British publisher Laurence King has created a new German subsidiary and acquired an Amsterdam-based publisher in an effort to expand into the European market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robin Hyman, the former president of the Publishers Association, whose love of dictionaries and aptitude in the independent publishing world granted him a great deal of respect within the trade, is remembered by Laurence King. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robin Hyman, former chairman of Laurence King and former president of the Publishers' Association, has died peacefully in his sleep. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Laurence King talks to Philip Jones about Laurence King Publishing's 25 years of steady progress. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
It is not often that I get to reprise an interview I did 20 years ago with an executive occupying the same position at the same company today. But in talking to Laurence King, founder and m.d. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Laurence King Publishing has commissioned a designer colouring book by “iconic” British fashion designer Matthew Williamson. Senior commissioning editor for fashion at Laurence King, Camilla Morton, acquired world rights for the new concept book. Matthew Williamson: Fashion Print and Colouring... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestseller in global craze for adult versions of children’s favourites scores dazzling success in the People’s RepublicThree million copies of Johanna Basford’s adult colouring book Secret Garden have been sold in China in less than three months, its publisher has announced, dubbing Beijing the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
There is something encouraging about seeing the name B T Batsford featuring so prominently in The Bookseller’s half-year round up. I don’t mean to show favouritism—it is equally pleasing to see Michael O’Mara (in its 30th year) and Laurence King also doing so well out of the shifting non-fiction... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]