house founded 1935 ; 81 years ago 1935 as penguin books founder allen lane 1 country of origin united kingdom headquarters location city of westminster london revenue 1.05 billion 2010 official website penguingroup.com the penguin group is a trade book publisher part of penguin random house . it is owned by pearson plc the global education and publishing company and bertelsmann the german media conglomerate . the new company was created by a merger that was finalized on 1 july 2013 with bertelsmann owning 53 % of the joint venture and pearson controlling the remaining 47 % . 2 penguin books has its registered office in city of westminster london . 3 4 its british division is penguin books ltd. other separate divisions can be found in the united states ireland new zealand india australia canada china and south africa . contents 1 history 2 imprints 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit penguin books ltd. est. 1935 of the united kingdom was bought over by pearson longman in 1970 . 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 it 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 . 5 penguin group usa inc. also operates its own speaker s bureau that books speaking engagements for many of the publisher s authors . in 2011 the online writing and publishing community book country was launched as a subsidiary of penguin group usa . 6 in april 2012 the united states department of justice filed united states v. apple inc. naming apple penguin 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 . 7 in december 2013 a federal judge approved a settlement of the antitrust claims in which penguin and the other publishers paid into a fund that provided credits to customers who had overpaid for books due to the price fixing . 8 in october 2012 pearson entered into talks with rival conglomerate bertelsmann over the possibility of combining their respective publishing companies penguin group and random house . the houses were considered two of the big six publishing companies prior to the merger 9 which became the big five publishing houses upon completion of the combination . the european union approved of the penguin random house merger on 5 april 2013 ; pearson controls 47 % of the publisher . imprints edit penguin group imprints include the following 10 ace books alpha books avery publishing 11 awa press 12 berkley books blue rider press current dial books for young readers dutton dutton children s firebird books frederick warne & co gotham books g.p. putnam s sons g.p. putnam s sons books for young readers grosset & dunlap hp books primarily an automotive book publisher founded in 1964 13 hudson street press jove books ladybird books new american library nal obsidian onyx roc books signet books signet classics signet eclipse topaz pamela dorman books pelican books penguin books penguin classics the penguin press founded in 2003 literary non fiction some fiction 14 perigee books philomel books plume portfolio prentice hall press price stern sloan puffin books razorbill riverhead books sentinel hc speak jeremy p. tarcher tarcherperigee 15 viking press viking children s see also edit the other big five english language book publishers hachette holtzbrinck macmillan harpercollins and penguin random house 16 amazon breakthrough novel award bertelsmann pearson education pearson plc penguin group usa inc. v. american buddha references edit company history penguin random house mark sweney penguin and random house merger to create biggest book publisher ever seen the guardian 29 october 2012 26 . what is penguin books limited s company registration number penguin books . retrieved on 28 august 2009 . maps . city of westminster . retrieved on 28 august 2009 . penguin group usa about us . what s the penguin about . bookcountry.com . retrieved 2014 02 27 . mui ylan q. and hayley tsukayama april 11 2012 . justice department sues apple publishers over e book prices . the washington post . retrieved 2014 06 01 . molina brett march 25 2014 . e book price fixing settlements rolling out . usa today . retrieved 2014 06 01 . edgecliffe andrew 2012 10 26 . penguin and random house in deal talks . ft.com . retrieved 2014 02 27 . penguin publishers imprints . avery publishers penguin group usa . us.penguingroup.com . 2001 09 04 . retrieved 2014 02 27 . awa press penguin books new zealand . penguin.co.nz . retrieved 2014 02 27 . hpbooks publishers penguin group usa . us.penguingroup.com . retrieved 2014 02 27 . the penguin press publishers penguin group usa . us.penguingroup.com . retrieved 2014 02 27 . tarcherperigee . penguingroup . retrieved june 25 2016 . who are the big six . fiction matters . march 5 2010 . retrieved january 16 2014 . external links edit official website about us on the penguin group usa website penguin books india website penguin ireland website penguin group nz website penguin group australia official website penguin portfolio official website frederick warne & co official website v t e the big five publishers in the united states penguin random house penguin dutton puffin riverhead viking signet putnam ace dorling kindersley penguin classics random house alfred a. knopf doubleday crown bantam ballantine del rey dell everyman s library pantheon vintage fodor s modern library dial addison wesley simon & schuster atria scribner atheneum free press poseidon pocket threshold harpercollins walden pond harlequin reganbooks harper prism harper perennial harper ecco macmillan farrar straus and giroux henry holt and company picador st. martin s press tor pan nature publishing group palgrave macmillan hachette little brown & company grand central publishing orbit yen center street list of english language book publishers v t e penguin random house random house usa crown crown broadway harmony hogarth three rivers ten speed watson guptill knopf doubleday knopf doubleday everyman s library us pantheon schocken vintage random house ballantine bantam dell del rey dial modern library spectra villard children s beginner books golden information books on tape fodor s living language the princeton review prima games uk cornerstone hutchinson random house william heinemann ebury bbc books ebury del rey fodor s rider virgin books 90 % transworld bantam doubleday vintage publishing the bodley head chatto & windus harvill secker jonathan cape vintage canada mcclelland & stewart douglas gibson books tundra books new canadian library other companhia das letras 45 % penguin random house grupo editorial alfaguara penguin group uk dorling kindersley hamish hamilton ladybird penguin penguin classics puffin rough guides viking warne us alpha author solutions authorhouse iuniverse trafford xlibris dutton penguin putnam riverhead sentinel tarcher viking berkley publishing group ace berkley new american library jove plume roc children s dial young readers dutton children s firebird g. p. putnam s sons grosset & dunlap philomel price stern sloan puffin warne parents bertelsmann pearson plc united kingdom portal companies portal books portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title penguin group & oldid 734741657 categories book publishing companies of the united kingdombook publishing companies based in londonpearson plcpublishing companies established in 19351935 establishments in the united kingdomjoint venturesbertelsmann subsidiaries navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog 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