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Before Avalon Publishing Group was integrated into the Perseus Books Group, it published on 14 imprint presses. In 2007, some of these imprints were integrated into the Perseus Books Group, while others folded or were sold to other companies. Perseus also sold one of their imprints in the
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and acquiring Avalon Publishing Group. In January 2007, the Perseus Books Group purchased Avalon Publishing Group, the parent company of
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and Thunder's Mouth Press; the purchaser folded both imprints and stopped publishing books under those names in May 2007.
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company founded in 1996 by investor Frank Pearl. Perseus acquired the trade publishing division of
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line to Perseus. It was then incorporated and released through Perseus' Da Capo Lifelong imprint.
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In 2005, Perseus acquired Client Distribution Services, the former distribution arm of
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Lagardère SCA owns these brands in the United Kingdom only. These brands are owned by
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Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, founded in 1985, based in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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After the death of Frank Pearl, Perseus was sold to Centre Lane Partners in 2015, a
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Farmanfarmaian, Roxane (December 7, 1998). "Avalon to Acquire Carroll & Graf".
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Publishers Group West (PGW), founded in 1976, based in Berkeley, California.
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magazine for its role in taking on publishers formerly distributed by
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Natasha Onwuemezi, "Perseus sale to Hachette Book Group completed",
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In 2014, following the bankruptcy auction of Good Books assets,
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Perseus previously owned separate book distribution companies.
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became an imprint of the Perseus Books division. Concurrently,
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Perseus Distribution, founded in 1999, based in New York City.
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The Perseus Books Group currently has the following imprints:
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Legato Publishers Group, founded in 2013, based in Chicago.
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Shoemaker & Hoard Publishers — sold to Counterpoint LLC
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Book publishing companies based in New York (state)
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Avalon Books

Parent company
Lagardère SCA
United States
New York City
New York
David Steinberger
Imprints
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www.perseusbooks.com
publishing
Addison-Wesley
Random House
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Group West
Carroll & Graf
Skyhorse Publishing
Mayo Clinic
private equity firm
Hachette Book Group
Ingram Content Group
Hachette Books
Da Capo Press
Moon Publications
Rick Steves
Basic Books
DaCapo
Running Press
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