Endeavour Press was a British independent

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founded in 2011 by Matthew Lynn and Richard Foreman. Endeavour started as an

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publisher of out of print books, but grew to sign up frontlist titles from new authors in seven different

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, including a print arm. The company specialised in thrillers, historical fiction, romance and non-fiction, but their several imprints encompassed horror, fantasy, science-fiction, westerns and literary fiction as well. Endeavour published books by over 500 authors, including

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, Graham Diamond,

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and Virginia Cowles. On 31 January 2018 Endeavour Press went into voluntary

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. The two founders differed in company policy, and subsequently set up their own separate publishing companies, Endeavour Media with Matthew Lynn and Sharpe Books with Richard Foreman.Thebookseller.com
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