John Wiley & Sons
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| Type | Public company |
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| Founded | 1807 in New York, New York |
| Headquarters | Hoboken, New Jersey |
| Key people | William J. Pesce; CEO |
| Industry | Publishing |
| Products | Publisher of print and electronic products |
| Revenue | $974M USD ( $50M 2004) |
| Employees | 3500+ |
| Website | www.wiley.com |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., often referred to as Wiley, is a well-known publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, business related texts, and medical books and journals. However, in the last few years, Wiley has also started publishing books on politics and current affairs. The business began in 1807 when Charles Wiley opened a printing shop in Manhattan which published law books in its early years and went on to publish current literary works. In 1875, under his son John, the company adopted its present name and added scientific and technical works to its repertoire. Today, it has more than 3,500 employees worldwide.
Among its well known book publications are the ...For Dummies series, Webster's New World dictionaries, Wrox Press, Sybex,, Cliffs Notes, Betty Crocker cookbooks, Frommer's Travel Guides, and The HTML Sourcebook: The Complete Guide to HTML. Additionally, Wiley offers both professional and consumer books and subscription services, as well as textbooks and other educational materials for higher education and beyond. Wiley also publishes many journals including Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Materials, HEPATOLOGY and Liver Transplantation. The online publishing arm of Wiley is known as Wiley InterScience . Wiley InterScience was launched commercially in January 1999 and features searchable online journals, references works, databases, and online books.
Wiley operates in USA, Canada, the EU, Asia, and Australia.
The company went public in 1962 and was listed on the NYSE in 1995. Since 2002, the company's world headquarters have been located in Hoboken, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from Manhattan, where the previous headquarters were located.
On November 17, 2006, Wiley announced it had "entered into a definitive agreement to acquire" Blackwell Publishing.
