Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Random House, is an American publisher best known for its Complete Idiot's Guides series. It began as a division of Macmillan. Pearson Education acquired Macmillan General Reference (MGR) from Simon & Schuster in 1998 and retained Complete Idiot's Guides while the rest of MGR was sold to IDG Books.[1] Alpha moved from Pearson Education to Penguin Group in 2003. Alpha became part of sister company DK in 2012.[2]
As of 2021, the Complete Idiot's Guides contains over 120 books.[3]
External links
- Alpha Books at Penguin Group (USA)
References
- Jim Milliot, John F. Baker. IDG Books Buys Macmillan General Reference PublishersWeekly.com, 5 July 1999, retrieved 15 October 2019^
- Dorling Kindersley relaunches Idiot's Guide series retrieved 2017-12-23^
- Idiot's Guides PenguinRandomhouse.com^