Publishers_Group_West

Publishers Group West

Publishers Group West

Book distributor in Berkeley, California

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

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    "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.
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    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)
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    "Court date set to approve Perseus offer". thebookseller.com.
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    "Perseus Books Home". Perseusbooksgroup.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
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    McCarty, Dawn (2007-02-09). "Offer for AMS unit tops only other bid | The San Diego Union-Tribune". Utsandiego.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
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    "Distribution: Publishers Group West Adds Five New Clients". Publishersweekly.com. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
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    "Need We Say More? > News > Chaka Kahn Sits in with Dumpstaphunk". Jambands.com. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
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    Natasha Onwuemezi, "Perseus sale to Hachette Book Group completed", The Bookseller, 1 April 2016
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