Publishers Group West (PGW) is a book distributor founded in 1976 in Berkeley, California that has been owned by Ingram Content Group since 2016.[1] They share their parent company's warehouse in Jackson, Tennessee and sales offices in New York, Toronto, and London.[2]
| Founded | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | , |
| Services | Book distribution |
| Parent | Ingram Content Group |
| Website | www |
History
PGW was the largest distributor of independent presses in the United States during the 1990s.[3][4]
In 2007, PGW was acquired by Perseus Books Group[5][6] and some of PGW's publishers moved to Perseus's other divisions.[7] Periodic additions to their list of publishers include an additional 5 added in 2012.[8]
Within the book business, they were known for throwing a party at the annual BookExpo convention, with musical performers including Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk and Chaka Khan in 2012.[9]
Perseus' distribution business was acquired by Ingram Content Group in 2016.[10]
Partial list of publishers
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- Agate Publishing
- Archaia Studios Press
- Baker & Taylor Publishing Group
- Bilingual Books
- Black Classic Press
- Blast Books
- Classical Comics
- Cleis Press
- Counterpoint
- Frances Lincoln Publishers
- Grove/Atlantic, Inc., publisher of Cold Mountain, New York Times Bestseller[11]
- Heyday Books
- Hunter House
- Keen Communications
- McSweeney's
- Milkweed Editions
- New World Library
- Night Shade Books (added 2012)
- Open City (defunct)
- Open Court Publishing Company
- Parallax Press, publisher of works by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Quest Books
- Rare Bird Books
- Re/Search
- Ronin Publishing
- Scarletta Press
- Seal Press
- Sierra Club Books
- Soft Skull Press
- TalentSmart, publishers of Emotional Intelligence 2.0
- Three Rooms Press
- Thunder Bay Press
- Tin House Books
- Urantia Foundation
- Wilderness Press
- Wisdom Publications
Publishers formerly distributed by PGW
- NBM Publishing (1986-1988)
- Demos Medical Publishing, aka Demos Health (2005-2013)