Penguin 2011: The Year in Review
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Australia
Despite tough retail conditions Penguin Australia continued to increase its overall market share in 2011, thanks to a number of bestsellers.
Canada
Penguin Canada maintained its #2 market share and is on track to be on par with 2010 with some exciting new publishing initiatives.
China
The Penguin Classics in Chinese celebrated the publication of 10 titles in a new partnership with 99 Readers in June, followed by a further 10 titles in November.
DK
Shooting to the front of the pack in 2011, both The LEGO Ideas Book and Star Wars Character Encyclopedia drew plenty of early buzz in the U.S. with thousands of pre-orders.
India
Penguin India celebrates the publication of River of Smoke, the highly anticipated new novel by Amitav Ghosh and the second in his Ibis trilogy.
New Zealand
2011 saw New Zealand host and win the Rugby World Cup where Penguin NZ was an official licensee of both the RWC and NZ Rugby Union.
South Africa
It was a banner year for books by South African writers and South African notables, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
UK
Penguin Shorts, a new digital series of exclusive short works from some of the world's best and most exciting writers were lavishly praised in the press.
US
Penguin Group (USA) CEO David Shanks was named “2011 Person of the Year” in the U.S. trade book publishing industry by Publishers Weekly.
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