New Holland Publishers
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Status | Active |
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Founded | 1955 |
Country of origin | Australia, & New Zealand |
Headquarters location | Level 1/178 Fox Valley Rd Wahroonga, 2076 Australia |
Distribution | Regency Media Group (Australia) Bookreps (New Zealand)[1] Midpoint Trade Books (US)[2] |
Key people | Fiona Schultz (MD)[3] |
Publication types | Books |
Nonfiction topics | Lifestyle, natural history, travel |
Owner(s) | Fiona Shultz, David Cowie FSDC Trust |
Official website | newhollandpublishers |
New Holland Publishers is an Australian and New Zealand-based international publisher of non-fiction books, founded in 1955. It is a privately held company, with offices in Australia and New Zealand through two separate company entities
History
[edit]The publishing firm was established as "Holland Press" was on 20 June 1955 in Southwark, London, England, and renamed to New Holland Publishers in 1988.[4][5][6] It currently operates offices in Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia. The company went through a significant round of redundancies from 2008–2011.[3][7] In 2013 the company sold US publishing rights to over 200 titles to Bloomsbury; and in 2014 over 1,400 titles to Fox Chapel Publishing of East Petersburg, Pennsylvania.[8][9] In 2018 The UK branch of New Holland Publishers closed its offices and the original 1955 business NEW HOLLAND PUBLISHERS (UK) LIMITED was dissolved on the 21st August 2018 [10] In 2022 New Holland publishers; New Zealand branch was purchased by Upstart Press Limited [11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Distribution Partners". Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Midpoint Trade Books Begins Distributing New Holland UK - Midpoint Book Sales & Distribution Blog". Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ a b "New Holland hit by more redundancies". The Bookseller. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "NEW HOLLAND PUBLISHERS (UK) LIMITED". Gov.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ International Literary Market Place. Bowker. 1990. p. 349.
- ^ "New Holland makes 15% redundant". The Bookseller. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "Bloomsbury buys New Holland list". The Bookseller. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "Fox Chapel Buys 1,400 New Holland Titles". Publishersweekly.com. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00550904[bare URL]
- ^ https://upstartpress.co.nz/uncategorized/new-holland-new-zealand-changes-hands/ [bare URL]