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

 

John Wiley & Sons (USA) (founded 1814 by Charles Wiley; current name adopted 1876)

 
* Jossey-Bass (acq. 1999)
* Interscience Publishers (acq. 1961)
* Pfeiffer
* Capstone
* Wilson Learning Corporation (acq. 1982)
* Scripta-Technica (acq. 1984)
* Alan R. Liss, Inc. (acq. 1989)
* Van Nostrand Reinhold (acq. 1997) (Van Nostrand acq. by Litton Industries 1968) (Chapman-Reinhold acq. by Litton Industries 1968)
* Preservation Press
* Clinical Psychology Publishing Company
* Chronimed, Inc.
* Wrox Press
* Huthig Publishing Group
* J.K. Lasser (acq. 1999)
* Sybex (acq. 2005)
* Hungry Minds (acq. 2001)
* CliffNotes
* Frommer's (acq. by Wiley 2001) (acq. by Simon & Schuster 1977) (founded 1957)
* Frank J. Fabozzi (acq. 2001)
* Ann Arbor Press (acq. from Sleeping Bear Press 2002)
* Fitzgerald Publishing Co. (acq. 2002)
* Fisher Investments Press (formed 2008)
* John Wiley & Sons Canada (formed 1968)
* Macmillan Canada
* Wiley Europe
* Blackwell Publishing (UK) (acq. 2006)
* A&M Publishing Ltd. (UK) (acq. 2002)
* Wrightbooks Pty. Ltd. (UK) (acq. 2001)
* Whurr Publishers (UK) (acq. 2005)
* VCH (Germany) (acq. 90% stake 1996)
* Ernst & Sohn
* Verlag Helvetia Chimica Acta
* German Materials Science Society
* GIT Verlag GmbH (Germany) (acq. 2002)
* John Wiley & Sons Australia
* Jacaranda
* Wiley Asia (Singapore) (formed 2005)

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Previous Holdings

CDG Books Canada (discontinued 2002) (40% stake owned by John Wiley & Sons Canada; 51%
        stake owned by Gage Learning Corporation
 

             last updated July 4, 2008