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Bertelsmann (Germany)
Random House (acq. by Bertelsmann 1998) (acq. by Newhouse from RCA 1980) (acq.
by RCA 1966)
* Random House Publishing Group * Ballantine Books (acq. by Random House from Intext 1973) (acq. by Intext 1968) * One World * Del Rey * Del Rey/Lucas Books
* Del Rey Impact (formed 1999)* Fawcett Books (acq. by Random House 1982) (acq. by CBS 1977) (formed 1950) * Ivy Books
* Wellspring* Ballantine Reader's Circle (formed 1997)
*Library of Contemporary Thought
* Mortalis (formed 2007)
* Presidio Press (acq. 2002)* Random House
* Random House Trade Paperbacks (formed 2001)
* Modern Library* Villard * Strivers Row (formed 2001) * Triumph Books (acq. 2006)
* Monacelli Press (acq. 2008) (founded 1994)* Spiegel & Grau (formed 2006) * Bantam (acq. by Bertelsmann 1977) (formed 1945) * Dell (acq. by Doubleday 1976) (formed 1943)
* Dial Press (acq. by Dell 1963)* Dial Press Trade Paperbacks (formed 2005) * Delacorte
* Delta
* Island Books* DTP
* Bantam Discovery (formed 2007)
* Spectra* Knopf Publishing Group (acq. by Random House 1960) * Pantheon Books (acq. by Knopf 1961) * Doubleday (acq. by Bertelsmann 1986) * Schocken (acq. by Random House 1987) * Anchor Books (formed by Doubleday 1953)
* Vintage
* Vintage Español* Everyman Publishers (UK) (acq. by Knopf 2002)
* Flying Dolphin Press (formed 2006)
* Nan A. Talese* Crown Publishing Group * Crown (acq. by Random House 1988)
* Crown Business* Doubleday Business * Three Rivers Press * Harmony * Bell Tower * House of Collectibles * Clarkson Potter (acq. by Crown 1963) (founded 1959)
* Broadway Books
* Main Street
* Harlem Moon (formed 2000)
* Shaye Areheart Books
* Doubleday Religion
* WaterBrook Press
* Multnomah (Multnomah Publishers acq. 2006)
* Harold Shaw Publishers (founded 1968) (acq. 2000)* Discovery Books
* Doubleday Image
* Watson-Guptill Publications (acq. by Random House from Nielsen Business Media 2008)* Crown Forum (name changed from Prima Forum 2003) (Prima Forum acq. 2001) * Information Group * Fodor's (David McKay acq. by Random House 1986) (acq. by Vavid Mckay Company 1950) (founded 1936) * Living Language * Random House Reference and Information * Princeton Review (acq. by Random House 1995)
* Prima Games (acq.2001)
* Sylvan Learning Publishing (joint venture with Sylvan Learning) (formed 2008)* Random House Español (formed 2000) * Random House Children's Book Group * Crown Books for Young Readers * Knopf Books for Young Readers * Bantam Books for Young Readers * Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers * Doubleday Books for Young Readers * Random House Books for Young Readers * Random House Para Niños * Sesame Workshop
* LucasBooks* Disney Books for Young Readers
* Dragonfly Books* Laurel-Leaf Books
* Yearling Books* Wendy Lamb Books (formed 2001) * David Fickling Books (USA and UK) (acq. from Scholastic Press 2001)
* Golden Books (acq. by Random House 2001) (formed 1942 by Western Printing and Simon & Schuster)
* Random View Books (formed 2001)
* Bolder Books for Boys and Girls (formed 2005)
* Schwartz & Wade Books (formed 2005)
* Robin Corey Books (formed 2006)* Random House Audio Publishing Group * Random House Audio (formed 2001)
* Random House Audio Assets (formed 2001)* Random House Audio Dimensions (formed 2001)
* Random House Roads (formed 2001)
* Random House Audio Voices (formed 2001)
