Publishers Group West

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Publishers Group West
Founded1976
Headquarters
Berkeley, California
,
United States
Services Book distribution
Parent Ingram Content Group
Website www.pgw.com

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]

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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

Publishers formerly distributed by PGW

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.
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