Comics publisher · United States · defunct since 2001
Western Publishing
Western Publishing, also known as Western Printing and Lithography Company, was a Racine, WI firm responsible for publishing the Little Golden Books. Founded 1900 in United States. Part of Random House. Ceased 2001.
About Western Publishing
Western Publishing, also known as Western Printing and Lithographing Company, was an American company founded in 1907 in Racine, Wisconsin, best known for publishing the Little Golden Books. Its Golden Books Family Entertainment division also produced children's books and family-related entertainment products. The company had editorial offices in New York City and Los Angeles, California. Western Publishing became Golden Books Family Entertainment in 1996. Golden Books Family Entertainment was eventually acquired jointly by Classic Media, owner of the catalog of United Productions of America (UPA), and book publisher Random House in a bankruptcy auction in 2001. Little Golden Books remains as an imprint of Penguin Random House. Golden Guides and Golden Field Guides are published by St. Martin's Press.
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Imprints & subsidiaries
Other imprints and divisions
Watkins-Strathmore Company.
Sister imprints
Approaching Western Publishing as an author
Western Publishing is no longer an active publisher (defunct since 2001). Its books may still be in print through successor companies or available second-hand and in libraries.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q2744153 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).