Transworld (publisher)

Transworld is a British publishing house in Ealing, London that is a division of Penguin Random House, one of the world's largest mass media groups. 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 either the Doubleday or the Bantam Press imprint, whereas paperbacks are published under the Black Swan, Bantam or Corgi imprint.

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
Official websitewww.penguin.co.uk/company/publishers/transworld.html

Terry Pratchett First Novel Award

Transworld sponsors the Terry Pratchett First Novel Award for unpublished science-fiction novels.[2]

See also

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. "The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award". terrypratchettbooks.com. 21 December 2011.


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