24-647: BBC Books (also formerly known as BBC Consumer Publishing and BBC Publishing ) is an imprint majority-owned and managed by Penguin Random House through its Ebury Publishing division. The minority shareholder is BBC Studios , the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation . The imprint has been active since the 1980s. BBC Books publishes a range of books connected to BBC radio and television programming, including cookery, natural history, lifestyle, and behind
48-747: A hardback gift guide, revisiting all the mysteries solved throughout the TV series. Penguin Random House Penguin Random House Limited is a British-American multinational conglomerate publishing company formed on July 1, 2013, with the merger of Penguin Books and Random House . Penguin Books was originally founded in 1935 and Random House was founded in 1927. It has more than 300 publishing imprints. Along with Simon & Schuster , Hachette , HarperCollins and Macmillan Publishers , Penguin Random House
72-672: A majority shareholding in BBC Books. In 2011, BBC Books launched a publishing programme around BAFTA-winning TV series, Sherlock , which was inspired by the adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle's Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes. The titles will each feature the show's branding and introductions by key members of the Sherlock team, including co-founders Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. The first title, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock: A Study in Scarlet , with an introduction by Steven Moffat
96-465: A £2.4 million transaction between Bertelsmann and Pearson to merge their respective trade publishing companies, Random House and Penguin Group . Bertelsmann and Pearson, the parent companies, initially owned 53% and 47%, respectively. Jane Ciabattari of Library Journal has referred to this merger as the publishing industry's response to the increasing dominance of Amazon.com in the book market. Dohle
120-554: Is considered one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers. On April 2, 2020, Bertelsmann announced the completion of its purchase of Penguin Random House, which had been announced in December 2019, by buying Pearson plc 's 25% ownership of the company. With the purchase, Bertelsmann became the sole owner of Penguin Random House. Bertelsmann's German-language publishing group Verlagsgruppe Random House will be completely integrated into Penguin Random House, adding 45 imprints to
144-632: The Eighth Doctor Adventures (EDA) (featuring the then-current incarnation of the Doctor ), and the Past Doctor Adventures (PDA), featuring the seven previous incarnations. Between 1997 and 2005 approximately 150 original novels were published for both lines, combined. BBC Books also launched a short-lived line of Doctor Who -related short story collections called Short Trips ; Big Finish Productions later obtained
168-520: The Galaxy , a book which has now sold over 14,000,000 copies worldwide. Since 1996, BBC Books has also produced a range of tie-in novels connected to the television science-fiction series Doctor Who , the only full-length fiction to be printed by the company. Their first release related to the series was a novelisation of the 1996 Doctor Who telemovie published in the spring of 1996. Then, in 1997, BBC Books launched two concurrent series of books,
192-600: The Judoon and Code of the Krillitanes , which are paperback releases under a series called Quick Reads . The 4th novella still featured the tenth doctor David Tennant , even though the eleventh has made his TV appearance. In January 2007, BBC Books launched a new line of original novels based upon the Doctor Who spin-off series, Torchwood . These books are also being published exclusively in hardcover and, like
216-602: The TV series itself, are aimed at an older audience. In May 2008, BBC Books issued its first original made-for-audio Doctor Who adventure, Pest Control , which was released as part of the Tenth Doctor Adventures line and read by David Tennant . The Audiobook of the Year 2010 was a Tenth Doctor adventure called Dead Air by James Goss and read by David Tennant . In 2010, a series of three Being Human novels were published by BBC Books. These novels describe
240-627: The acquisition would create a publisher with too much influence over books and author payments. In October 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the Justice Department. On November 21, 2022, Penguin Random House officially scrapped the deal. As a result, it was to pay a $ 200 million termination fee to the recently-rebranded Paramount Global . Simon & Schuster would instead be sold to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts on October 30, 2023. In July 2024, it
264-562: The adventures of the three main characters Annie Sawyer , George Sands and John Mitchell of the BBC Three television series Being Human and are written by Simon Guerrier , Mark Michalowski and James Goss . All novels were also released as audiobooks. The Road was read by Lenora Crichlow , Chasers by Russell Tovey and Bad Blood by Lucy Gaskell . In 2006, the Ebury Publishing division of Random House acquired
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#1732782914398288-537: The business to Bertelsmann, thereby retaining a 25% holding. On December 18, 2019, Bertelsmann agreed to acquire Pearson's 25% stake in Penguin Random House, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann. The sale was completed on April 2, 2020. In June 2020, Penguin Random House became part of a group of publishers who sued the Internet Archive , arguing that its collection of e-books
