Infobase

{{Short description|American provider of reference books}} {{Infobox publisher | image = [[Image:Infobase Infobase logo.png|220px|Infobase Publishing]] | parent = | status = | founded = {{start date and age|1941}}<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/infobase-celebrates-80-years-serving-educators-and-lifelong-learners-301201224.html | title=Infobase Celebrates 80 Years Serving Educators and Lifelong Learners | access-date=2023-01-28 | archive-date=2024-05-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508201225/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/infobase-celebrates-80-years-serving-educators-and-lifelong-learners-301201224.html | url-status=live }}</ref> | founder = | successor = | country = United States | headquarters = [[New York City]], New York | distribution = self-distributed | keypeople = | publications = [[Book]]s | topics = | genre = | imprints = {{ubl|Facts On File|Films for the Humanities & Sciences|Cambridge Educational|Chelsea House Publishing|[[Bloom's Literary Criticism]]|Ferguson Publishing|[[Omnigraphics]]|Vault.com}} | revenue = | numemployees = | nasdaq = | owner = Northlane Capital Partners, Centre Lane Partners, and management | url = {{URL|https://www.infobase.com}} }}

'''Infobase''' is an American [[publishing company|publisher]] 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 prominent [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]]s, 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 of literary critic [[Harold Bloom]]).{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

==History== Facts On File has been publishing books since 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fofweb.com/Tutorials/AboutFOF.aspx|title=About Facts on File|author=|department=FOFWeb|publisher=Facts on File|location=United States|access-date=June 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144340/http://www.fofweb.com/Tutorials/AboutFOF.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-06-12}}</ref> It was owned by [[CCH (company)|CCH]] from 1965 to 1993.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Facts on File sold by CCH| work = Publishers Weekly| access-date = 2019-10-15| date = 1993-04-19| url = http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A13700324/LitRC?sid=googlescholar}}</ref> The publisher publishes general reference and trade books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersglobal.com/directory/publisher-profile/3454/|title=Facts on File, Inc.|author=|work=PublishersGlobal|publisher=Impello Inc.|location=[[Calgary]]|access-date=June 25, 2017|archive-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830150542/http://www.publishersglobal.com/directory/publisher-profile/3454/|url-status=live}}</ref> Facts On File acquired Ferguson Publishing, which specializes in career education works, in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Facts on File Buys Ferguson Publishing| work = Publishers Weekly| accessdate = 2021-03-06| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20030113/19971-facts-on-file-buys-ferguson-publishing.html| archive-date = 2021-07-10| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210710153808/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20030113/19971-facts-on-file-buys-ferguson-publishing.html| url-status = live}}</ref>

Chelsea House was founded in 1966. It is known for multi-volume reference works.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Haights Cross Completes Three Purchases| work = Publishers Weekly| access-date = 2019-10-15| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19991220/25050-haights-cross-completes-three-purchases.html| archive-date = 2019-10-15| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191015040435/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19991220/25050-haights-cross-completes-three-purchases.html| url-status = live}}</ref>

