B.E.S. Publishing

B.E.S. Publishing is an American publishing company, founded in 1939 as Barron's Educational Services, a publisher of materials to help students to 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.^[1] The company was acquired by Peterson's Publishing in 2019.^[2]

B.E.S. Publishing's headquarters were in Hauppauge, New York. Several present and past series include:

• Step-by-Step cookbooks, including both ethnic and appliance-based titles
• Made Easy educational books, which cover numerous school subjects, particularly on high school and college level, in concise form
• 1001 Pitfalls, foreign-language grammars focusing on common student pitfalls. The 501 Verbs series functions as companion volumes, and abbreviated pocket-sized grammars, verb tables, and vocabulary books based on these are also available
• Master the Basics, foreign-language self-instruction
• E-Z Series, a series of self-teaching textbooks designed to help students master a variety of subjects.
• Painless, a reference-oriented review of numerous academic subjects
• MazeToons Series, cartoon illustrated books of mazes by Joe Wos. Titles include "A-Maze-Ing Animals", "Myths and Monsters", "Maze-O-Zoic" and "A-Maze-Ing America."

See also[]

• The Night at the Museum, published by Barron's
• The Food Lover's Companion

References[]

External links[]

• Official website

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