Alpha Books
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| Parent company | Dorling Kindersley (Penguin Random House) |
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| Founded | 1991 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Official website | www |
Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Random House, is an American publisher best known for its Complete Idiot's Guides series. It began as a division of Macmillan. Pearson Education acquired Macmillan General Reference (MGR) from Simon & Schuster in 1998 and retained Complete Idiot's Guides while the rest of MGR was sold to IDG Books.[1] Alpha moved from Pearson Education to Penguin Group in 2003. Alpha became part of sister company DK in 2012.[2]
As of 2021[update], the Complete Idiot's Guides contains over 120 books.[3]
References
- ^ Milliot, Jim; Baker, John F. (5 July 1999). "IDG Books Buys Macmillan General Reference". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Dorling Kindersley relaunches Idiot's Guide series | The Bookseller". Retrieved 2017-12-23.
- ^ "Idiot's Guides". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
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