* Random House Audio Price-less (formed 2001)* Listening Library (acq. 1999) * Rabbit Ears (acq. 2006) * Audible (8.2% stake)
* Random House Audible (formed 2000)
* Books on Tape (acq. 2001)* Random House Diversified Group * Random House Value Publishing
* Random House Large Print* Bertelsmann Arvato
* Berryville Graphics* Offset Paperback Manufacturing * Random House Ventures LLC (formed 2000) * Xlibris (49% stake) (acq. 2000)
* Audible Inc. (minority stake) (acq.2000)
* ebrary.com (partial stake) (acq. 2000)
* Vocel (minority stake acq. 2005) (increased stake 2006)
* American Reading Company (minority stake) (acq. 2005)* Random House of Canada Ltd. * Random House Canada
* Knopf Canada* Doubleday Canada * Anchor Canada (formed 2001)
* Seal Books
* Bond Street Books (formed 2005)* Vintage Canada * McClelland & Stewart (25% stake acq. 2000; 75% owned by University of Toronto) * New Canadian Library
* Emblem Editions (formed 2001)
* Douglas Gibson Books (formed 2004)* Random House Group Ltd. * Random House UK * Vintage
* Cape
* Chatto
* Pimlico
* Yellow Jersey
* Harvill Secker Press (2004 merger of Harvill (acq. 2002) and Secker & Warburg* Century * Hutchinson * Arrow
* William Heinemann
* Preface Publishing (formed 2008)
* Virgin Books (90% stake; 10% owned by Richard Branson) (acq. 2007)* Random House Children's Books * Jonathan Cape
* Hutchinson
* Bodley Head
* Doubleday
* David Fickling Books (UK and US) (acq. from Scholastic Press 2001)
* Red Fox* Definitions (formed 2001) * Corgi Children's Books * Transworld
* Ebury* BBC Books (majority stake) (acq. 2006) * Random House India (formed 2005)
* Random House Australia
* Random House New Zealand* Random House Struik (South Africa) (49.9% stake; 50.1% owned by New Holland Publishing/Avusa) (2008 merger between Random House South Africa and Struik Publishers) * Struik
* Zebra Press
* Umuzi (South Africa) (formed by Random House 2005)
* Oshun Books* Random House Continental Europe and Latin America * Grupo Editorial Random House Mondadori (50% stake; 50% owned by Mondadori) (2001 merger between Grupo Editorial Bertelsmann and Mondadori Spain) * Grupo Editorial Plaza y Janés (Spain) * De Bolsillo
* Ediciones Beascoa (acq. 2001)* Grijalbo
* Lumen
* Debate
* Galaxia Gutenberg
* Grupo Editorial Sudamericana (Argentina) (acq. 60% 1997; acq. remaining 40% 2001)* Verlagsgruppe Random House (Germany) * Goldmann (Germany)
* Blanvalet (Germany)* Manhattan (Germany)
* Heyne Verlag (Germany) (acq. 2003 from Axel Springer)* Luchterhand (Germany) (acq. 2001)
* DVA (Germany) (acq. from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Group 2005)
* Koesel (Germany) (acq. from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Group 2005)
* Manesse (Germany) (acq. from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Group 2005)
* Gerth Medien (Germany) (acq. 2006)
* Audible.de (24.5% stake; 24.%% owned by Holtzbrinck Networxs; 51% owned by Audible) (formed 2004)* Random House Asia * Kadokawa Shoten (Japan) (3% stake; acq. 2000)
* Random House Kodansha (Japan) (50% stake; 50% owned by Kodansha) (formed 2003)
* Random House Korea (Random House JoonAng formed 2004 as joint venture with JoonAng Ilbo Publishers; Random House acq. full stake from JoonAng 2006)
Direct Group
