Major Publishers with North American Holdings
A Who Owns Whom Guide to the Book Publishing Industry

 
 

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HarperCollins (Harper & Row acq. 1987)
 
 * HarperCollins General Books Group
* Harper Morrow
* HarperCollins
* Harper (split off from HarperPerennial 2005)
* Perennial (split off from HarperPerennial 2005)
* Quill Trade Paperbacks
* Amistad Press (acq. 1999)
* Dark Alley (formed 2003)
* Avon (acq. from Hearst 1999) (formed 1941)
* Avon Red (formed 2006)
* Avon Inspire (formed 2007)
* Avon A (name changed from Avon Trade Paperbacks 2007)
* William Morrow (acq. from Hearst 1999) (acq. by Scott, Foresman 1966)
* Harper Torch
* William Morrow Cookbooks
* Harper Entertainment
* Eos`
* Collins
* Collins Business (name changed from Harper Business 2005)
* Collins Lifestyle (name changed from Harper Resource 2005)
* Collins Reference
* Collins Wellness
* Access Travel Guides
* Collins Design (name changed from Harper Design 2005)
* HarperOne (name changed from Harper San Francisco 2007)
* Smithsonian Books (formed 2005)
* Ecco Press (founded 1971) (acq. 1999)
* Rayo (formed 2000)
* Children's Book Group
* Joanna Cotler Books
* HarperCollins
* HarperFestival
* HarperTrophy
* Avon
* Greenwillow Books
* Tempest
* Laura Geringer Books
* Katherine Tegen Books (formed 2003)
* Julie Andrews Collection (formed 2003)
* Bowen Press (formed 2007)
* Balzer & Bray (to form 2009)
* HarperMedia
* HarperLuxe (formed 2006)(formerly Harper Large Print Editions (formed 1999))
* HarperAudio
* Caedmon Audio (acq. by Harper & Row from Raytheon/D.C. Heath 1987) (acq. by Raytheon/D.C. Heath 1970) (founded 1952)
* PerfectBound (formed 2001)
* Walden Pond Press (partnership with Walden Media; formed 2008)
* HarperCollins International
* Hearst Design International (name changed from Hearst Books International 2002) (acq. by HarperCollins from Hearst 1999)
* HarperCollins UK
* HarperPress
* HarperCollins
* HarperPerennial UK (formed 2004)
* Flamingo
* Thorsons
* Fourth Estate (acq. 2000)
* HarperFiction
* Element Books (acq. 2000)
* HarperEntertainment
* HarperCollins Canada
* Harper Flamingo Canada
* Phyllis Bruce (formed 1992)
* Perennial Canada (formed 1999)
* HarperCollins Australia
* Voyager
* HarperPerennial Australia (formed 2004)
* HarperCollins India (formed 2002)
* Zondervan Publishing House (acq. by Harper & Row 1988)
* Vida Publishers International (founded 1946 as Pedro Press; name changed to Editorial Vida 1966; changed to current name 1980)
* Youth Specialties (acq. 2006)

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Previous Holdings

Winston-Seabury Press (acq. by Harper & Row and merged into Harper San Francisco 1986)
Michael di Capua Books (founded 1991; discontinued 1999)
Zonderkidz (formed 1998; discontinued 1999)
Gold 'n' Honey (acq. from Multnomah 1999; discontinued 1999)
HarperTaste (formed 1999; discontinued 1999)
Bard (founded 1998; discontinued 1999)
Camelot (discontinued 1999)
The Confident Collector (discontinued 1999)
Flare (discontinued 1999)
Spike (founded 1998; discontinued 1999)
Twilight (founded 1998; discontinued 1999)
Eagle Brook (discontinued 1999)
Rob Weisbach Books (discontinued 1999)
Beech Tree (discontinued 1999)
Utne Reader Books (discontinued 1999)
Lathrop, Lee & Shepard (founded 1904) (acq. by Scott, Foresman 1965) (discontinued 1999)
Morrow Junior (founded 1946; discontinued 1999)
Mulberry (discontinued 1999)
Tupelo (discontinued 1999)
Marshall Pickering (discontinued 2001)
Fount (discontinued 2001)
Cliff Street Books (discontinued 2002)
Fourth Estate U.S. (formed 2002; discontinued 2006)
Inspirio (discontinued 2006)
Regan Books (discontinued 2007)
Editora Vida (Brazil) (sold by Zondervan to Producciones Peniel SRL (Argentina) 2007)
 

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