Avon
Publications was a paperback book and comic book publisher. It today exists
only as an imprint of HarperCollins.
Avon Books was founded in 1941 by the American News Corporation to create a
rival to Pock 353h72d et Books. They hired Joseph and Edna Meyers to establish the
company. They bought out J.S. Ogilvie Publications, a
pulp magazine publisher, and renamed it "Avon Publications". They
also got into comic books.
Avon was bought by the Hearst Corporation in
1959. In 1999, the News Corporation bought out Hearst's book division, and
merged Avon with HarperCollins.
Avon now publishes only historical romance
titles, though in the past it has published many genre works.
