Bloomsbury Publishing
Status | Active |
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Traded as |
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Founded | 26 September 1986 |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | Non-executive Chairman)[1] (Chief Executive) |
Publication types | Books, digital content products, and online resources such as databases |
Imprints |
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ISIN | GB0033147751 |
Founder | Nigel Newton |
Headquarters | |
Revenue | £264.1 million (2023)[2] |
£25.6 million (2023)[2] | |
£20.2 million (2023)[2] | |
Official website | bloomsbury |
Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction. Bloomsbury's head office is located in
History
The company was founded in 1986 by Nigel Newton, who had previously been employed by other publishing companies. It was floated as a public registered company in 1994, raising £5.5 million, which was used to fund expansion of the company into paperback and children's books. A rights issue of shares in 1998 further raised £6.1 million, which was used to expand the company, in particular to found a U.S. branch. In 1998, Bloomsbury USA was established. Bloomsbury USA Books for Young Readers was established in 2002, and in 2005, Bloomsbury acquired Walker & Co, a small company dedicated to publishing nonfiction.[3] The Walker brand was discontinued in 2015 and sold to Walker Publishing Company.[4][5]
In December 2008, Bloomsbury opened a branch in
In 2012, Bloomsbury established a publishing office in India.[10] In May 2023, an article in The Verge reported that the cover of the UK edition of House of Earth and Blood, published by Bloomsbury, uses an AI-generated image.[11]
In 2018, it was confirmed that much of the company's growth over the previous two decades was attributable to the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.[12]
Acquisitions and imprints
Among the companies, book lists and imprints that Bloomsbury has acquired are:[13]
- Bloomsbury Academic (1986)
- A & C Black (2000)
- Whitaker's Almanack (2002)
- T & AD Poyser(2002)
- Thomas Reed Publications (2002)
- Peter Collin Publishing (2002)
- Andrew Brodie Publications (2003)
- Adlard Coles Nautical (2003)
- Walker Publishing Company (2004)
- Methuen Drama (2006)
- Berg Publishers (2008)
- John Wisden & Co(2008)
- Arden Shakespeare (2008)
- Tottel Publishing (2009)
- Bristol Classical Press(2010)
- Continuum International Publishing Group (2011)
- Absolute Press (2011)[14]
- Fairchild Books (2012)
- Applied Visual Arts Publishing (2012)
- Hart Publishing (2013)
- Osprey Publishing (2014)
- I. B. Tauris(2018)
- Oberon Books (2019)
- Zed Books (2020)
- Red Globe Press (2021)
- Head of Zeus (2021)[15]
- ABC-CLIO (2021).[16]
See also
- List of largest UK book publishers
- Object Lessons
References
- ^ "Bloomsbury Publishing Board Appointment". London Stock Exchange. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "Annual Report 2023" (PDF). Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "About Us". Bloomsbury Publishing. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Milliot, Jim (17 March 2014). "Bloomsbury Consolidates Children's Imprints; Easton Leaving". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Rosen, Judith (10 August 2017). "Candlewick to Publish Walker Books in U.S." PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- S2CID 60553880.
- ^ Flood, Alison; Ian Black (15 October 2008). "Publishers seek new talent in Arab world". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ ""مؤسسة قطر" تطلق المنبر الإلكتروني QScience.com لنشر الدوريات" (in Arabic). Al Wasat News. 25 December 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ Eyre, Charlotte (22 December 2015). "Qatar's QF and Bloomsbury end partnership". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Regulatory announcement". Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Weatherbed, Jess (15 May 2023). "Not even NYT bestsellers are safe from AI cover art". The verge.
- ^ "JK Rowling's Harry Potter fuels Bloomsbury profit rise". 23 October 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Corporate history – Corporate and Investor Relations – Bloomsbury.com". Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ Neill, Graeme (1 September 2011). "Bloomsbury cooks up deal with Absolute Press". The Bookseller. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ Chandler, Mark; Wood, Heloise (2 June 2021). "Bloomsbury buys Head of Zeus in £8.5m deal". The Bookseller. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ Milliot, Jim (16 December 2021). "Bloomsbury Buys ABC-CLIO for $22.9Million". Publishers Weekly.
External links
- Bloomsbury Homepage
- Bloomsbury Investor relations website
- Bloomsbury Online Library Archived 25 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine