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

Perseus Books Group (USA)
 

Publishing
 
* Basic Books (acq. 1997)
* Basic Civitas
* Westview
* Basic Ideas (formed 2007)
* Nation Books ( acq. as part of Avalon 2007)
* DaCapo Press (acq. by Perseus 1999)
* DaCapo Lifelong Books
* Running Press (acq. 2002)
* Public Affairs
* Avalon (acq. 2007)
* Avalon Travel Publishing (acq. as part of Avalon 2007)
* Seal Press (acq. as part of Avalon 2007)
* Moon (acq. as part of Avalon 2007)
* CDS Books
* Vanguard Press
* CounterPoint (minority stake; majority sold to Winton & Shoemaker 2007)

Distribution
 
* Perseus Distribution Services (name changed from CDS 2007) (CDS acq. 2005)
* Consortium Book Sales and Distribution (acq. by Perseus 2006 from Don Linn) (acq. by Don Linn 2002) (founded 1985)
* Publishers Group West (acq. 2007)

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Previous Holdings

Perseus Publishing (integrated into Basic Books and Da Capo Press 2003) (acq. from
    Addison Wesley Longman 1997)
Shoemaker & Hoard (sold to Charlie Winton 2007) (acq. as part of Avalon 2007)
Carroll & Graf (discontinued by Perseus 2007) (acq. as part of Avalon 2007)
Thunder's Mouth Press (discontinued by Perseus 2007) (acq. as part of Avalon 2007)
Marlowe & Company (discontinued by Perseus 2008) (acq as part of Avalon 2007)
 

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