Macmillan Publishers

E48100

book publisher publishing company

Macmillan Publishers is a major global publishing company known for its wide range of academic, educational, and trade books and imprints.

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All labels observed (27)

Label	Occurrences
Macmillan	165
Macmillan Publishers canonical	115
Pan Macmillan	12
Macmillan Children's Books	5
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group	2
Macmillan Education	2
Big Five publishers	1
Macmillan & Co.	1
Macmillan Group	1
Macmillan Publishers (U.S. group)	1
Macmillan Publishers (via Henry Holt and Company)	1
Macmillan Publishers Ltd	1
Macmillan Science Fiction and Fantasy group	1
Macmillan Science and Education	1
Macmillan US	1
Macmillan US trade division	1
Macmillan US trade publishing division	1
Macmillan family of publishers	1
Macmillan family publishing enterprise	1
Macmillan of Canada	1
Macmillan publishing company	1
Macmillan publishing group	1
Macmillan trade division	1
Macmillan transferred the book to Doubleday after academic pressure	1
Pan Macmillan Australia	1
Pan Macmillan UK	1
The Macmillan Company	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T375198 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Macmillan Publishers
Context triple: [Metropolitan Books, parentCompany, Macmillan Publishers]

A. Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House is a major global trade book publisher known for its extensive catalog of fiction and nonfiction titles across numerous imprints.
B. Random House
Random House is a major American book publishing company known for releasing a wide range of influential fiction and nonfiction titles.
C. G. P. Putnam’s Sons
G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
D. Hachette Book Group
Hachette Book Group is a major U.S. trade publishing company and division of the French media conglomerate Hachette Livre, known for publishing a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction titles.
E. Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster is a major American publishing company known for producing a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Macmillan Publishers
Target entity description: Macmillan Publishers is a major global publishing company known for its wide range of academic, educational, and trade books and imprints.

A. Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House is a major global trade book publisher known for its extensive catalog of fiction and nonfiction titles across numerous imprints.
B. Random House
Random House is a major American book publishing company known for releasing a wide range of influential fiction and nonfiction titles.
C. G. P. Putnam’s Sons
G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
D. Hachette Book Group
Hachette Book Group is a major U.S. trade publishing company and division of the French media conglomerate Hachette Livre, known for publishing a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction titles.
E. Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster is a major American publishing company known for producing a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book publisher ⓘ publishing company ⓘ
alternativeName	Macmillan ⓘ linked to: Macmillan Publishers Macmillan Group ⓘ linked to: Macmillan Publishers
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
foundedBy	Alexander Macmillan ⓘ Daniel Macmillan ⓘ
foundedIn	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
genre	academic publishing ⓘ educational publishing ⓘ fantasy ⓘ fiction ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
hasFocus	academic publishing ⓘ educational publishing ⓘ trade publishing ⓘ
hasImprint	Henry Holt and Company ⓘ Macmillan Education ⓘ linked to: Macmillan Publishers Nature Publishing Group ⓘ Palgrave Macmillan ⓘ Pan Macmillan ⓘ linked to: Macmillan Publishers Picador ⓘ Springer Nature imprint Macmillan ⓘ linked to: Nature Publishing Group St. Martin's Press ⓘ Tor Books ⓘ
hasSubsidiary	Henry Holt and Company ⓘ Macmillan Education ⓘ linked to: Macmillan Publishers Macmillan Learning ⓘ Palgrave Macmillan ⓘ Pan Macmillan ⓘ linked to: Macmillan Publishers Picador ⓘ St. Martin's Press ⓘ Tor Books ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
inception	1843 ⓘ
industry	publishing ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableWork	Nature (journal) via Nature Publishing Group ⓘ linked to: Nature Publishing Group
ownedBy	Holtzbrinck Publishing Group ⓘ linked to: Bertelsmann
parentOrganization	Holtzbrinck Publishing Group ⓘ linked to: Bertelsmann
partOf	Holtzbrinck Publishing Group ⓘ
product	academic books ⓘ books ⓘ educational books ⓘ trade books ⓘ
serviceArea	worldwide ⓘ
website	https://www.macmillan.com/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (322)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Metropolitan Books → parentCompany → Macmillan Publishers ⓘ

Metropolitan Books → imprintOf → Macmillan Publishers ⓘ

Metropolitan Books → associatedWith → Macmillan US trade division ⓘ