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In 2013, British Wildlife Publishing, the publisher of the magazine, was acquired by Osprey Publishing. [1] In that year, the magazine had nine thousand subscribers. In 2014, Osprey was acquired by Bloomsbury Publishing. [2] Since 2016, British Wildlife magazine has been published by NHBS Ltd. [3]
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. [5]
Newton began his career as assistant to the sales director at Macmillan. [2] [5] He later worked for Sidgwick and Jackson.[2]Newton conceived the idea of Bloomsbury in 1984 and the name of the company shortly thereafter; he first approached David Reynolds to join him in 1985 and later they brought on board Liz Calder and Alan Wherry.
Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history formerly based in Oxford. Predominantly an illustrated publisher, many of their books contain full-colour artwork plates, maps and photographs, and the company produces over a dozen ongoing series, each focusing on a specific aspect of the history of warfare.
Continuum acquired Athlone Press, which was founded in 1948 as the University of London publishing house and sold to the Bemrose Corporation in 1979. [ 5 ] In 2003, Continuum acquired the London-based Hambledon & London [ 6 ] ( Sunday Times Small Publisher of the Year 2001–02), [ 7 ] a publisher of trade history for the general reader.
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), was an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which was part of ABC-Clio. Since 2021, ABC-Clio and its suite of imprints, including GPG, are collectively imprints of British publishing house Bloomsbury Publishing. The Greenwood name stopped being used for new books in ...
A & C Black Publishers, which had bought Nautical Books in 1987, acquired the Adlard Coles company in 1990 and merged the two companies into the Adlard Coles Nautical imprint. [citation needed] In 2000, A & C Black was bought by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and in 2003 the company acquired the Reeds Nautical Almanac. [4]
Shire Books are published by Bloomsbury Publishing, a book publishing company based in London, England, and formerly by Shire Publications Ltd. and Osprey Publishing.Shire offers low-priced, concise non-fiction paperbacks on a wide range of subjects.