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Penguin Group è un editore britannico di libri commerciali e parte della Penguin Random House, di proprietà del conglomerato mediatico tedesco Bertelsmann.
Penguin Group is a British trade book publisher and part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. The new company was created by a merger that was finalised on 1 July 2013, with Bertelsmann initially owning 53% of the joint venture, and Pearson PLC initially owning the remaining 47%. [2]
- 30 July 1935; 88 years ago, (as Penguin Books)
- £1.05 billion (2010)
- Books
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- War Years
- Post-War History
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The first Penguin paperbacks were published in 1935, but at first only as an imprint of The Bodley Head (of Vigo Street, London) with the books originally distributed from the crypt of Holy Trinity Church Marylebone. Anecdotally, Lane recounted how it was his experience with the poor quality of reading material on offer at Exeter railway station th...
The Second World War saw Penguin emerge as a national institution. Though it had no formal role in the war effort, it was integral to it thanks to the publication of such bestselling manuals as Keeping Poultry and Rabbits on Scraps and Aircraft Recognition, and supplying books for the services and British POWs. In the war's six years, it printed so...
In 1945, Penguin began what would become one of its most important branches, the Penguin Classics, with a translation of Homer's Odyssey by E. V. Rieu. Between 1947 and 1949, the German typographer Jan Tschichold redesigned 500 Penguin books, and left Penguin with a set of influential rules of design principles brought together as the Penguin Compo...
Penguin Classics
Consonant with Penguin's corporate mission to bring canonical literature to the mass market, the company first ventured into publishing the classics in May 1938 with the issue of Penguin Illustrated Classics. The savings from the author's payments on these royalty-free titles were instead invested in commissioning woodcut engravings from Robert Gibbings and his circle emanating from the Central School of Arts and Crafts. The books were distinct from the rest of the Penguin marque in their use...
Pelican Books
Lane expanded the business in 1937 with the publication of George Bernard Shaw's The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism under the Pelican Books imprint, an imprint designed to educate the reading public rather than entertain. Recognising his own limitations Lane appointed V. K. Krishna Menon as the first commissioning editor of the series, supported by an advisory panel consisting of Peter Chalmers Mitchell, H. L. Bales and W. E. Williams. Several thousand Pelicans were pub...
Penguin Education
In 1965 Penguin entered the field of educational publishing, Allen Lane's aim being to carry the radical and populist spirit of Pelicans into the schoolbook market. His final major initiative, the division was established as a separate publishing operation from Harmondsworth, and based in West Drayton in Middlesex. During its nine-year life it had a major impact on school books, breaking new ground in their concept and design and strongly influencing other publishers' lists. Among the most su...
Official websites 1. Penguin Books USA 2. Penguin Books UK 3. Penguin Books Portugal Other 1. Penguin ArchiveUniversity of Bristol Library Special Collections 2. Penguin Archive ProjectUniversity of Bristol 3. King Penguin Book SeriesKing Penguin Book Series 4. The Art of Penguin Science FictionThe history and cover art of science fiction published...
- 1935; 88 years ago
- Penguin Random House (as of 1 July 2013)
- €3.4 billion
Penguin Random House comprises Penguin and Random House in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and India; Penguin in Brazil, Asia and South Africa; Dorling Kindersley worldwide; and Random House's companies in Spain, Hispanic America, and Germany.
- July 1, 2013; 10 years ago
- Subsidiary
- €4 billion (2021)
La Penguin Books è una casa editrice britannica, attualmente parte del gruppo Penguin Random House, originariamente fondata nel 1935 da Allen Lane. È diventata famosa per aver rivoluzionato il mercato editoriale con l'invenzione dei tascabili: romanzi di buona qualità in edizione economica, venduti ad un costo contenuto: sei pence ...
The Penguin Publishing Group is the proud publisher of great writers and gifted storytellers, beloved books and eminent works. At Penguin, we believe that literature can fuel the imagination and guide the soul.
