Penguin: version 1

Saved 2026-09-13 20:59 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added Red Rabbit (Tom Clancy), the Penguin UK paperback of 2003, ISBN 9780141004914, from the wanted list (old title "red rabbit"). Identity from Open Library (edition OL28956572M), Amazon.co.uk and A. This is the current version.

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# Penguin <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Penguin
founded: 1935
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                | market | from | until | ended | status  | source        | note                                                                                                                          |
| ---------- | --------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| imprint_of | company/penguin-books |        |      |       |       | sourced | ^wiki-penguin | Wikipedia: Penguin Books Limited is the British publishing house behind the Penguin imprint, now part of Penguin Random House |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name          | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Penguin Books | name | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref          | url                                         | title                    | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution            | upstream |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| wiki-penguin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Books | Wikipedia: Penguin Books | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           |         | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Penguin is the paperback imprint co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, first as an imprint of The Bodley Head before becoming a separate company the following year.[^wiki-penguin] Its inexpensive sixpenny paperbacks brought quality fiction and non-fiction to the mass market, and Penguin Books is now an imprint of Penguin Random House.[^wiki-penguin]
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