Publishers Group West

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]

Publishers Group West

Founded	1976
Headquarters	Berkeley, California , United States
Services	Book distribution
Parent	Ingram Content Group
Website	www.pgw.com

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

• 2.13.61
• 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]
  • Grove Press
• 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)

References

1. "The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
2. "Book Distribution - Publishers Group West - About". www.pgw.com. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
3. "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; University Press Becomes Big Distributor for Small Publishers - New York Times". The New York Times. 1989-11-27. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
4. DOREEN CARVAJALPublished: December 01, 1997 (1997-12-01). "Independents' Day ; For Smaller Publishers, Sales Are Rising as Returns Dwindle - New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. "Court date set to approve Perseus offer". thebookseller.com.
6. "Perseus Books Home". Perseusbooksgroup.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
7. McCarty, Dawn (2007-02-09). "Offer for AMS unit tops only other bid | The San Diego Union-Tribune". Utsandiego.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
8. "Distribution: Publishers Group West Adds Five New Clients". Publishersweekly.com. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
9. "Need We Say More? > News > Chaka Kahn Sits in with Dumpstaphunk". Jambands.com. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
10. Natasha Onwuemezi, "Perseus sale to Hachette Book Group completed", The Bookseller, 1 April 2016
11. "Boca Raton News - Google News Archive Search". google.com.

External links

• Publishers Group West website