* Der Club * France Loisirs (fully owned as of 2001; before then, joint venture with Vivendi Universal) * Euromedia (Czech Republic) * Swiat Ksiazki (Poland) * Ukrainian Family Leisure Book Club (Ukraine) * ECI (Netherlands) * Círculo de Lectores (Spain) (founded 1962) * Bertelsmann Korea (formed 1999) * 21st Century Book Chain Co. (China) (40% stake; acq. 2003) *************************************************
Previous HoldingsBookspan (formed 2000 as a joint venture with Book-of-the-Month Club/Time Warner) (acq. full
stake from Time Inc. 2007) (sold to Najafi Companies 2008; included Book-of-the-Month Club
(acq. by Time Inc. 1977; founded 1926); Doubleday Book Club (founded 1930); Architects &
Designers Book Service (formed 1965); Black Expressions (formed 1999); Children's
Book-of-the-Month Club; BookPlanet (formed by Bookspan 2002); Círculo de Lectores
(formed by Bookspan 2004); Computer Book Club; Country Homes & Gardens Book Club;
Crafters Choice Book Club (formed 1993); Crossings; Discovery Channel Book Club (name
changed from Natural Science Book Club; formed 1963); Doubleday Large Print Home Library
(formed 1985); The Good Cook Book Club (formed 1971); History Book Club (formed 1947);
Military Book Club (formed 1969); Mosaico (formed by Bookspan 2001); One Spirit; Quality
Paperback Book Club (formed 1974); Rhapsody (formed 2000); Booksonline; International
Book-of-the-Month Club (formed by Bookspan 2003); Zooba.com (acq. 2001) (50% stake
controlled by Bookspan); YES Solutions (formed 2006); Literary Guild (acq. 1986; founded
1927))
Times Books (licensed by New York Times to Random House 1984-2000)
Times Business (licensed by New York Times to Random House 1984-2000)
America Online Europe (49.5% stake) (divested 2002)
American Online Australia (50% stake) (divested 2000)
Prima Tech (acq. 2001) (sold to 22nd Century Inc. 2001)
Random House Audio Books (discontinued 2001)
BDD Audio (discontinued 2001)
BooksOnLine France (50% stake; purchased remaining 50% from Vivendi Universal
and discontinued 2001)
BooksOnLine Spain (discontinued 2001)
AtRandom (formed 2000) (discontinued 2001)
Sierra Club Books (copublishing agreement ended 2001)
Prima Lifestyle (acq. 2001) (discontinued by Crown 2003)
Doubleday Graphic Novels (formed 2002) (discontinued 2003)
Morgan Road Books (formed 2004) (discontinued by Boubleday Broadway 2007)
Bertelsmann Springer (name changed from Springer Verlag) (Springer Verlag founded 1842)
(Springer Verlag acq. by Bertelsmann 1998) (sold to Candover and Cinven 2003)
Birkhäuser Boston
Telos, the Electronic Library of Science
Traditions (formed 2001) (discontinued by BookSpan 2003)
Stage & Screen Book Club (discontinued by BookSpan 2003)
Gardening & Landscaping Book Club (discontinued by BookSpan 2003)
Early Childhood Teacher's Club (discontinued by Bertelsmann 2007)
Nurses Book Society (discontinued 2007)
Barnesandnoble.com (36.9% stake; sold to Barnes & Noble 2003)
Macfarlane Walter & Ross (founded 1988) (acq. by McClelland & Stewart from Stoddart 2000)
(discontinued by McClelland & Stewart 2003)
American Compass (formed by Bookspan 2004) (sold to Conservative Book Club 2007)
Behavioral Science Book Service (formed 1950) (discontinued 2007)
Equestrian's Edge (formed 2000) (discontinued 2007)
InsightOut Books (formed by Bookspan 2001) (discontinued 2007)
Madison Park Press (formed 2005) (discontinued 2007)
Busara (formed 2003) (discontinued)
Wall Street Journal Books (joint venture with Wall Street Journal; formed 2004) (discontinued 2008)
Last updated December 12, 2008