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| Founded | 1941; 84 years ago (1941)[1] |
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| Country of origin | United States |
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| Distribution | self-distributed |
| Publication types | Books |
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| Owners | Northlane Capital Partners, Centre Lane Partners, and management |
| Official website | www |
Infobase is an Americanpublisher of databases,reference book titles and textbooks geared towards the North American library, secondary school, and university-level curriculum markets. Infobase operates a number of prominentimprints, including Facts On File, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Ferguson Publishing,Vault Law, Omnigraphics, and Chelsea House (which also serves as the imprint for the special collection series, "Bloom's Literary Criticism", under the direction ofliterary criticHarold Bloom).[citation needed]
Facts On File has been publishing books since 1941.[2] It was owned byCCH from 1965 to 1993.[3] The publisher publishes general reference and trade books.[4] Facts On File acquired Ferguson Publishing, which specializes in career education works, in 2003.[5]
Chelsea House was founded in 1966. It is known for multi-volume reference works.[6]
The private equity firmVeronis Suhler Stevenson bought Facts on File and Chelsea House in 2005.[7][8] Infobase bought Films for the Humanities & Sciences in 2007 and theWorld Almanac in 2009.[9] Infobase acquired Learn360 in 2012.[10] In 2017, Infobase acquired The Mailbox lesson plans andLearning magazine.[11] Veronis Suhler Stevenson sold Infobase to another private equity firm, Centre Lane Partners, in 2018.[12] Northlane Capital Partners became the majority owner in 2022.[13]
Infobase acquiredCredo Reference in 2018.[14]The World Almanac was sold toSkyHorse Publishing in 2020. Infobase acquired careers website Firsthand (including Vault.com), in 2021.[15] Infobase acquiredOmnigraphics in 2022.[16]
As well as nonfiction works in print, Infobase and its imprints publish a selection of works in digital, audiovisual andonline database formats.[citation needed]
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