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This article is about the contemporary publishing company. For the historic literary group, see Bloomsbury Group.

Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Traded asLSE: BMY
Founded30 January 1986; 38 years ago (1986-01-30)
FounderNigel Newton
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLondon, WC1
Key peopleSir Anthony Salz
(Non-executive Chairman)[1]
Nigel Newton
(Chief Executive)
Publication typesbooks, academic journals, digital content products and online resources such as databases
Revenue£110 million
Official websitewww.bloomsbury.com

Bloomsbury Publishing plc (formerly M.B.N.1 Limited and Bloomsbury Publishing Company Limited) is a British independent, worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction. It is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index. Bloomsbury's head office is located in Bloomsbury, an area of the London Borough of Camden and it has a US publishing office located in New York City, an India publishing office in New Delhi and an Australia sales office in Sydney CBD. The company's growth over the past two decades is primarily attributable to the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling and, from 2008, to the development of its academic and professional publishing division. The Bloomsbury Academic & Professional division won the Bookseller Industry Award for Academic, Educational & Professional Publisher of the Year in both 2013 and 2014.

Divisions

Bloomsbury Publishing group has four separate publishing divisions — Academic & Professional; Adult; Children's and Educational; and Information and Business Development — supported by group functions, namely Sales and Marketing, Book Production, Finance and Technology. Imprints and book lists of publishing businesses acquired by Bloomsbury are assigned to the most relevant publishing division.

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 £5.5million, which was used to fund expansion of the company into paperback and children's books. A rights issue of shares in 1998 raised a further £6.1m, 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.[2]

In December 2008, Bloomsbury opened a branch in Doha, Qatar, under joint-partnership with Qatar Foundation.[3] The publishing house created, called Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, worked mainly with English and Arabic literature.[4]

Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ), an open access, peer review academic publisher, was created in December 2010 as a joint venture with Qatar Foundation. Journal research articles were published through BQFJ's website Qscience.com.[5] In 2012, Bloomsbury established a publishing office in India.[citation needed] The company's partnership with Qatar Foundation ended in December 2015 and all of Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing works were incorporated in Qatari-owned HBKU Press. At the time of BQFP's dissolution it had published over 200 books. BQFJ's works were also incorporated in HBKU Press.[6]

Acquisitions

Among the companies, book lists and imprints that Bloomsbury has acquired are:[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Page, Benedicte (29 August 2013). "Rothschild Salz appointed Bloomsbury chairman". The Bookseller. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. ^ "About Us". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  3. ^ Harding, Sue-Ann (2014). "'But we don't read, Professor!' Translation, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, and building a 'vibrant literary culture'". Perspectives: Studies in Translatology. 22 (4). Taylor & Francis: Abstract. doi:10.1080/0907676X.2014.948891. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. ^ Alison Flood; Ian Black (15 October 2008). "Publishers seek new talent in Arab world". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "«مؤسسة قطر» تطلق المنبر الإلكتروني QScience.com لنشر الدوريات" (in Arabic). Al Wasat News. 25 December 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  6. ^ Charlotte Eyre (22 December 2015). "Qatar's QF and Bloomsbury end partnership". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Corporate history - Corporate and Investor Relations - Bloomsbury.com". Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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