HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers LLC
HarperCollins
Company typePrivate
IndustryPublishing
Founded1989; 35 years ago (1989)
FounderJames Harper and John Harper
Number of locations
195 Broadway, New York City, New York, United States
The News Building, London, England, United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
RevenueIncrease US$1.985 billion (2021)[1]
ParentNews Corp
SubsidiariesList of HarperCollins imprints
Websiteharpercollins.com

HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster. HarperCollins is headquartered in New York City and London and is a subsidiary of News Corp.

The company's name is derived from a combination of the firm's predecessors. Harper & Brothers, founded in 1817, merged with Row, Peterson & Company in 1962 to form Harper & Row, which was acquired by News Corp in 1987. The Scottish publishing company William Collins, Sons, founded in 1819, was acquired by News Corp in 1989 and merged with Harper & Row to form HarperCollins. The logo for the firm combines the fire from Harper's torch and the water from Collins' fountain.

HarperCollins has publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, India, and China. The company publishes different imprints, including former independent publishing houses and new imprints. The company's worldwide CEO is Brian Murray.[2]

  1. ^ Milliot, Jim (6 August 2021). "With Another Big Year, HarperCollins Sales Near $2 Billion". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ^ Neyfakh, Leon (4 June 2008). "It's Official: Jane Friedman Out at HarperCollins, Her Deputy Up 'Effective Immediately'". The New York Observer. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2010.