312-899: The company, for a total of 365 imprints. As of 2021, Penguin Random House employed about 10,000 people globally and published 15,000 titles annually under its 250 divisions and imprints. These titles include fiction and nonfiction for adults and children in both print and digital. Penguin Random House comprises Penguin and Random House in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and India; Penguin in Brazil, Asia and South Africa; Dorling Kindersley worldwide; and Random House's companies in Spain, Hispanic America, and Germany. On November 25, 2020, The New York Times reported that Penguin Random House
336-654: The producer of films based on Penguin Random House books. The Universal subsidiary Focus Features has frequently collaborated with Random House Films. Having previously created Puffin Rock animation, Richard Haines was chosen to head Penguin Random House Children's TV development strategy with the assistance of licensing, publishing, and TV development executive Emily Campan. In November 2015, Pearson announced it would rebrand to focus on its education division. On July 11, 2017, Pearson sold 22% of its stake in
360-707: The rights to publish the Short Trips books and that series continues as of 2010. In 2005, BBC Books began to phase out the EDA and PDA lines as it launched a new series of books (informally dubbed the New Series Adventures ) based upon the newly revived television series. Featuring the Ninth Doctor , the new books were published in hardback (as opposed to the EDA, PDA and Short Trips lines that were exclusively paperback releases). The Eighth Doctor line
384-466: The scenes "making-of" books. There are also some non-programme related biographies and autobiographies of various well-known personalities in its list. Amongst BBC Books' best known titles are cookery books by former TV cook Delia Smith , wildlife titles by Sir David Attenborough and gardening titles by Alan Titchmarsh . In the BBC Publishing days, it turned down The Hitchhiker's Guide to
408-464: Was a subsidiary online writing and publishing community. Book Country was launched in April 2011 with a focus on romance, mystery, science fiction, fantasy. On July 29, 2013, Book Country relaunched with online writing workshops in more than 60 literary categories, including literary fiction , memoir, and women's fiction . As of September 2013, the site had more than 10,000 members. As of November 2020,
432-568: Was announced that Penguin Random House would acquire comic book publisher Boom! Studios . DK (Dorling Kindersley) was founded in London in 1974. As of 2015, DK also has official publishing relationships with Angry Birds , Lego , Marvel , Star Wars , and Disney . Crown Publishing was founded in 1933 as the Outlet Book Company, a remainder house, and is now a publisher of fiction and narrative non-fiction. In 2018, Crown
456-1009: Was combined with the main Random House Publishing Group. Penguin Young Readers Group is a division devoted to books for young readers and young adults. Handling distribution and marketing for Shambhala Publications , Disney Publishing Worldwide (including National Geographic Books ), Wizards of the Coast , Kodansha USA (including Vertical Inc. ), New York Review Books , Titan Books , Other Press , North Atlantic Books , Blue Star Press , DC Comics , Seven Seas Entertainment , and Dark Horse Comics among others. It also handles direct market distribution for Marvel Comics starting October 1, 2021, direct market distribution for IDW Publishing starting June 1, 2022, and direct market distribution for Dark Horse Comics starting June 1, 2023. Book Country
480-576: Was denying authors and publishers revenue and accusing the library of "willful mass copyright infringement". On November 25, 2020, Penguin Random House agreed to purchase American publisher Simon & Schuster from ViacomCBS for $ 2.175 billion, with a formal regulatory approval process to follow the purchase agreement. On November 2, 2021, the US Justice Department filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block Penguin Random House's proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster, alleging that
504-615: Was discontinued during the summer of 2005, followed by the final Past Doctor Adventure in November. Beginning in 2006, BBC Books continued the New Series Adventures, now featuring the Tenth Doctor , with no word (as of September 2009) whether any more Past Doctor Adventures are planned. The books continue to be published in hardback, with the exception of four novellas , I Am a Dalek , Made of Steel , Revenge of
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#1732782914398528-439: Was named CEO of the new company, which had more than 10,000 employees worldwide with more than 250 imprints and publishing houses and a publishing list of more than 15,000 new titles a year. Penguin Random House relaunched Book Country, Penguin's online writing community, on July 29, 2013. On September 24, 2014, Random House Studio signed a first-look production deal with Universal Pictures , under which Random House would be
552-399: Was planning to purchase Simon & Schuster from Paramount Global for $ 2.175 billion. However, on November 2, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice sued to stop the deal on antitrust grounds, a suit that eventually succeeded on October 31, 2022. The deal formally collapsed on November 22, 2022. Penguin Random House was formed on July 1, 2013 by Markus Dohle upon the completion of
576-609: Was released on 15 September 2011. Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , with an introduction by Mark Gatiss , followed on 27 October 2011. Three books Sherlock: Sign of Four , Sherlock: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock: The Hound of the Baskervilles with introductions by Martin Freeman , Steve Thompson and Benedict Cumberbatch were released on 29 March 2012. In autumn 2012, BBC Books has published Sherlock: The Casebook as
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