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What are the famous publishing houses in Britain? Introduce it in detail.
1, Oxford University Press: Oxford University Press was founded in16th century, and consists of academic and comprehensive book publishing department, educational book publishing department, periodical publishing department and international department, administration department and printing and distribution department. The publishing scope is mainly dictionaries, biographies, literary works, academic monographs, textbooks and bibles. There are more than 20,000 books in print, and more than 4,000 books are published every year, with an annual business volume of about 300 million pounds. Oxford University Press has many branches overseas, the largest of which is Oxford University Press. The publishing scope includes academic books, trade books, books in the fields of humanities and science and technology. Oxford University Press has branches or offices in Toronto, Melbourne, Auckland, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Madras, Carazzi, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, ibadan, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Many branches are responsible for publishing books of British and American companies and books suitable for their own regions.

2. Cambridge University Press: The publishing department of Cambridge University was established in 192 1. There are publishing department, comprehensive business department and printing business department, and branches in the United States and Australia. The publishing scope is mainly academic books and periodicals on history, economy, enterprise management, mathematics and biology, as well as textbooks and reference books. More than 1000 books, more than 80 periodicals and 10000 printed books are published every year, with an annual turnover of 247 million pounds. It has branches in new york, Stanford, California, Australia, Spain and Singapore, and sales organizations in more than 30 countries around the world.

3. Her/his stationery office in Majestic: British government publishing house, established in 1786, mainly publishes official documents, reports, parliamentary documents and various books of the British government and its subordinate ministries, as well as books on agriculture, forestry, archaeology, history, art, education, industry, commerce and medicine. It has published 8,000 books and printed 90,000 books. It is the largest publisher in Britain with an annual turnover of nearly 280 million pounds. The bureau is also engaged in distribution and has agents in Britain and more than 40 countries and regions around the world.

4. Macmillan Publishers Ltd: A large British commercial publishing group, established in 1843, with branches such as Macmillan Publishing House Ltd., Macmillan Reference Service Co., Ltd. and Nature Publishing Group. In the United States, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia and other 70 countries (and regions: the original book does not contain the contents in brackets, as Hong Kong belongs to People's Republic of China (PRC), it is added here). In 2000, 1500 books were published, with an annual turnover of about 300 million pounds.

5.Pergamon Press Ltd: a large British commercial publishing group, and also the largest scientific and technological periodical publishing house in the UK. Established in 1948. Owns Haldane and Maxwell Publishing Company (Haldane &; Maxwell Ltd), Aberdeen University Press, Brasseys Defence Publishers Ltd, Pergamon Infotech Ltd and more than 65,438+00 other companies. Headquartered in Oxford, it has subsidiaries or offices in the United States, the Federal Republic of Germany, Canada, Australia, Japan, India, Brazil, Pakistan, Lebanon, the Soviet Union, China and Hongkong. The publishing scope is mainly scientific, medical and educational professional books and periodicals. There are 377 published books, more than 380 periodicals and more than 6,000 printed books, with an annual turnover of 750 million pounds. Now it belongs to Elsevier Science Press in the Netherlands.

6. Longman Group Co., Ltd.: a large British commercial publishing group, founded in 1724, has more than 0/0 subsidiaries such as Penguin Books Co., Ltd., Pitman Publishing Co., Ltd., Ladybug Books Co., Ltd. and McDonald's Evans Publishing Company, and has offices in the United States, Canada, Australia, Italy, the Federal Republic of Germany, Spain and Australia. The publishing scope is mainly textbooks, teenagers' books and dictionaries. Annual publication of books 1000, 67 periodicals, books 1 1000, annual turnover of 560 million pounds.

7.HarperCollins Publishers Ltd: a large British commercial publishing group, founded in 18 19, owns Collins Hardback, Collins Education, Reference and Cooperative Publishing Company (the exact name needs to be verified) and Collins Fontaine Paper Book Publishing Company, etc. Set up subsidiaries in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and the Caribbean. The publishing scope is mainly youth books, novels, non-fiction, biographies, textbooks and dictionaries. There are 628 books published and 5,000 books in print, with an annual turnover of 65.438+300 million pounds.

8. United Book Publishing Co., Ltd.: A large-scale commercial publishing group composed of nearly 20 publishing houses in the 1960s. Members include Methuen Publishing Company (Methuen &; Co Ltd), Chapman and Hall Publishing Company (Chapman &; Hall Co., Ltd.) and Spang Company (e &;; F.N. Spon Ltd) and so on. Set up subsidiaries in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to publish books on literature, science and technology, psychology and law. New book 1500, book in print 15000, annual turnover of 76 million pounds.

9. Thomson Company: a large British commercial publishing group, founded in 1959. And sweet and Maxwell publishing company (sweet &; Maxwell Ltd), Thomas Nelson Company, Jane's Information Group, Thomson International Business Press and other more than 65,438+00 subsidiaries. We have established subsidiaries in Brazil, Japan, Malaysia and Hong Kong, with annual sales of about 5.4 billion pounds.

10, Reed Elsevier plc: a world-renowned publisher and information service provider, mainly engaged in North America and Europe. 1993, Reed International plc and Elsevier NV jointly established a joint venture company with an annual turnover of 3.4 billion pounds. Its purpose is to become the main partner of scientists, lawyers and business people by providing various information services. The company's business is divided into three parts: publishing scientific journals and databases, such as The Lancet and EMBASE medical abstracts; Professional book publishing, such as Butterworth, Reed Education and Professional Publishing, Heineman Education Books, etc. Business information services, such as Lizhan Company, Lizhan Business Information, Elsevier Business Information, etc.

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