately 12 000 000 . so then the name of brett and the name of macmillan have been and are synonymous in the united states . pearson acquired the macmillan name in america in 1998 following its purchase of the simon & schuster educational and professional group which included various macmillan properties . 3 holtzbrinck purchased it from them in 2001 . 4 mcgraw hill continues to market its pre kindergarten through elementary school titles under its macmillan mcgraw hill brand . the us operations of georg von holtzbrinck are now known as macmillan . macmillan in russia edit in the 1990s several british publishing companies reached the russian market and the list included macmillan pearson longman oxford university press cambridge university press and express publishing . one of the leading companies is macmillan that started by selling british english dictionaries and textbooks that were adapted for russian readers . macmillan has a representation in russia since 2001 that organizes educational activities support the increasing demands for learning english and collaborate with russian authors in publishing english textbooks that conform to the requirements of the ministry of education and science of the russian federation while being on par with world s educational standards . their site website provides russian teachers and students with an easy access for tests competitions contests and information on scheduled online seminars and live conferences . e books and price fixing charges edit by some estimates as of 2009 e books account for three to five per cent of total book sales and are the fastest growing segment of the market . 5 according to the new york times macmillan and other major publishers fear that massive discounting of e books by retailers including amazon barnes & noble and sony could ultimately devalue what consumers are willing to pay for books . in response the publisher introduced a new boilerplate contract for its authors that established a royalty of 20 per cent of net proceeds on e book sales a rate five per cent lower than most other major publishers . 5 following the announcement of the apple ipad on 27 january 2010 a product that comes with access to the ibookstore macmillan gave amazon.com two options continue to sell e books based on a price of the retailer s choice the wholesale model with the e book edition released several months after the hardcover edition is released or switch to the agency model introduced to the industry by apple in which both are released simultaneously and the price is set by the publisher . in the latter case amazon.com would receive a 30 per cent commission . 6 amazon responded by pulling all macmillan books both electronic and physical from their website although affiliates selling the books were still listed . on 31 january 2010 amazon chose the agency model preferred by macmillan . 7 in april 2012 the united states department of justice filed united states v. apple inc. naming apple macmillan and four other major publishers as defendants . the suit alleged that they conspired to fix prices for e books and weaken amazon.com s position in the market in violation of antitrust law . 8 in december 2013 a federal judge approved a settlement of the antitrust claims in which macmillan and the other publishers paid into a fund that provided credits to customers who had overpaid for books due to the price fixing . 9 corruption charges edit in 2010 macmillan education submitted to an investigation on grounds of fraudulent practices . 10 the macmillan division admitted to bribery in an attempt to secure a contract for an education project in southern sudan . 10 as stated by a spokesman for the world bank macmillan admitted engaging in bribes in an attempt to get a contract to print textbooks for the education rehabilitation project in south sudan 10 as a direct result of the investigation sanctions were applied by the world bank group namely a 6 year debarment reduced from 8 years due to an early acknowledgment of misconduct by the company declaring the company ineligible to be awarded bank financed contracts . 11 divisions edit macmillan is currently under two divisions springer nature and macmillan publishers . springer nature was formed in may 2015 by the merger of nature publishing group palgrave macmillan macmillan education and springer science business media . it is now the world s largest academic book publisher and focuses on science and education . the company numbers almost 13 000 staff in over 50 countries and has a turnover of approximately eur 1.5 billion . springer nature is under the joint control of holtzbrinck publishing group and bc partners . derk haank is the current ceo of springer nature . macmillan publishers focuses on fiction and non fiction and is a global trade book publishing company . it has numerous imprints under it such as pan books ; picador ; st. martin s press ; tor books ; farrar straus and giroux ; henry holt & co. ; flatiron books ; kingfisher ; priddy books ; macmillan children s books ; macmillan audio ; etc. macmillan publishers is now a division of the holtzbrinck publishing group . see also edit list of largest uk book publishers notes and references edit about pan macmillan . pan macmillan uk . retrieved 2016 09 30 . harold macmillan 1894 1986 . bbc . publishers weekly publishersweekly.com bookseller allbusiness.com a b rich motoko 28 october 2009 . macmillan lowers e book payments for authors . the new york times . retrieved 2010 02 11 . motoko rich and brad stone 31 january 2010 . publisher wins fight with amazon over e books . the new york times . retrieved 2010 02 11 . the amazon kindle team 31 january 2010 . macmillan e books . kindle community . amazon.com . retrieved 2010 02 11 . mui ylan q. and hayley tsukayama 11 april 2012 . justice department sues apple publishers over e book prices . the washington post . retrieved 2014 06 01 . molina brett 25 march 2014 . e book price fixing settlements rolling out . usa today . retrieved 2014 06 01 . a b c macmillan admits to bribery over world bank sudan aid deal . telegraph.co.uk . retrieved 2016 03 17 . the world bank group debars macmillan limited for corruption in world bank supported education project in southern sudan . world bank . retrieved 2016 03 17 . further reading edit macmillan a publishing tradition by elizabeth james isbn 0 333 73517 x chisholm hugh ed . 1911 . macmillan . encyclop dia britannica . 17 11th ed . . cambridge university press . p. 264 . external links edit wikisource has original works published by or about macmillan and company wikimedia commons has media related to macmillan publishers ltd. . official website v t e holtzbrinck publishing group holtzbrinck publishers s. fischer rowohlt kiepenheuer & witsch 85 % droemer knaur 50 % newspapers and magazines die zeit 50 % zeit wissen main post lausitzer rundschau main post saarbr cker zeitung s dkurier trierischer volksfreund spotlight verlag lebensmittel praxis 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