Publishers Group West Explained

Publishers Group West
Foundation:	1976
Location City:	Berkeley, California
Location Country:	United States
Services:	Book distribution
Parent:	Ingram Content Group

Publishers Group West (PGW) is a book distributor founded in 1976 in Berkeley, California that has been owned by Ingram Content Group since 2016.^[1] They share their parent company's warehouse in Jackson, Tennessee and sales offices in New York, Toronto, and London.^[2]

History

PGW was the largest distributor of independent presses in the United States during the 1990s.^{[3] [4]}

In 2007, PGW was acquired by Perseus Books Group^{[5] [6]} and some of PGW's publishers moved to Perseus's other divisions.^[7] Periodic additions to their list of publishers include an additional 5 added in 2012.^[8]

Within the book business, they were known for throwing a party at the annual BookExpo convention, with musical performers including Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk and Chaka Khan in 2012.^[9]

Perseus' distribution business was acquired by Ingram Content Group in 2016.^[10]

Partial list of publishers

• 2.13.61
• Agate Publishing
• Archaia Studios Press
• Baker & Taylor Publishing Group
• Bilingual Books
• Black Classic Press
• Blast Books
• Classical Comics
• Cleis Press
• Counterpoint
• Frances Lincoln Publishers
• Grove/Atlantic, Inc., publisher of Cold Mountain, New York Times Bestseller^[11]
  • Grove Press
• Heyday Books
• Hunter House
• Keen Communications
• McSweeney's
• Milkweed Editions
• New World Library
• Night Shade Books (added 2012)
• Open City (defunct)
• Open Court Publishing Company
• Parallax Press, publisher of works by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Quest Books
• Rare Bird Books
• Re/Search
• Ronin Publishing
• Scarletta Press
• Seal Press
• Sierra Club Books
• Soft Skull Press
• TalentSmart, publishers of Emotional Intelligence 2.0
• Three Rooms Press
• Thunder Bay Press
• Tin House Books
• Urantia Foundation
• Wilderness Press
• Wisdom Publications

Publishers formerly distributed by PGW

• NBM Publishing (1986-1988)
• Demos Medical Publishing, aka Demos Health (2005-2013)

External links

• Publishers Group West website

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search. google.com.
2. Web site: Book Distribution - Publishers Group West - About . www.pgw.com . 12 May 2024.
3. Web site: THE MEDIA BUSINESS; University Press Becomes Big Distributor for Small Publishers - New York Times . . 1989-11-27 . 2013-08-18.
4. Web site: DOREEN CARVAJALPublished: December 01, 1997 . Independents' Day ; For Smaller Publishers, Sales Are Rising as Returns Dwindle - New York Times . . 1997-12-01 . 2013-08-18.
5. Web site: Court date set to approve Perseus offer. thebookseller.com.
6. Web site: Perseus Books Home . Perseusbooksgroup.com . 2013-08-18.
7. Web site: McCarty . Dawn . Offer for AMS unit tops only other bid | The San Diego Union-Tribune . Utsandiego.com . 2007-02-09 . 2013-08-18.
8. Web site: Distribution: Publishers Group West Adds Five New Clients . Publishersweekly.com . 2011-12-09 . 2013-08-18.
9. Web site: Need We Say More? > News > Chaka Kahn Sits in with Dumpstaphunk . Jambands.com . 2012-06-12 . 2013-08-18.
10. Natasha Onwuemezi, "Perseus sale to Hachette Book Group completed", The Bookseller, 1 April 2016
11. Web site: Boca Raton News - Google News Archive Search. google.com.