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{{Short description|British publishing house}}
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'''Transworld Publishers Ltd.''' is a [[United Kingdom|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]].<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = McDOWELL| first = EDWIN| title = BANTAM'S ECLECTIC NEW CHIEF: ALBERTO VITALE; Weighing Books on Financial Scales| work = The New York Times| accessdate = 2018-01-20| date = 1986-08-17| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/17/business/bantam-s-eclectic-new-chief-alberto-vitale-weighing-books-on-financial-scales.html}}</ref> It publishes fiction and non fiction titles by various best-selling authors including [[Val Wood]] under several different [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]]s. Hardbacks are either published under the [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] or the [[Bantam Press]] imprint, whereas paperbacks are published under the Black Swan, Bantam or Corgi imprint.
'''Transworld''' 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]].<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = McDOWELL| first = EDWIN| title = BANTAM'S ECLECTIC NEW CHIEF: ALBERTO VITALE; Weighing Books on Financial Scales| work = The New York Times| access-date = 2018-01-20| date = 1986-08-17| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/17/business/bantam-s-eclectic-new-chief-alberto-vitale-weighing-books-on-financial-scales.html}}</ref> It publishes fiction and nonfiction titles by various best-selling authors including [[Val Wood]] under several different [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]]s. [[Hardcover|Hardbacks]] are published under the [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] imprint, whereas [[Paperback|paperbacks]] are published under the Black Swan or Corgi imprint. The Bantam Press imprint publishes both Hardbacks and [[Softcover|Prestige softcovers]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publisher: Bantam Press |url=https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?4254 |website=The Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}</ref>


==Terry Pratchett First Novel Award==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.penguin.co.uk/company/publishers/transworld.html Official website]
*[https://www.penguin.co.uk/company/publishers/transworld.html Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120321140548/http://booksattransworld.co.uk/about/home.htm Company history (as of 2012)]
*[https://www.publishinghistory.com/corgi-books-transworld.html Corgi Books] - a book series published by Transworld from the 1950s


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Latest revision as of 03:04, 2 June 2024

This article is about the publishing company. For other uses, see Transworld (disambiguation).
"Black Swan (imprint)" redirects here. For the historical bookseller in London, see Black Swan (St. Paul's Churchyard).

Transworld
Parent companyPenguin Random House
Founded1950; 75 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 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 nonfiction titles by various best-selling authors including Val Wood under several different imprints. Hardbacks are published under the Doubleday imprint, whereas paperbacks are published under the Black Swan or Corgi imprint. The Bantam Press imprint publishes both Hardbacks and Prestige softcovers.[2]

Terry Pratchett First Novel Award

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Transworld sponsors the Terry Pratchett First Novel Award for unpublished science-fiction novels.[3]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "Publisher: Bantam Press". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
  3. ^ "The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award". terrypratchettbooks.com. 21 December 2011.
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