Penguin Books

Penguin Books
Perusahaan induk	Penguin Random House (per 1 Juli 2013)
Status	Aktif
Didirikan	1935; 89 tahun lalu
Pendiri	Allen Lane, Richard Lane, John Lane
Negara asal	Britania Raya
Kantor pusat	City of Westminster, London, Inggris
Distribusi	Britania Raya, Republik Irlandia, India, Amerika Serikat, Australia, Afrika Selatan, Kanada
Tokoh kunci	Peter Field, CEO Madeline McIntosh, Presiden (AS)
Jenis terbitan	Buku
Imprint	Penguin Classics, Viking Press
Pemilik	Bertelsmann, Pearson PLC
Situs resmi	www.penguin.com

Penguin Books adalah penerbit dari Britania Raya. Penerbit ini didirikan tahun 1935 oleh Sir Allen Lane dan saudaranya, Richard dan John,^[2] sebagai anak penerbit The Bodley Head, lalu membentuk perusahaan terpisah satu tahun kemudian.^[3] Penguin mengubah industri penerbitan pada tahun 1930-an dengan mengeluarkan buku sampul lunak murah yang dijual di Woolworths dan toko-toko besar. Berkat mereka, masyarakat luas bisa menikmati karya fiksi dan nonfiksi sampul lunak berkualitas tinggi.^[4] Kesuksesan Penguin menunjukkan bahwa buku-buku serius memiliki segmen pembaca yang besar. Penguin juga memiliki pengaruh besar terhadap perbincangan publik di Britania Raya karena buku-bukunya membahas budaya, politik, seni, dan sains.^[5]

Penguin Books kini merupakan imprin Penguin Random House, konglomerat baru yang dibentuk tahun 2013 melalui merger dengan penerbit Random House dari Amerika Serikat.^[6] Sebelumnya, Penguin Group sepenuhnya dimiliki oleh Pearson PLC, perusahaan media global dari Britania Raya yang juga memiliki Financial Times.^[7] Namun, dalam perusahaan induk yang baru ini, Penguin Group hanya memegang 25% saham perusahaan. Perusahaan media asal Jerman, Bertelsmann, adalah pemegang saham terbesar. Penguin Books adalah salah satu penerbit berbahasa Inggris terbesar yang tergabung dalam grup "Lima Besar".

Lihat pula

Catatan kaki dan referensi

^ "CEO Markus Dohle Announces Penguin Random House Global Leadership Team". Penguin Random House. 1 July 2013. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 4 July 2013. Diakses tanggal 1 July 2013.
^ Allen's brothers Richard and John were co-founders and shareholders, though Allen was the dominant figure in the company. John died in service in 1942, Richard sold his share to Allen before the company went public in 1961. The Penguin Companion, pp.80-81, Penguin Collectors' Society, 2006.
^ "About Penguin - company history" Diarsipkan 5 November 2013 di Wayback Machine., Penguin Books.
^ Florence Waters (26 August 2010). "Penguin's pioneering publisher – who never read books". Daily Telegraph. Diakses tanggal 17 February 2014.
^ Joicey, Nicholas (1993), "A Paperback Guide to Progress: Penguin Books 1935-c.1951", Twentieth Century British History, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 25-56; and Ross McKibbin Classes and Cultures: England 1918-1951, Oxford, 1998, ISBN 0-19-820672-0.
^ Mark Sweney "Penguin and Random House merger to create biggest book publisher ever seen", The Guardian, 29 October 2012
^ Penguin's many divisions are listed here "About Penguin: Publishing structure". Diarsipkan 15 April 2012 di Wayback Machine.

Bacaan lanjutan

Baines, Phil (2007): Penguin by Design: a Cover Story 1935-2005. London: Allen Lane ISBN 0-7139-9839-3 (published to accompany the exhibition "Penguin by design" held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 8 June – 13 November 2005).
Baines, Phil (2010): Puffin by Design: 70 years of imagination 1940-2010. London: Allen Lane.
Penguin by Illustrators.
Cinamon, Gerald (1987): "Hans Schmoller, Typographer", The Monotype Recorder (New Series), 6 April 1987.
Graham, Tim (2003): Penguin in Print - a Bibliography. Penguin Collectors Society.
Hall, David J., "King Penguins", in The Private Library Winter 1977, published by the Private Libraries Association.
Hare, Steve (1995): Penguin Portrait: Allen Lane and the Penguin Editors, 1935–1970. London: Penguin Books.
Joicey, Nicholas (1993): "A Paperback Guide to Progress: Penguin Books 1935–c.1951", Twentieth Century British History, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 25–56.
Kells, Stuart (2015): "Penguin and the Lane Brothers: The Untold Story of a Publishing Revolution", Black Inc., Melbourne, Australia.
Lewis, Jeremy (2005): Penguin Special: Life and Times of Allen Lane ISBN 0-670-91485-1.
Morpurgo, J. E. (1979): Allen Lane: King Penguin. London: Hutchinson.
Aynsley, J., Lloyd Jones, L. (1985), Fifty Penguin Years. ISBN 0-14-008589-0.
Cherry, B. (1983): The Buildings of England: A short History and Bibliography, Penguin Collectors Society, London.
Edwards, R. (1997): A Penguin Collector's Companion, Penguin Collector's Society, London.
Holland, S. (1993): Mushroom Jungle: A History of Postwar Paperback Publishing, Westbury.
Pearson, J. (1996): Penguins March On: Books for the Forces During World War II, Penguin Collector's Society, London.
Lane, A., Fowler, D. et al. (1960): Penguins Progress, 1935-1960, Harmondsworth.
Ten Years of Penguins: 1935-1945, Harmondsworth.
Williams, W. E. (1956): The Penguin Story, Harmondsworth.
Wood, S. (1985): A Sort of Dignified Flippancy, Edinburgh University Library.

Pranala luar

Situs web resmi

- Penguin Books USA
- Penguin Books UK

Lainnya

- Penguin Archive University of Bristol Library Special Collections
- Penguin Archive Project University of Bristol
- King Penguin Book Series King Penguin Book Series
- The Art of Penguin Science Fiction The history and cover art of science fiction published by Penguin Books from 1935 to the present day
- Penguin First Editions Guide to the early (1935-1955) first editions published by Penguin Books
- Penguin book covers
- Penguin Cerise Travel Diarsipkan 2018-03-13 di Wayback Machine. Celebrating Penguin Books' early 'Travel and Adventure' series
- Foley Collection — articles and extensive lists
- History of the Penguin Archive by Toby Clements, The Telegraph, 19 February 2009.
- Archival Material at