Westview Press

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Westview Press
Established1975 Edit this on Wikidata (49 years ago)
FoundersFrederick A. Praeger Edit this on Wikidata
Typespublisher, schoolbook publisher Edit this on Wikidata
HeadquartersBoulder Edit this on Wikidata
OwnersFrederick A. Praeger Edit this on Wikidata
Parent organisationsTaylor & Francis, Perseus Books Group, HarperCollins Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewestviewpress.com Edit this on Wikidata

Westview Press was an American publishing company headquartered in Boulder, Colorado founded in 1975.

Field of work[edit]

Westview primarily publishes textbooks.[1]

History[edit]

Westview Press was founded by Frederick A. Praeger in 1975. Prager sold Westview in 1991.[2]

Westview was purchased by HarperCollins.[citation needed] HarperCollins and Westview had difficulty working together due to very different corporate cultures and values.[3] Perseus bought Westview in March 1998 from HarperCollins.[3]

In April 2016, Perseus Books Group's publishing operations, including Westview, were purchased by Hachette Book Group.[4][5] Hachette Book Group's Perseus Books Group division sold it to Taylor & Francis in 2017.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "We are delighted to welcome Westview Publishing into the Taylor & Francis Group". Taylor & Francis Group. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03.
  2. ^ "Frederick A. Praeger: Book publisher". Washington Post (Obituary). 6 June 1994. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Perseus Books Buys Westview Press From HarperCollins". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 10 April 1998. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  4. ^ Onwuemezi, Natasha (1 April 2016). "Perseus sale to Hachette Book Group completed". The Bookseller. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  5. ^ Yin, Maryann (1 March 2016). "Hachette Book Group Acquires the Perseus Book Group's Publishing Business". Adweek. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

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