Transworld Publishers Ltd. is a British

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, London that is a division of

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, 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

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under several different

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s. Hardbacks are either published under the Doubleday or the

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imprint, whereas paperbacks are published under the Black Swan, Bantam or Corgi imprint.

Terry Pratchett First Novel Award

Transworld sponsors the

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for unpublished science-fiction novels.

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- 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 {{publish-company-stub

Terry Pratchett First Novel Award

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