Avery Publishing

Avery Publishing
Parent companyPenguin Random House
Founded1976
FounderRudy Shur and Lee Solomon
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City
Publication typesBooks
Official websitepenguin.com

Avery Publishing is a book publishing imprint of the Penguin Group, headquartered in New York City, in the United States.

Description

Avery was founded as an independent publisher in 1976 by childhood friends Rudy Shur and Lee Solomon. It was purchased by Penguin in 1999. Their offices were located at one time in Garden City, New York, home to other publisher's offices.

Penguin merged the Gotham Books and Hudson Street Press imprints into Avery in 2015.

As of 2014, the president was veteran publisher William Shinker.

Etymology

The name of Avery Publishing is a nod to Avery Avenue in Flushing, Queens – the street on which Shur and Solomon grew up.

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See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 Musleah, Rahel (1998-09-27). "Book Publisher Fosters a Strong Point of View on Health Care". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  2. ↑ "Rudy Shur Interview". Absolutewrite.com. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  3. ↑ "About Square One". Squareonepublishers.com. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  4. ↑ "Penguin Putnam Inc. Signs Agreement to Acquire The Avery Publishing Group". Free Online Library. 1999-08-19. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  5. ↑ John F. Baker (1999-08-23). "Penguin Putnam Buying Avery". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  6. 1 2 Polner, Murray (1992-07-19). "L.I. Publishers Flourish in Niches And Wider Arenas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  7. ↑ Jim Milliot (2015-01-16). "Big Changes at Penguin Publishing Group". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  8. ↑ "Avery - Publishers - Penguin Group (USA)". Us.penguingroup.com. 2001-09-04. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-01-01.