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Barron's Educational Series
B.E.S. Publishing was an American publishing company, founded in 1939 as Barron's Educational Services, a publisher of materials to help students prepare for college entrance examinations. In recent years, Barron's expanded into many other publishing fields, with 2,000 titles in a wide range of categories. In 2018, Barron's sold its brand name and its test prep list to Kaplan Test Prep; the company was renamed B.E.S. Publishing.2 It is headquartered in Hauppauge.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrypublishing1
- HeadquartersHauppauge1
- Websitewww.barronseduc.com
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B.E.S. Publishing was an American publishing company, founded in 1939 as Barron's Educational Services, a publisher of materials to help students prepare for college entrance examinations. In recent years, Barron's expanded into many other publishing fields, with 2,000 titles in a wide range of categories. In 2018, Barron's sold its brand name and its test prep list to Kaplan Test Prep; the company was renamed B.E.S. Publishing. The company was acquired by Peterson's Publishing in 2019. In 2021, Peterson's Publishing sold B.E.S. Publishing to Illinois-based publisher Sourcebooks, LLC.2
Timeline
- 1941Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.barronseduc.com1
- WikipediaB.E.S. Publishing
- WikidataQ2885689
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