John
Wiley & Sons, Inc. - (en)
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.
