Publishers Group West

Publishers Group West (PGW) is a book distributor founded in 1976 in Berkeley, California, which distributes to bookstores in the U.S. and internationally. They were the largest distributor of independent presses in the U.S. in the 1990s. Their parent company is Perseus Books Group. They are the exclusive distributor for over 100 publishers. Some of their former publishers were picked up for direct distribution by Perseus Books Group and others in 2007. Periodic additions to their list of publishers include an additional 5 added in 2012. Within the book business, they are known for throwing a party at the annual Book Expo America convention, with musical performers including Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk and Chaka Khan in 2012.

Partial list of publishers

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• 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
  • Grove Press
• Hunter House
• Keen Communications
• McSweeny'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
• 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)

External links

• Publishers Group West website