Constable & Robinson Ltd. is an imprint of

Little, Brown Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in Boston. For close to two centuries, it has published fiction and nonfiction by American authors. Early lists featured Emil ...

which publishes fiction and non-fiction books and ebooks.

History

Constable & Co. was founded in 1795 by Archibald Constable, and became the publisher of works by

Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European literature, European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'' (18 ...

. In 1897, Constable released the well-known horror novel,

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's ''The Un-Dead'', albeit with a last-minute title change to ''

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''. In 1813, the company was the first publishing company to give an author advance against royalties. In 1821, it introduced the standard three-volume novel, and in 1826, with the launch of the book series '' Constable's Miscellany'', it became the first publisher to produce mass-market literary editions. By 1921, Constable & Robinson Ltd. was the first publishing house to advertising books on the

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. Ralph Arnold joined the firm in 1936, rising to chairman between 1958 and 1961. In his memoir ''Orange Street and Brickhole Lane'' (1963) he described the firm as having "a strangely endearing persona". In 1993, Constable & Co. pioneered the series-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy self-help publishing, and in 2000, they became the first ad-supported, online book publisher. Lastly, in 2013, Constable & Robinson were a key partner in Digital Innovation Contest 2013. Robinson Publishing Ltd was founded in 1983 by Nick Robinson. The two companies merged in December 1999. Constable & Robinson continue to publish non-fiction books under the Constable imprint and is therefore probably the oldest independent publishing house in the English-speaking world still trading under the name of its founder. In June 2007, Elliot Right Way Books, a successful small publisher of "how-to" titles and the publisher of compendia of speeches by

Enoch Powell John Enoch Powell (16 June 19128 February 1998) was a British politician, scholar and writer. He served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South West for the Conservative Party (UK), Conserv ...

, came under the umbrella of Constable & Robinson Ltd. A new fiction imprint, Corsair, was launched in October 2009, dedicated to publishing groundbreaking debut fiction alongside established authors. On the back of its success, the company launched the Canvas imprint in December 2011 to focus on commercial fiction. A bijou imprint of Corsair, Much-in-Little, was launched in April 2012 and will become home to quirky and imaginative new children's and YA fiction. Constable & Robinson also publishes a non-fiction list including current affairs, history and biography, humour and psychology, as well as crime fiction, and literary fiction in both hardback and paperback. Best known are the longstanding Mammoth paperback list of anthologies and collections, the ''Overcoming'' CBT self-help titles, and the history series of Brief Guides and Brief Histories. Constable & Robinson is the UK publisher of the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth crime fiction titles by M. C. Beaton. In 2013, Constable & Robinson created controversy when it responded to a manuscript submission by J. K. Rowling by suggesting that she attend a writing course. The novel, '' The Cuckoo's Calling'', was published by a competitor, reprinted three times, and was adapted for television. In 2014, Constable & Robinson was purchased by the Little, Brown Book Group.

Awards

In 2011, '' A Visit from the Goon Squad'' by Jennifer Egan, published under the Corsair imprint in the UK, won the

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It recognizes distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, published during ...

. In 2012, Constable & Robinson was named the IPG Independent Publisher of the Year, calling it "a publisher on a roll — a rising star in a difficult market". The same year, the company was also named Independent Publisher of the Year at ''

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'' Industry Awards. Constable & Robinson also won the IPG Trade Publisher of the Year award in 2013.
IPG Trade Publisher of the Year in 2013.

References

External links

Official website
(archived)
Little, Brown Book Group

C&R Crime

Agatha Raisin
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History

Awards

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