Elliott & Thompson
PRESS RELEASE ELLIOTT & THOMPSON APPOINTS NEW SALES AND DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS Elliott & Thompson are pleased to announce some changes to their sales representation. Frances Lincoln are now representing the company in the UK and Ireland. Frances Lincoln’s sales director Bill Goodall said: “We are delighted to be representing Elliott & Thompson in the UK trade. The quality of their publishing makes them an ideal partner for Frances Lincoln and a perfect complement to our existing client publishers. We very much look forward to working with them.” MDL will continue to handle all distribution. Faber and Faber will represent Elliott & Thompson in the Middle East and Far East for all sales into those territories excluding Malaysia and Singapore, as well as for all rights sales worldwide for both English and foreign language. Faber sales director Will Atkinson said: “Faber and Faber are delighted to be representing Elliot and Thompson for sales in the Middle East and Far East and selling rights on their behalf. They are a fascinating company with masses of potential and, I believe, have a great future. It is inspiring for us to be working with them at such an early and exciting stage of their development.” Penguin will represent the company in Malaysia and Singapore; they already do so in South Africa. Lorne Forsyth, Elliott & Thompson’s chairman, welcomed the announcements, saying: “We are extremely pleased to be working with such distinguished firms. Although Elliott & Thompson is a young publisher, our growing list sits very well alongside those of Faber and Frances Lincoln and these agreements will bring our books to a wider audience in the UK and around the world.” *** Notes to editors Elliott & Thompson are a young, British independent publisher of engaging and popular non-fiction. Launched in 2009, we are growing our business, building on strong early achievements, while expanding our digital programme and seeking to develop new non-fiction series as well as genre fiction. We currently publish 16–20 titles per year. Working with leading brands, original concepts and talented authors, E&T publish into politics, business, sport, music and gift books, as well as the illustrated books market. Notable successes to date in our diverse list include the ever popular Classic Ephemera and the Sunday Times bestseller The Classic FM Hall of Fame, as well as books on golf, business and nature. Titles scheduled for publication this autumn include Fortune’s Spear, Martin Vander Weyer’s fascinating biography of Edwardian fraudster Gerard Lee Bevan, and The Banned List – a manifesto against jargon based on Independent journalist John Rentoul’s hugely popular blog.
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