Private company

Plume

American publishing company

Plume is a publishing company in the United States, founded in 1970 as the trade paperback imprint of New American Library. Today it is a division of Penguin Group, with a backlist of approximately 700 titles.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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Plume is a publishing company in the United States, founded in 1970 as the trade paperback imprint of New American Library. Today it is a division of Penguin Group, with a backlist of approximately 700 titles.2

Corporate structure

Plume is part of a group headed by Pearson plc. 54 entities, 14 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

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