abstract:Perseus Books Group is an American publishing company founded in 1996 by investor Frank Pearl. It was named Publisher of the Year in 2007 by Publishers Weekly magazine for its role in taking on publishers formerly distributed by Publishers Group West and acquiring Avalon Publishing Group.
“As Barnes & Noble grew, there was a lot that was very good forpublishersandauthors,” saidDavidSteinberger, the chiefexecutiveof the PerseusBooks Group.