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Transworld
Parent companyRandom House
Founded1950
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationEaling, London, England
DistributionThe Book Service
Publication typesBooks
ImprintsBantam, Black Swan, Corgi, Doubleday
Owner(s)Bertelsmann
Official websitewww.booksattransworld.co.uk

Transworld Publishers Inc. is a British publishing division of Random House and belongs to Bertelsmann, one of the world's largest media groups. It was established in 1950, and for many years it was the British division of Bantam Books. 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Transworld sponsor the Terry Pratchett First Novel Award for unpublished science-fiction novels.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award". terrypratchettbooks.com. 21 December 2011.