Macmillan
Macmillan is one of the largest and best known international publishing houses in the world, characterised by academic and professional, educational, fiction and non-fiction publishing of the highest quality. Powerful brands owned by Macmillan, such as Nature, Palgrave Macmillan, Pan and Picador are now established in 70 countries. Macmillan also offers high-level publishing services to third party clients. Since 1999, Macmillan has been wholly owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group.
In 1843, the Scottish brothers Alexander and Daniel Macmillan took the first steps in establishing a publishing house. Its authors in the early years included Charles Kingsley, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling and H.G. Wells. The range of topics covered quickly developed to include far more than literature. Highly regarded scientific and vocational journals were added and branches established in the United States, Australia and India. From 1965 onwards, an ambitious program to further expand the company on the international stage was implemented. In particular, the areas of educational and academic publishing developed apace.
Pan Macmillan publishes fiction and non-fiction for adults and children. Many titles appear under the publishing house’s own name, Macmillan. Pan is the imprint for mass-market paperbacks and for popular general books. Picador is one of the most prestigious literary imprints in global publishing. Pan Macmillan is also a leading international publisher of children’s books.
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is a publisher of high impact scientific and medical information in print and online including journals, online databases and services. NPG's flagship journal Nature is a leading weekly, international scientific journal.
Palgrave Macmillan is a global academic publisher serving learning and scholarship in the higher education and professional markets. The publishing list consists principally of works for college students and for research purposes. Palgrave Macmillan has particular strengths in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, business, and economics.
Macmillan Education is one of the world's leading publishers of English Language Teaching materials for teachers and students of English as a foreign or second language and of school curriculum materials. Macmillan Education is also now engaged in the Spanish language curriculum markets of Latin America.
Macmillan’s Publishing Services division offers book and journal order fulfilment, warehousing and distribution, printing and electronic production, web development and information processing to Macmillan companies and third party clients worldwide.
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