John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is a well-known publishing company specializing in reference books. The business began in 1807 when Charles Wiley opened a printing shop in Manhattan which published law books in its early years and went on to publish current literary works. Under his son John, it adopted its present name in 1875 and added scientific and technical works to its repertoire. Today, it has more than 3,500 employees worldwide.
Among its well known publications are The Complete Guide to HTML, the ...For Dummies series, Webster's New World dictionaries, Wrox Press, Sybex, and Cliffs Notes. In addition to books, Wiley publishes many journals including Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Materials, HEPATOLOGY and Liver Transplantation. The online publishing arm of Wiley is known as Wiley InterScience, featuring searchable online journals, references works, databases, and onlinebooks.
Wiley operates in USA, Canada, the EU, Asia, and Australia.
The company went public in 1962 and was listed on the NYSE in 1995. The company's world headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from their previous headquarters in Manhattan.
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