Founded in 1941, Barron’s
Educational Series, Inc. rapidly became America’s leading publisher of
test preparation manuals and school directories. Among the most widely
recognized of Barron’s many titles in these areas are its SAT and ACT
test prep books, its Regents Exams books, and its Profiles of American
Colleges. In recent years, Barron’s has expanded into many other
publishing fields, introducing extensive lines of children’s books,
foreign language learning books and CDs, pet care manuals, gift books,
cookbooks, business and financial advice books, parenting advice books,
and art instruction books, as well as learning materials on
audiocassette, VCR, Compact Disc, and CD-ROM. On average, Barron’s
publishes more than 300 new titles a year and maintains an extensive
backlist of well over 2,000 titles. Barron’s books are instantly
recognized for their variety, reliability, and quality by retailers,
educational and institutional book buyers, and not least by the reading
public everywhere.
