Virgin Books is a subsidiary of entertainment giant Virgin Group. Virgin Books is quickly becoming relatively experienced in the publishing industry. Following a merger with publisher WH Allen, the company was created in its current state in 1991. Genres include crime, lifestyle, music, sport, business, film, reference, crime, and erotica, among others. Virgin Books publishes more than 200 new titles and reprints more tha 400 previously existing titles each year and distributes them at WHSmith, Waterstone's, Books Etc., Borders, and others.