Bloomsbury Publishing

Overview

• Tickeron London Stock Exchange¹
• Industrypublishing¹
• HeadquartersLondon¹
• Websitewww.bloomsbury.com
• Legal formpublic limited company¹
• Listed onLondon Stock Exchange (BMY)¹

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction. Bloomsbury's head office is located on Bedford Square in Bloomsbury, an area of the London Borough of Camden. It has a US publishing office located in New York City, an India publishing office in New Delhi, an Australian sales office in Sydney CBD, and other publishing offices in the UK, including in Oxford. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.²

The story

Founded by Nigel Newton.¹

Leadership

Who has led Bloomsbury Publishing, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderNigel Newton¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

• Academic General
• Berg Fashion Library Limited
• Berg Publishers
• Bloomsbury Absolute
• Bloomsbury Academic
• Bloomsbury Book Publishing Company Limited
• Bloomsbury Business
• Bloomsbury Caravel
• Bloomsbury Children's Books
• Bloomsbury Circus
• Bloomsbury Continuum
• Bloomsbury Education
• Bloomsbury India
• Bloomsbury Information Limited
• Bloomsbury Media Limited
• Bloomsbury Professional Limited
• Bloomsbury Publishing
• Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Bloomsbury Publishing Ireland Limited
• Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Limited
• Bloomsbury Reader
• Bloomsbury Sigma
• Bloomsbury Sport
• Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Also owns

• Raven Books
• Red Globe Press
• The Arden Shakespeare
• A & C Black since Jun 2000
• Adlard Coles since 2003
• Adlard Coles Nautical since 2003
• ABC-CLIO since Dec 16, 2021
• Scarecrow Press since May 23, 2024

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

1. May 23, 2024Acquired Rowman & Littlefield¹
2. May 23, 2024Acquired Scarecrow Press¹
3. 2024Acquired Backbeat Books¹
4. Dec 16, 2021Acquired ABC-CLIO¹
5. Jun 2, 2021Head of Zeus became a subsidiary¹
6. Dec 10, 2019Oberon Books became a subsidiary¹
7. May 1, 2018I.B. Tauris became a subsidiary¹
8. Dec 2014Osprey Publishing became a subsidiary¹
9. Sep 2013Hart Publishing Limited became a subsidiary¹
10. Jul 2011The Continuum International Publishing Group Limited became a subsidiary¹
11. Jul 2009Bloomsbury Publishing Inc became a subsidiary¹
12. Sep 2008Acquired Berg Publishers¹
13. Mar 2008Acquired Featherstone¹
14. Sep 8, 2006Acquired Methuen Drama¹
15. 2003Acquired Adlard Coles¹
16. 2003Acquired Adlard Coles Nautical¹
17. Jun 2000Acquired A & C Black¹
18. Jun 2000A. & C. Black Limited became a subsidiary¹

Former names

• Bloomsbury Publishing Company LimitedMay 28, 1986 to Sep 16, 1986¹
• M.B.N. 1 LimitedJan 30, 1986 to May 28, 1986¹

Timeline

1. Dec 16, 2021Acquisition Acquired ABC-CLIO¹
2. Sep 2008Acquisition Acquired Berg Publishers¹
3. Mar 2008Acquisition Acquired Featherstone¹
4. Sep 8, 2006Acquisition Acquired Methuen Drama¹
5. 2003Acquisition Acquired Adlard Coles Nautical¹
6. 2003Acquisition Acquired Adlard Coles¹
7. Jun 23, 1994Went public Listed on London Stock Exchange¹
8. Sep 16, 1986Renamed Name changed to Bloomsbury Publishing Plc¹
9. May 28, 1986Renamed Name changed to Bloomsbury Publishing Company Limited¹

Links

• Websitewww.bloomsbury.com¹
• Websitewww.bloomsbury.com/au¹
• X (Twitter)x.com/BloomsburyBooks¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/BloomsburyPublishing¹
• Instagramwww.instagram.com/bloomsburypublishing¹
• LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/bloomsbury-publishing-plc¹
• WikipediaBloomsbury Publishing
• WikidataQ568642