Transworld Publishers

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Transworld Publishers
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Parent companyPenguin Random House
Founded1950; 71 years ago (1950)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationEaling, London, England
Publication typesBooks
ImprintsBantam, Bantam Press, Black Swan, Corgi, Doubleday
Official websitewww.penguin.co.uk/company/publishers/transworld.html

Transworld Publishers Ltd. is a British publishing house in Ealing, London that is a division of Penguin Random House, one of the world's largest mass media groups. It was established in 1950 as the British division of American company Bantam Books.[1] It publishes fiction and non fiction titles by various best-selling authors including Val Wood under several different imprints. Hardbacks are either published under the Doubleday or the Bantam Press imprint, whereas paperbacks are published under the Black Swan, Bantam or Corgi imprint.

Terry Pratchett First Novel Award[]

Transworld sponsors the Terry Pratchett First Novel Award for unpublished science-fiction novels.[2]

See also[]

  • List of largest UK book publishers

References[]

  1. ^ McDOWELL, EDWIN (17 August 1986). "BANTAM'S ECLECTIC NEW CHIEF: ALBERTO VITALE; Weighing Books on Financial Scales". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ^ "The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award". terrypratchettbooks.com. 21 December 2011.

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