HarperCollins (harpercollins.com) is a global publishing company that publishes many best-selling books and is the publishing house of important authors like Mark Twain and Charles Dickens. The publishing house has its corporate headquarters in New York City, plus several regional offices in the U.K., Australia and Canada. HarperCollins publishes fiction, nonfiction and children's books under several imprints. In addition to traditional book publishing, the company is also very active in digitizing its past and current publications.
Random House (randomhouse.com) is an internationally recognized publisher with corporate headquarters in New York City. The company publishes fiction, nonfiction and children's books. Random House is widely known for its reference books like the Random House Webster's College Dictionary and its reprints of classical literature. The company also has a very successful children's division that includes the Dr. Seuss and Berenstain Bears series. With many imprints and satellite companies in 19 countries, Random House distributes its publication all over the world.
Simon and Schuster (simonandschuster.com) began by publishing the first crossword puzzle and went on to become a global company that also published the first paperback book in the U.S. The company has offices in Australia, the U.K. and Canada, in addition to its main office in New York. Simon and Schuster's many imprints publish nonfiction, fiction, children's book and audio books. The company is in the forefront of digital books, publishing the first-ever book available only in digital form. Simon and Schuster publishes more than 2,000 titles annually and is the publisher of best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark.
The Penguin Group is an international publishing house located in New York. The company is known for its iconic young adult books like the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteries and publishes both children's and adult books under its many imprints. Penguin Books has historically published many controversial books including Nabokov's "Lolita" and Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and published the first paperback book in the U.K. The Penguin Group is one of the largest publishing houses in the world and in addition to the U.S. branch, has divisions in China, Australia, South Africa, India, Ireland and the U.K.