The Orion Publishing Group Ltd. is a UK-based publisher of books. A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... A chained book in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side, and within protective covers. ...
Imprints
The group's imprints include: In the publishing industry, an imprint is a brand name under which a work is published. ...
The Orion Publishing Group Ltd. ... A Gollancz edition of The Door Into Summer, displaying the distinctive yellow dust jacket style. ... Weidenfeld & Nicholson is a British publisher of fiction, an imprint of the larger Orion Publishing Group ... Everymans Library is a series of reprinted classic literature currently published by Alfred A. Knopf (a division of Random House) in the United States, and Weidenfeld and Nicolson in the United Kingdom. ... Allen & Unwin, formerly a major British publishing house, is now an independent, Australia-based book publisher and distributor. ...
Orion's three original founding partners - Anthony Cheetham, Peter Roche and Rosemary Cheetham - each retain a substantial equity stake, along with the 50 managers and staff who hold shares or options.
The transaction, which was initiated by Veronis, Suhler, allows the OrionGroup to accelerate its growth in the UK and establish a prominent presence in the US and other English-language markets.
Founded in 1991, Orion has enjoyed strong growth, with an annual revenue growth rate of 33% per annum and a compound growth in annual profits of 55%.