Bloomsbury Regulatory News (BMY)

3 Aug 2007 14:30

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC03 August 2007 BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING Plc Announce the signing of a 7 year partnership for their Finance database with a major international financial organisation. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc announces the signing today of a partnership contractfor their database Finance - The Ultimate Resource with a major internationalfinancial organisation in a 7 year contract. This project was announced in thepreliminary statement of April 3rd 2007 and a further update was given in thecompany's AGM statement of June 28th. The profit impact of this contract willarise in the years between 2008 and 2014. A joint announcement to be madetogether with Bloomsbury's new partner in this project will give more detailsabout the project and is planned to be made on September 10th. Ends Enquiries: Bell PottingerDan de Belder/ Algy Rowe0207 861 3232 Note to Editors Bloomsbury was founded 21 years ago by its chief executive Nigel Newton, basedon the principle of publishing books of excellence and originality for a widemarket. The company undertook a full stock exchange listing in London in 1994and has since expanded its publishing categories and geographical reach. Today,Bloomsbury has three divisions - adult, children's and reference - which spanthe world's three largest book markets of the USA, Germany and the UK, where theCompany has established offices. Bloomsbury has a strong reputation in developing new authors - Anthony Bourdain,David Guterson, Anne Michaels, J.K.Rowling, Will Self and Ben Schott - and inpublishing established ones, including, Margaret Atwood, John Irving, JayMcInerney, Michael Ondaatje, Donna Tartt, Joanna Trollope and BenjaminZephaniah. The company is well recognized for its ability to identify newauthors, and employing highly professional sales and marketing skills to publishtheir books to maximum effect. With a worldwide library of over 11,500 titles,Bloomsbury also exploits a valuable backlist, publishing regular repeat authors.It also develops major information databases for electronic and printpublication. Bloomsbury's books are increasingly linked to television and film tie-ins,including The English Patient, Snow Falling on Cedars, the first four HarryPotter titles (with the fifth film premiered on 3rd July) and on TV, DavidDimbleby's How We Built Britain, The Only Boy for Me by Gil McNeil, and theforthcoming The Wild Gourmets by Guy Grieve and Thomasina Miers. Bloomsbury'sbestseller, The Kite Runner, will be released as a major film in the UK in 2008.Bloomsbury will celebrate its 21st anniversary on 26 September 2007. 2007 bestsellersCountry Title of 2007 BestsellersUK Restless by William Boyd A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini How We Built Britain by David Dimbleby Austerity Britain by David Kynaston Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling Physik by Angie Sage 101 Things To Do by Richard Horne Cathy's Book by Weismann, Stewart & Brigg Larklight by Philip Reeve USA Waiting for Daisy by Peggy Orenstein, Medicus by Ruth Downie Princess Academy by Shannon Hale Gone Wild by David McLimans Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain Real Food by Nina Plank Highest Tide by Jim Lynch Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan Austenland by Shannon Hale Kiki Strike by Kirsten Miller Germany Ruhelos by William Boyd Salz des Lebens by Benoite Groult Die Flucht by Tatjana Grafin Donhoff Handy by Ingo Schulze Drachenlaufer by Khaled Hosseini Spate Familie by Zeruya Shalev This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange