THE BIGGEST BOOK PUBLISHERS IN THE WORLD
What are the biggest book publishers in the world? We’ve chosen for you a list of the biggest book publishing companies in the world.
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🔵Pearson
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Pearson Publishing is ranked #1 on the list of top book publishing companies. This is a British publisher that was founded in 1844. However, Pearson is known for its own educational media brands. The publishing house is headquartered in London, the capital of the United Kingdom.
Furthermore, Pearson works in more than 70 countries, but 60% of its revenues come from the North American market. In addition, the company has annual revenues of $6.07 billion, putting it at the top of that list of the world’s leading book publishing companies.
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🔵RELX
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Second place goes to the British corporate group RELX. It was founded in 1993. The company is made up of several small companies that produce scientific, technical and medical materials, as well as legal textbooks, provide decision-making tools and organize exhibitions. Indeed, RELX generated $5.6 billion in revenue in 2020, ranking as the 2nd leading publishing company in the world in 2020 by revenue.
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🔵Thomson Reuters
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Thomson Reuters of Canada is the third-largest book publisher in the world. The company was founded in Toronto in 2008. Moreover, in 2020, the publisher had revenues of $4.9 billion.
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🔵Penguin Random House
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Penguin Random House is at No. 4 on the list of the world’s leading book publishing companies, formed in 2013 by the merger of Random House, owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, and Penguin Group, owned by British publishing company Pearson plc.
However, Penguin Random House is one of the top five publishers and made $3.3 billion last year, making it the largest book publisher among the top five by revenue.
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🔵Hachette Livre
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French book publisher Hachette Livre is one of the five largest publishers in the world and is ranked fifth among the top 5 book publishing companies in the world. Last year, Hachette Livre had annual revenues of $2.7 billion, making it the second-largest book publisher among the top five. Hachette is headquartered in the Beaugrenelle district, in the 15th district of Paris.
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