| Founded | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Berkeley, California, United States |
| Services | Book distribution |
| Parent | Ingram Content Group |
| Website | www |
Publishers Group West (PGW) is a book distributor founded in 1976 in Berkeley, California that has been owned by Ingram Content Group since 2016. They share their parent company's warehouse in Jackson, Tennessee and sales offices in New York, Toronto, and London.
History
PGW was the largest distributor of independent presses in the United States during the 1990s.
In 2007, PGW was acquired by Perseus Books Group and some of PGW's publishers moved to Perseus's other divisions. Periodic additions to their list of publishers include an additional 5 added in 2012.
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.
Perseus' distribution business was acquired by Ingram Content Group in 2016.
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
- 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
- "The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
- "Book Distribution - Publishers Group West - About". www.pgw.com. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- "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.
- 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) - "Court date set to approve Perseus offer". thebookseller.com.
- "Perseus Books Home". Perseusbooksgroup.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- McCarty, Dawn (2007-02-09). "Offer for AMS unit tops only other bid | The San Diego Union-Tribune". Utsandiego.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- "Distribution: Publishers Group West Adds Five New Clients". Publishersweekly.com. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- "Need We Say More? > News > Chaka Kahn Sits in with Dumpstaphunk". Jambands.com. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- Natasha Onwuemezi, "Perseus sale to Hachette Book Group completed", The Bookseller, 1 April 2016
- "Boca Raton News - Google News Archive Search". google.com.