Bloomsbury Publishing

British worldwide publishing house founded in 1986

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2024 Acquired Lexington Books, Applause Books, and Backbeat Books.
May 2023 The Verge reported that the UK edition of House of Earth and Blood published by Bloomsbury uses an AI-generated cover image.
2021 Acquired multiple publishers: Red Globe Press, Head of Zeus, and ABC-CLIO.
2020 Acquired Zed Books.
2019 Acquired Oberon Books.
2018 Acknowledged that a significant portion of children's division profit came from the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling.
2018 Acquired I.B. Tauris.
December 2015 Bloomsbury's partnership with Qatar Foundation ended. The Walker brand was discontinued and sold to Walker Publishing Company. Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing works were incorporated into HBKU Press.
2014 Acquired Osprey Publishing.
2013 Acquired Hart Publishing.
2012 Acquired Fairchild Books and Applied Visual Arts Publishing.
2012 Bloomsbury established a publishing office in India.
2011 Acquired Continuum International Publishing Group and Absolute Press.
2010 Acquired Bristol Classical Press.
December 2010 Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ), an open access and peer-reviewed academic publisher, was created as a joint venture with Qatar Foundation.

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