Blackstone Press Limited is a
legal publisher that is a
subsidiary
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of
Oxford University Press
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. It was established in March 1988 by Alistair MacQueen. Its management was formerly that of
Financial Training Publications, whose law list it purchased. The list included "everyday" reference works, and works that were "essential reading" for examinations of the
Law Society and
Bar and which had been used for that purpose for seven years. The books published by Blackstone Press were updated and revised frequently. In 2000, Blackstone Press had a
revenue
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Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover. Some compan ...
of £5 million and a
net income
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of £758k.
Its
backlist contained over four hundred books at the time Oxford University Press purchased it from BPP, PLC, in 2001.
Company Overview of Blackstone Press Ltd
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.
Publications
Blackstone Press published, amongst other things, Blackstone's Criminal Practice.
References
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Publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Legal publishers