Transworld Publishers Ltd. is a British
publishing house
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in
Ealing, London that is a division of
Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House LLC is an Anglo-American multinational conglomerate publishing company formed on July 1, 2013, from the merger of Penguin Group and Random House.
On April 2, 2020, Bertelsmann announced the completion of its purchase ...
, one of the world's largest mass media groups. It was established in 1950 as the British division of American company
Bantam Books. It publishes fiction and non fiction titles by various best-selling authors including
Val Wood
Val may refer to: Val-a
Film
* ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo
Military equipment
* Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies
* AS Val, a Sov ...
under several different
imprints. Hardbacks are either published under the
Doubleday or the
Bantam Press
Bantam Press is an imprint of Transworld Publishers which is a British publishing division of Penguin Random House.
It is based on Uxbridge Road in Ealing
Ealing () is a district in West London, England, west of Charing Cross in the ...
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
The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award is a biennial award for the best unpublished science fiction novel in the Commonwealth of Nations. It is named after British author Terry Pratchett. The book is chosen by a panel of judges previously inclu ...
for unpublished science-fiction novels.
See also
*
List of largest UK book publishers
This is a list of largest UK trade book publishers, with some of their principal imprints, ranked by sales value.
List
According to Nielsen BookScan as of 2010 the largest book publishers of the United Kingdom were:
# Penguin Random House ' ...
References
External links
Official website- a book series published by Transworld from the 1950s
1950 establishments in England
Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Companies based in the London Borough of Ealing
British companies established in 1950
Bertelsmann subsidiaries
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