BBC Books
Parent company Penguin Random House | BBC Studios | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | |
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| Headquarters location | London | |
| Publication types | Books | |
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BBC Books (also formerly known as BBC Publishing) is an imprint majority-owned and managed by Penguin Random House through its Ebury Publishing division. The minority shareholder is BBC Studios, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The imprint has been active since the 1980s.
BBC Books publishes a range of books connected to BBC radio and television programming, including cookery, natural history, lifestyle, and behind the scenes "making-of" books. There are also some non-programme related biographies and autobiographies of various well-known personalities in its list.
Amongst BBC Books' best known titles are cookery books by former TV cook Delia Smith, wildlife titles by Sir David Attenborough and gardening titles by Alan Titchmarsh. In the BBC Publishing days, it turned down The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,[1] a book which has now sold over 14,000,000 copies worldwide.
Doctor Who
Since 1996, BBC Books has also produced a range of tie-in novels connected to the
In 2005, BBC Books began to phase out the EDA and PDA lines as it launched a new series of books (informally dubbed the
In January 2007, BBC Books launched a new line of original novels based upon the Doctor Who spin-off series, Torchwood. These books are also being published exclusively in hardcover and, like the TV series itself, are aimed at an older audience.
In May 2008, BBC Books issued its first original made-for-audio Doctor Who adventure, Pest Control, which was released as part of the Tenth Doctor Adventures line and read by David Tennant. The Audiobook of the Year 2010 was a Tenth Doctor adventure called Dead Air by James Goss and read by David Tennant.
Being Human
In 2010, a series of three
New ownership
In 2006, the Ebury Publishing division of Random House acquired a majority shareholding in BBC Books.[4]
Sherlock Holmes
In 2011, BBC Books launched a publishing programme around BAFTA-winning TV series, Sherlock, which was inspired by the adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle's Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes. The titles will each feature the show's branding and introductions by key members of the Sherlock team, including co-founders Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.[5]
The first title,
Three books Sherlock:
In autumn 2012, BBC Books has published Sherlock: The Casebook as a hardback gift guide, revisiting all the mysteries solved throughout the TV series.[5]
References
- ISBN 978-1-932112-17-7.
- ^ Joanne Black (2011): Read all about it – the books. In: Joanne Black: A guide to being human [series 1-3]. Cambridge: Classic TV Press. P.432-433
- ^ Debi Moore (7 January 2010). "BBC Books Publishing a Three-Novel Tie-In to Being Human". Dreadcentral.com. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ The Random House Group acquires majority shareholding in BBC Books BBC Press Office. 22 June 2006
- ^ a b "BBC Books to develop series around TV's Sherlock | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com.
- ^ ""Sherlock Holmes" Sherlock: A Study in Scarlett". BBC Shop. Archived from the original on 25 November 2012.
- ^ ""Sherlock Holmes" Sherlock: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". BBC Shop. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.
- ^ ""Sherlock Holmes" Sherlock: Sign of Four". BBC Shop. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012.
- ^ ""Sherlock Holmes" Sherlock: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes". BBC Shop. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012.
- ^ ""Sherlock Holmes" Sherlock: The Hound of the Baskervilles". BBC Shop. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012.
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