Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Announces Two Digital Partnerships
07 January 2019 - 6:00PM
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
07 January 2019
7 January 2019
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING Plc
("Bloomsbury")
Bloomsbury Digital Resources Partners with Rowman &
Littlefield and Manchester University Press to Sell Digital
Collections
Bloomsbury Digital Resources, a division of Bloomsbury
Publishing Plc, is pleased to announce strategic sales partnerships
with leading publishers Rowman & Littlefield and Manchester
University Press (MUP), effective immediately. Both Rowman &
Littlefield and Manchester University Press have been at the
vanguard in creating their own platforms to support the growing
demand for digital products. Sales representation through
Bloomsbury will enable them to reach their core customers via
Bloomsbury's extensive digital sales networks and market expertise.
The partnership for Rowman & Littlefield's Select Collections
is global and on an exclusive basis, and for MUP's manchesterhive
the partnership is exclusive across the Americas.
Select Collections covers topics in Asian Studies, Political
Theory & Philosophy, Security Intelligence, and Education
Leadership and Administration, with an ambitious forward programme.
Manchesterhive is the home of MUP's e-book collections: Manchester
Gothic, Manchester Studies in Imperialism, Manchester Medieval
Sources Online, Manchester Shakespeare, and Manchester Security,
Conflict & Peace, with new collections planned for 2019 in the
areas of religion, politics, international relations, film studies
and the history of medicine.
Kathryn Earle, Managing Director, Bloomsbury Digital Resources,
said, 'Bloomsbury couldn't be more delighted to be partnering with
Rowman & Littlefield and Manchester University Press - both
known for producing content of exceptional quality and now on
bespoke platforms that respond to customers' desire for greater
choice and superior functionality. With both partners, the
synergies with our activities are incredibly strong and we are
tremendously excited to be representing them for such an important,
growing area of their business.'
Karen D. Allman, VP, Marketing & Sales, Rowman &
Littlefield, said, 'We are thrilled to welcome Bloomsbury as the
exclusive sales agent for Rowman & Littlefield Select
Collections. As the leading US content provider to academic
libraries, Rowman & Littlefield is uniquely placed to combine
its curated content and expert editorial team with Bloomsbury's
personalized service and sales support.'
Simon Ross, Chief Executive of Manchester University Press,
said, 'We've found in Bloomsbury a partner who shares our
commitment to academic excellence and an understanding that digital
products can offer so much more to the user. Together we can offer
a strong content proposition with complementary lists in all the
major areas of humanities and social sciences.'
For further information, please contact:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc +44 (0) 20 7631 5630
Nigel Newton, Chief Executive
Penny Scott-Bayfield, Group Finance Director
FTI Consulting +44 (0) 203 727 1000
Charles Palmer / Dwight Burden / Leah Dudley SCBloomsbury@fticonsulting.com
Notes to Editors
About Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Bloomsbury is a leading independent publisher of fiction,
non-fiction, children's, specialist, academic and professional
titles. The company's mission is to publish works of excellence and
originality. We are one of the few publishers with a portfolio that
includes both general and academic publishing . Bloomsbury's
ambitious growth story has seen the company become a significant
global publisher with offices in the UK, US, Australia and
India.
About Bloomsbury Digital Resources
In 2016, Bloomsbury Publishing announced a strategic plan to
accelerate the growth of digital revenues by creating a dedicated
Division and investing in new product launches and infrastructure
to support the specialist requirements of the Academic and
Professional library markets. Our digital products have won a host
of Awards, including the Dartmouth Medal and the R. R. Hawkins
PROSE Award.
About Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield is approaching its 70th year in
business as one of the largest independent book publishers in North
America. Located just outside Washington, DC, the company has
strengths in academic publishing in the humanities and social
sciences, government and official data, educational publishing for
K-12, and trade publishing. Rowman & Littlefield publishes
approximately 2,000 new books annually along with electronic
editions. Rowman & Littlefield International was founded in
2013 in London.
About Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press is situated in the heart of one of
the most vibrant universities and cities in the UK. Founded in
1903, and publishing their first books in 1904, Manchester
University Press' distinctive brand is known globally for excellent
research in the Humanities and Social Sciences from leading names
and up-and-coming scholars from around the world. They currently
publish approximately 200 books each year, as well as seven
journals and ten eBook collections that are hosted on
manchesterhive and typically include research monographs, edited
collections, scholarly critiques and journals written by leading
researchers in the field.
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