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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
36 Soho Sq.
London W1D 3QY, United Kingdom
Tel. +44-20-7494-2111
Fax +44-20-7434-0151

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com

Chronicles of the boy wizard Harry Potter have lent a magical quality to Bloomsbury Publishing's bottom line. J.K. Rowling's mega-successful book series has brought this small publisher to worldwide fame, but Bloomsbury also has other best-selling authors on its list, including Joanna Trollope, John Irving, Margaret Atwood, and Michael Ondaatje. Bloomsbury also publishes non-fiction titles, including "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain, the famous-persons reference title "Who's Who", and the "Whitaker's Almanack", primarily through its A&C Black subsidiary. Bloomsbury is led by co-founder and CEO Nigel Newton. Non-UK operations include Bloomsbury USA and Berlin Verlag (Germany).

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $144.7M
One year growth: (51.8%)
Net income: $11.3M
Income growth: (51.8%)

Officers:
Chief Executive: Nigel Newton
Executive Director; President, Bloomsbury USA: Richard Charkin
Group Finance Director: Colin R. Adams

Competitors:
Pearson plc
Random House
Oxford

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Type public (LSE: BMY)
Founded September 26, 1986
Founder(s) Nigel Newton
Headquarters London, England, UK
Revenue £100 million
Website Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury Publishing plc is an independent, London-based publishing house known for literary novels. The company's growth over the past decade is primarily attributable to the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. Bloomsbury was named Publisher of the Year in 1999 and 2000 by the British Book Industry.

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 1995, 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. Bloomsbury USA was established in 1998, Bloomsbury USA Books for Young Readers in 2002, and in 2005, Bloomsbury acquired Walker & Co, a small company dedicated to publishing nonfiction.[1] In 2000 Bloomsbury acquired A&C Black Plc, and in 2002 acquired Whitaker's Almanack. In late 2000, Bloomsbury In 2007, Bloomsbury published Bloomsbury 21, a reprint series of 21 of its most popular books to celebrate its 21st anniversary.

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See List of authors published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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References

  1. ^ http://www.bloomsburyusa.com/about

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