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ASSOCIATIONS
UK Booksellers Association
tel +44 (0)171 834 6477
fax +44 (0)171 834 8812
Tim Godfray

Publishers Association
19 Bedford Square, London UK
tel +44 (0)171 580 6321
fax +44 (0)171 636 5375

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BOOK FAIRS
London International Book Fair
Oriel House
26 The Quandrant, Richmond, Surrey UK TW9 1DL
tel +44 (0)181 910 7899 or +44 (0)181 910 7914
website http://www.libf.co.uk
The 1999 Book Fair will take place March 28 -30.

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DISTRIBUTORS AND WHOLESALERS
Deep Books, Ltd.
Unit 13, Cannon Wharft Biz Center, 35 Evelyn Street, London UK SE8 5RT
tel +44 (0)171 232 2747
fax +44 (0)171 237 0067
Specialist in distribution of mind, body, spirit books in Europe.
DELTA International Book Wholesalers
39 Alexandra Road, Addlestone, Surrey UK KT15 2PQ
email 100520.155@compuserve.com
Nick Boisseau, Managing Director
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BOOKSELLERS
Waterstone & Co.
tel +44 (0)181 742 3800
fax +44 (0)181 742 0215
website http://www.waterstones.co.uk/
For more bookstores check the following directories:
BookWire's Bookseller Index

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PUBLICATIONS
The Bookseller
12 Dyott Street, London UK WC1A 1DF
tel +44 (0) 171 420 6080
fax +44 (0) 171 836 2909
website http://www.theBookseller.com/
London Review of Books
28-30 Little Russell Street, London WC1A 2HN, UK
tel +44 (0)171 209 1101
fax+44 (0)171 209 1102
email (for subscription information) subs@lrb.co.uk
website http://www.lrb.co.uk/newindex.htm

Publishing News
43 Museum Street, London UK WC1A 1LY
tel +44 (0)171 404 0304
fax +44 (0)171 242 0762
Rodney Burbeck, Editorial
Fred Newman, Publisher
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PUBLISHERS
Barefoot Books, Ltd.
tel 44-171-704-6492
email info@barefoot-books.com
website http://www.barefoot-books.com/
Children's books

BBC Worldwide Cross Media Publishing
Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane, London UK W12 0TT
tel +44 (0)181 576-2638 or +44 (0)181 576-3560
fax +44 (0)181 576-2926 or +44 (0)181 576-2926-3585

Belitha Press, Ltd.
31 Newington Green, London UK N16 9PU
tel +44 (0)171 241 5566
fax +44 (0)171 254 5325
website http://www.mailbox.co.uk/nathan/reviews/belitha.html
Children's books

Bertelsmann Book Group
87 Newman Street, London UK W1P 4EN
tel +44 (0)171 291 3566
fax +44 (0)171 291 3319
email mailto:jward76748@aol.com
Joseph J. Ward, President of Direct Response

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
2 Soho Square, London UK W1V 5DE
tel +44 (0)171 494 2111
fax +44 (0)171 434 1190
email enquiries@bloomsbury.com
website http://www.bloomsbury.com/
Book Data, Ltd.
Northumberland House, 2 King Street, Twickenham, Middlesex UK TW1 3RZ
tel +44 (0)181 892 2272
fax +44 (0)181 892 9109
email francis.bennett@bookdata.com
Francis Bennett, Managing Director
CD's of UK and international titles

Cassell Plc
Villiers House, 41/47 The Strand, London UK WC2N 5JE
tel +44 (0)171 420 5555
fax +44 (0)171 240 7261
In New York, Sterling Publishing for trade, Cassell for academic. Mostly non-fiction with some academic and fiction. Fiction line is Gollancz, of which Houghton-Mifflin owns a share.
Dorling Kindersley
10-13 King Street, Covent Garden, London UK WC2E 8HN
tel +44 (0)171 753 3532
fax +44 (0)171 753 3588
Liz Binns, Sales Manager, Asia Pacific
Peter Kindersley, Chairman
Colorful reference materials for juveniles and adults, worldwide
Faber and Faber
3 Queen Square, London UK WC1N 3AU
tel +44 (0)171 465 0045
fax +44 (0)171 465 0034
website http://www.faber.co.uk
Literary publisher of p try, drama, film and fiction
Financial Times/Pittman Publishing
tel +44 (0)171 447 2000
fax +44 (0)171 240 5771
website http://www.ftmanagement.com/index.htm
The company has offices in London, Amsterdam, Washington DC, Johannesburg and Hong Kong. It specializes in business books. FT is relatively new in the U.S. market, using National Book Network, and working with Wharton and University of Chicago.
Fourth Estate, Ltd.
6 Salem Road, London UK W2 4BU
tel +44 (0)171 727 8993
fax +44 (0)171 792 3176
email 101514.3365@compuserve.com
Victoria Barnsley
A 12 year old literary house, Fourth Estate has been making waves recently with bestsellers, including Dana Sobel's Longitude, E. Annie Proulx, Carol Shields, Mary McGarry Morris and Sebastian Junger.
Gardners Books
1 Whittle Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex UK BN23 6QH
email mail@gardners-books.co.uk or sales@gard.co.uk.
Warwick Bailey, Export Sales Manager
HarperCollins Publishers
77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London UK W6 8JB
tel +44 (0)181 307 4386
fax +44 (0)181 237 4192
website http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/
HarperUK has a broad fiction list. Flamingo is literary fiction and the Voyager imprint is scifi and fantasy.