The private equity firm [[Veronis Suhler Stevenson]] bought Facts on File and Chelsea House in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Berkery, Noyes & Co. advises Exeter Capital Partners on the sale of Facts on File to Veronis Suhler Stevenson | access-date = 2014-08-23 | url = http://www.berkerynoyes.com/news/pr_56.aspx | archive-date = 2014-08-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114933/http://www.berkerynoyes.com/news/pr_56.aspx | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title = News Briefs | work = Publishers Weekly | access-date = 2014-09-06 | url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20050822/32750-news-briefs.html | archive-date = 2014-09-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140906042251/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20050822/32750-news-briefs.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Infobase bought Films for the Humanities & Sciences in 2007 and the ''[[World Almanac]]'' in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Infobase Buys Films Media Group | work = Library Journal | access-date = 2014-08-23 | url = http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2007/06/industry-news/infobase-buys-films-media-group/ | archive-date = 2014-08-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140826161038/http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2007/06/industry-news/infobase-buys-films-media-group/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> Infobase acquired Learn360 in 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vss.com/infobase-learning-announces-acquisition-of-learn360/ | title=Infobase Learning Announces Acquisition of Learn360 – VSS | access-date=2023-01-28 | archive-date=2023-10-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008214627/https://vss.com/infobase-learning-announces-acquisition-of-learn360/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017, Infobase acquired The Mailbox lesson plans and ''Learning'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite press release| title = Infobase Announces Acquisition of The Mailbox| publisher = Infobase| access-date = 2018-10-16| url = https://www.infobase.com/press_releases/infobase-announces-acquisition-of-the-mailbox/| archive-date = 2018-10-17| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082122/https://www.infobase.com/press_releases/infobase-announces-acquisition-of-the-mailbox/| url-status = live}}</ref> Veronis Suhler Stevenson sold Infobase to another private equity firm, Centre Lane Partners, in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Centre Lane Partners Acquires Infobase from VSS| publisher = [[CNBC]]| access-date = 2018-10-16| date = 2018-01-08| url = https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/08/globe-newswire-centre-lane-partners-acquires-infobase-from-vss.html| archive-date = 2018-10-17| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082155/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/08/globe-newswire-centre-lane-partners-acquires-infobase-from-vss.html| url-status = live}}</ref> Northlane Capital Partners became the majority owner in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.centrelanepartners.com/2022/06/15/infobase-announces-investment-by-northlane-capital-partners/ | title=Infobase Announces Investment by Northlane Capital Partners | date=15 June 2022 | access-date=29 March 2025 | archive-date=29 March 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329162459/https://www.centrelanepartners.com/2022/06/15/infobase-announces-investment-by-northlane-capital-partners/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

Infobase acquired [[Credo Reference]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.infobase.com/press_releases/infobase-announces-acquisition-of-credo-reference-limited/ | title=Infobase Announces Acquisition of Credo Reference Limited | access-date=2023-01-28 | archive-date=2023-03-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307052150/https://www.infobase.com/press_releases/infobase-announces-acquisition-of-credo-reference-limited/ | url-status=live }}</ref> ''The World Almanac'' was sold to [[Skyhorse Publishing|SkyHorse Publishing]] in 2020. Infobase acquired careers website Firsthand (including Vault.com), in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.infobase.com/press_releases/infobase-announces-acquisition-of-firsthand-alumni-engagement-and-mentoring-platform/ | title=Infobase Announces Acquisition of Firsthand, Alumni Engagement and Mentoring Platform | access-date=2023-01-28 | archive-date=2022-10-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001205435/https://infobase.com/press_releases/infobase-announces-acquisition-of-firsthand-alumni-engagement-and-mentoring-platform/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Infobase acquired [[Omnigraphics]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/infobase-acquires-omnigraphics-expanding-portfolio-of-critical-health-reference-content-for-educators-and-librarians-301464085.html | title=Infobase Acquires Omnigraphics, Expanding Portfolio of Critical Health Reference Content for Educators and Librarians | access-date=2023-01-28 | archive-date=2023-03-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304112514/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/infobase-acquires-omnigraphics-expanding-portfolio-of-critical-health-reference-content-for-educators-and-librarians-301464085.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

As well as nonfiction works in print, Infobase and its imprints publish a selection of works in digital, audiovisual and [[online database]] formats.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

==Imprints== {{sources|section|date=February 2024}} * Facts On File * Films for the Humanities & Sciences * Cambridge Educational * Chelsea House Publishing * Bloom's Literary Criticism * Ferguson Publishing * Omnigraphics

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{official website}} * [https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Films%20for%20the%20Humanities%22 Films for the Humanities] available on the [[Internet Archive]]

[[Category:Book publishing companies based in New York (state)]] [[Category:Private equity portfolio companies]] [[Category:Publishing companies established in 1941]]