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Global Publishing Leaders 2018: John Wiley & Sons
Wiley's publishing segment provides scientific, professional, and education books and related content in print and digital formats, as well as test preparation services and course workflow tools, to libraries, corporations, students, professionals, and researchers.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2018: McGraw-Hill Education
McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC (MHGE) is a learning science company targeting the higher education, professional learning and information markets both in the US and internationally with content, tools and services delivered via digital, print and hybrid solutions.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2018: Scholastic
Scholastic is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and is the leading operator of school-based book clubs and school-based book fairs in the United States.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2018: Springer Nature
Springer Nature, one of the leading international research publishers, is home to trusted brands including Springer, Nature Research, BioMed Central, Palgrave Macmillan and 'Scientific American.'
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Global Publishing Leaders 2018: Grupo Planeta
Planeta is the leading Spanish-language publishing group in Spain and Latin America, with further strong holdings in Portugal and in France, where it owns Editis, the second largest publishing company in France.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2018: Hachette Livre
Hachette Livre is the world’s third-largest trade book publisher for the general public and educational markets.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2018: Bertelsmann
With more than 250 imprints, brands on six continents, 70,000 digital and 15,000 print titles published annually as well as more than 100,000 eBooks available worldwide, Penguin Random House is the world’s largest trade book publisher.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2018: Thomson Reuters
In 2008, the Thomson Corporation and Reuters Group PLC merged to form Thomson Reuters.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2018: RELX Group
Relx Group is a provider of information solutions for professionals across many industries.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2018: Pearson Plc
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Target Responds to Publisher Complaints, but Redactions Persist
Target says that the company is reviewing and updating redacted descriptions of books on its website, but complaints persist about inappropriate redactions.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2018: Wolters Kluwer
Founded in 1836, Wolters Kluwer is a Dutch global information service company that is engaged in supporting professionals in the legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance, and healthcare market.
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Tauber to Lead Chronicle's New Imprint
Mark Tauber, formerly senior v-p and publisher at HarperOne, will lead Chronicle Books' new nonfiction imprint that will launch in fall 2019.
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Publishers Call Out Target for 'Censoring' Book Descriptions
A number of publishers say Target, on its retail website, is redacting certain keywords from the product descriptions of their books. They say the site has removed words like "transgender" and "queer," as well as the name "Hitler."
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Arcadia Taking YourTown Program to Regionals
Beginning with SIBA, Arcadia will show off its new YourTown store match program at five fall regional trade shows.
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NEA Study Finds Small Dip in Adult Reading
The newest NEA survey of public participation in the arts found that adults reading novels fell between 2012 and 2017, but that reading poetry rose.
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Brooklyn-based Restless Books Taps a World of Writing
As a nonprofit, Restless Books has become a haven for international literature and an advocate for immigrant writers.
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S&S Restructures Sales Group
In a memo to employees, Simon & Schuster senior v-p of sales Gary Urda outlined a new structure for the sales division that he said “will add a number of new positions to our selling efforts and leave us better positioned to accomplish our ambitious goals.”
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Rebecca Smart Named DK Managing Director
Rebecca Smart will join DK as its managing director in January after spending the last four years in the same position at Ebury Publishing, a nonfiction imprint of Penguin Random House UK.
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PRH, HeadCount Team to Launch Book the Vote
Penguin Random House and HeadCount, a nonpartisan voter registration organization, will launch Book the Vote, a companywide effort to encourage voter registration by using PRH authors and a variety of support materials.