The Harvill Press
84 Thornhill Road, London UK N1 1RD
tel +44 (0)171 609 1119
fax +44 (0)171 609 2019
email harrill@leapards.demon.co.uk
Christopher Maclehose
Harvill publishes many translations and old out of print classics.

Haynes Publishing
Sparkford, Nr Yeovil, Somerset UK BA22 7JJ
email sales@haynes-manuels.co.uk
website http://www.haynes.com/
Darryl Reach
Publishes automotive, do-it-yourself, and sports books.
Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd.
338 Euston Road, London UK NW1 3BH
tel +44 (0)171 873 6010
fax +44 (0)171 873 6012
Hodder Headline, Plc
338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH
tel +44 (0)171 873 6000
fax +44 (0)171 873 6026
Hodder publishes commercial fiction -- especially thrillers from the US, James Patterson and Tom Clancy.
Jonathan Cape
tel +44 (0)171 973 3000
fax +44 (0)171 233 6117
Jonathan Cape is an imprint of Random House. It's strong in first fiction/trade paperback and is also associated with Secker & Warburg.
Little, Brown & Company UK
Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London UK WC2E 7EN
tel +44 (0)171 911 8000
fax +44 (0)171 911 8100
Philippal Harrison
Little, Brown is part of the Warner Books group and includes Abacus, Virago and Orbit, fiction, non-fiction and trade paperback fiction. The UK division has very few US authors. Fifty percent of of first fiction is in Abacus or Virago lines.
London Bridge
180 Varick Street, 9F, New York, NY USA10014
tel 212-620-3839
fax 212-620-0901
Macmillan General Books, Ltd.
18-21 Cavaye Place, London UK SW10 9PG
tel +44 (0)171-881-8000 or +44 (0)171-881-8242
email chrisp@macmillan.co.uk
Christopher Paterson, Managing Director/International
Nicholas Brealey Publishing, Ltd.
21 Bloomsbury Way, London UK WC1A 2TH
tel +44 (0)171 430 0224
fax +44 (0)171 404 8311
Duff Gilly, International Rights
Nicholas Brealey was with HarperCollins. He started his own list 3 years ago. The company publishes 20 news business books per year and had a 100 title backlist.
Piatkus Books
3 Windmill Street, London UK W1P 1HF
tel +44 (0)171 631 0710
fax +44 (0)171 436 7137
email cd88@dial.pipex.com
Judy Piatkus
Piatukus publishes about 100 New Age titles a year in both fiction and non-fiction.
Pinwheel Publishing
42/44 Great Titchfield Street, London UK W1P 7AE
tel +44 (0)171 580 8880
fax +44 (0)171 323 0828
website http://www.manning-partnership.co.uk/pinwheel.html
Pinwheel publishes juvenile and novelty books.
Random House UK
20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London UK SW1V 2SA
tel +44 (0)171 973 9000
fax +44 (0)171 233 6058
website http://www.randomhouse.co.uk
Brian Davis, President, International
Transworld Publishers, Ltd.
61-63 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London UK W5 5SA
tel +44 (0)181 579 2652
fax +44 (0)181 579 5479
Imprints include Corgi, Bantam, BlackSwan, Anchor, Partridge Press and Doubleday.
Virgin Publishing, Ltd.
332 Ladbroke Grove, London UK W10 5AH
tel +44 (0)181 968 7554
fax +44 (0)181 968 0929
Virgin publishes music-related books.
W.H. Smith, Ltd
Strand House, 7 Holbein Place, London UK SW1W 8NR
tel +44 (0)171 730 1200
fax +44 (0)171 259 9075
For more publishers check the following directories:
BookWire's Publisher Index
Yahoo!

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RELATED SERVICES
Datum Book Marketing
10 Laybrook, St Albans, Herts UK AL4 9NJ
email MariePT@aol.com
Marie Tate
Sales, marketing and distribution of books in Europe.
Global Book Network
email info@globalbook.net
& website http://www.globalbook.net
Ships books around the globe.
Miebach Logistics
Brian Parratt
email bparratt.ox@miebach.com or dt@miebach.com
Consultants to the publishing trade in supply chain logistics, warehouse systems, and project management.
Vista Computer Services, Ltd.
BookEasy - Global Internet Self Service
Valency House, Batchworth Lane, Northwood, Middlesex UK HA6 3HD
email email@vistacomp.com
website http://www.vistacomp.com/home/default.asp
Whitaker
Woolmead House West, Bear Lane, Farnham, Surrey UK GU9 7LG
email help@teleord.co.uk
Information services and communications for the book industry worldwide.
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UK TOURIST AND TRAVEL INFORMATION
British Tourist Authority
Microsoft Expedia: United Kingdom
UK-Guide
The Globetrotter: United Kingdom
Welcome to Britain: Your Guide to Hotels Around the UK
Bed and Breakfast in the UK
Hotels and Travel in the United Kingdom
Travel UK
BBC Online
Foreign Exchange Rates: British Pound
Foreign Exchange Rates: European Union Euro
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