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This article is about the publishing company. For other uses, see Transworld (disambiguation).
"Black Swan (imprint)" redirects here. For the historical bookseller in London, see Black Swan (St. Paul's Churchyard).

Transworld
Parent companyPenguin Random House
Founded1950 (1950)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationEaling, London, England
Publication typesBooks
ImprintsBantam, Bantam Press, Black Swan, Corgi, Doubleday, Wayward TxF
Official websitewww.penguin.co.uk/company/publishers/transworld.html

Transworld is a British publishing division of Penguin Random House located in Ealing. It was established in 1950 as the British division of American company Bantam Books.[1] It publishes fiction and nonfiction titles by various best-selling authors including Val Wood under several different imprints. Hardbacks are published under the Doubleday imprint, whereas paperbacks are published under the Black Swan or Corgi imprints. The Bantam Press imprint publishes both hardbacks and prestige softcovers.[2]

Terry Pratchett First Novel Award

Transworld sponsors the Terry Pratchett First Novel Award for unpublished science-fiction novels.[3]

Publications

  • Fata Morgana (1977), written by William Kotzwinkle, illustrated by Wayne Anderson

See also

  • List of largest UK book publishers

References

  1. ↑ McDowell, Edwin (17 August 1986). "Bantam's Eclectic New Chief: Alberto Vitale; Weighing Books on Financial Scales". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Publisher: Bantam Press". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
  3. ↑ "The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award". Sir Terry Pratchett. 21 December 2011.

External links

  • Official website
  • Company history (as of 2012)
  • Corgi Books - a book series published by Transworld from the 1950s


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