Penguin Books
Flightless bird imprint
Penguin Books is a British publishing house founded in 1935, known for pioneering affordable paperback editions of quality literature.
The distinctive orange-and-white covers became iconic in book design.
Now part of Penguin Random House, the name remains synonymous with accessible, mass-market publishing: I picked up a Penguin edition of the novel.
Citrus with segments
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- affordableReasonably priced
- accessibleAble to be reached
- canonAccepted authoritative works
reissue · translation · abridged · unabridged · introduction · annotation · foreword · scholarly
Twentieth-century year
- WoolworthsDefunct five-and-dime
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- accessibilityEase of approach
Britain · postwar · literary · affordable · innovation · pioneering · mass-market · paperback
Company identifying symbol
- tribandSupporting three frequency ranges
- coverProtect by overlaying
- typographyArranging letters for display
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
livery · branding · iconic · minimalist · recognizable · distinctive · elegant · modernist
Famous American nickname
- PearsonAnglo surname
- paperbackBook with flexible cover
- imprintMark from applied pressure
- backlistPublisher's older available titles
frontlist · catalogue · reprint · edition · commissioning · acquisition · rights · serialization
orange
Citrus with segments
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- affordableReasonably priced
- accessibleAble to be reached
canon · reissue · translation · abridged · unabridged · introduction · annotation · foreword · scholarly · definitive
1935
Twentieth-century year
- WoolworthsDefunct five-and-dime
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
accessibility · Britain · postwar · literary · affordable · innovation · pioneering · mass-market · paperback
logo
Company identifying symbol
- tribandSupporting three frequency ranges
- coverProtect by overlaying
- typographyArranging letters for display
grid · livery · branding · iconic · minimalist · recognizable · distinctive · elegant · modernist · visual
Ladybird
Famous American nickname
backlist · frontlist · catalogue · reprint · edition · commissioning · acquisition · rights · serialization · mass-market
- PublishersSimon & Schuster, Random House, HarperCollins, Knopf, Putnam
- literary worldauthors, writers, poets, novelists, literary agents
- print historyprinting press, printing presses, printing houses, movable type, print shops
- UK publicationsDaily Mail, The Telegraph, The Economist, The Guardian, Sunday Times
Penguin Bookscollectors' editions
Special versions for devoted buyers
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