Rank (2011)

Rank (2010)

Publishing Company (Group or Division)

Country

Mother Corp. or Owner

Country Mother Corp.

2011 Revenue in $M

2010 Revenues in $M

1

1

Pearson

U.K.

Pearson

U.K.

$8,411

$8,097

2

2

Reed Elsevier

U.K./NL/U.S.

Reed Elsevier Corp.

U.K./NL/U.S.

$5,686

$7,149

3

3

Thomson Reuters

U.S.

The Woodbridge Company Ltd.

Canada

$5,435

$5,637

4

4

Wolters Kluwer

NL

Wolters Kluwer

NL

$4,360

$4,719

5

6

Hachette Livre

France

Lagardère

France

$2,649

$2,873

6

8

Grupo Planeta

Spain

Grupo Planeta

Spain

$2,304

$2,427

7

7

McGraw-Hill Education

U.S.

The McGraw-Hill Companies

U.S.

$2,292

$2,433

8

5

Random House

Germany

Bertelsmann AG

Germany

$2,274

$3,844

9

11

Holtzbrinck

Germany

Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck

Germany

$1,952

$1,512

10

10

Scholastic (corp.)

U.S.

Scholastic

U.S.

$1,906

$1,912

11

9

Cengage Learning

U.S.

Apax Partners et al.

U.S./Canada

$1,876

$2,007

12

13

Wiley

U.S.

Wiley

U.S.

$1,743

$1,699

13

12

De Agostini Editore

Italy

Gruppo De Agostini

Italy

$1,724

$1,843

14

15

Shueisha

Japan

Hitotsubashi Group

Japan

$1,714

$1,597

15

16

Kodansha

Japan

Kodansha

Japan

$1,551

$1,498

16

17

Shogakukan

Japan

Hitotsubashi Group

Japan

$1,444

$1,441

17

33

Readers' Digest

U.S.

RDA Holding Co.

U.S.

$1,438

$1,460

18

14

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

U.S.

Education Media and Publishing Group Limited

U.S./Cayman Islands

$1,295

$1,673

19

19

Springer Science and Business Media

Germany

EQT and GIC Investors

Sweden, Singapore

$1,138

$1,149

20

18

HarperCollins

U.S.

News Corporation

U.S.

$1,100 (est.)

$1,269

21

20

Informa

U.K.

Informa plc

U.K.

$1,069

$1,039

22

21

Gakken

Japan

Gakken Co. Ltd.

Japan

$1,043

$956

23

22

Oxford University Press

U.K.

Oxford University

U.K.

$1,004

$941

24

24

Grupo Santillana

Spain

PRISA

Spain

$936

$852

25

23

Bonnier

Sweden

The Bonnier Group

Sweden

$909

$927

26

26

Kadokawa Publishing

Japan

Kadokawa Holdings Inc.

Japan

$904

$794

27

27

Simon & Schuster

U.S.

CBS

U.S.

$787

$791

28

28

Egmont Group

Denmark/
Norway

Egmont International Holding A/S

Denmark

$703

$792

29

29

Woongjin ThinkBig

Korea

Woongjin Holding

Korea

$685

$723

30

25

RCS Libri

Italy

RCS Media Group

Italy

$667

$805

31

31

Klett

Germany

Klett Gruppe

Germany

$594

$617

32

32

Cornelsen

Germany

Cornelsen

Germany

$558

$584

33

34

Mondadori

Italy

The Mondadori Group

Italy

$506

$549

34

35

GeMS - Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol

Italy

Messagerie Italiane

Italy

$494

$525

35

39

Lefebvre Sarrut

France

Frojal

France

$467

$430

36

36

Harlequin

Canada

Torstar Corp.

Canada

$450

$468

37

37

Sanoma

Finland

Sanoma WSOY

Finland

$446

$464

37

40

China Education and Media Group (form. Higher Education Press)

China (PR)

China Education and Media Group

China (PR)

$445

$393

39

38

Media Participations

France

Media Participations

Belgium

$442

$434

40

46

Abril Educação

Brazil

Abril Group

Brazil

$411

$308

41

47

Perseus

U.S.

Perseus

U.S.

$350

$300

42

43

Westermann Verlagsgruppe

Germany

Medien Union (Rheinland-Pfalz Gruppe)

Germany

$339

$342

43

41

La Martinière Groupe

France

La Martinière Groupe

France

$335

$377

44

44

Bungeishunju

Japan

n.a.

Japan

$331

$337

45

55

AST

Russia

Privately owned

Russia

$330

$215

46

45

Groupe Gallimard

France

Madrigall

France

$329

$320

47

42

Shinchosha

Japan

n.a. (privately owned)

Japan

$319

$364

48

49

Kyowon

Korea

Kyowon

Korea

$298

$273

49

48

Weka

Germany

Weka Firmengruppe

Germany

$282

$277

50

52

Saraiva

Brazil

Saraiva

Brazil

$267

$249

51

51

Haufe Gruppe

Germany

Privately owned

Germany

$269

$256

52

56

Editora FTD

Brazil

Editora FTD

Brazil

$226

$214

53

54

Groupe Albin Michel

France

Groupe Albin Michel

France

$216

$219

54

58

EKSMO

Russia

Privately owned

Russia

$195

$200