K. G. Saur Verlag

K. G. Saur Verlag

Parent company	Walter de Gruyter
Founder	Karl Saur
Country of origin	Germany
Headquarters location	Munich
Publication types	books
Nonfiction topics	library reference
Official website	www.degruyter.com

K. G. Saur Verlag is a German publisher that specializes in reference information for libraries. The publishing house, founded by Karl Saur, is owned by Walter de Gruyter and is based in Munich.

In 1987, K. G. Saur was acquired by Reed International. Its British holdings were merged into the separate company Bowker-Saur. In 2000, Reed Elsevier sold K. G. Saur to the Gale Group, a unit of the Thomson Corporation.[1] Walter de Gruyter acquired it in 2006.[2]

References

1. The Academic Publishing Industry: A Story of Merger and Acquisition – Reed Elsevier Archived 30 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Chronologie des K. G. Saur Verlags" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

Further reading

• S&P Global Market Intelligence (5 March 2014). "K G Saur Verlag: Private Company Information". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
• "K. G. Saur Imprint". Walter de Gruyter (in German). 30 December 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008.

External links

• Recent books published under the De Gruyter Saur imprint at Walter de Gruyter