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{{Short description|Academic publisher of books}}
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| successor = [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury Academic]]
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| country = United Kingdom
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| headquarters = [[London]], [[New York City]]
| headquarters = London, New York City
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'''Continuum International Publishing Group''' was an [[academic publisher]] of [[books]] with editorial offices in [[London]] and [[New York City]]. It was purchased by Nova Capital Management in 2005. In July 2011 it was taken over by [[Bloomsbury Publishing]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.boersenblatt.net/449307/ |title=Bloomsbury übernimmt Continuum International Publishing Group |publisher=boersenblatt.net |date=July 11, 2011 |accessdate=July 12, 2011}}</ref> {{as of|2012|September|}}, all new Continuum titles are published under the Bloomsbury name (under the imprint Bloomsbury Academic).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/rebranding-continuum-berg-bcp/ |title=Rebranding of Continuum, Berg and Bristol Classical Press |date=November 2012 |accessdate=November 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429214016/http://www.bloomsbury.com/rebranding-continuum-berg-bcp/ |archivedate=April 29, 2013 }}</ref>
'''Continuum International Publishing Group''' was an [[academic publisher]] of books with editorial offices in London and New York City. It was purchased by Nova Capital Management in 2005. In July 2011, it was taken over by [[Bloomsbury Publishing]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.boersenblatt.net/449307/ |title=Bloomsbury übernimmt Continuum International Publishing Group |publisher=Boersenblatt |date=11 July 2011 |access-date=12 July 2011 |archive-date=28 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228151703/http://m.boersenblatt.net/449307/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{as of|2012|September|}}, all new Continuum titles are published under the Bloomsbury name (under the imprint Bloomsbury Academic).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/rebranding-continuum-berg-bcp/ |title=Rebranding of Continuum, Berg and Bristol Classical Press |date=November 2012 |website=Bloomsbury |access-date=23 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429214016/http://www.bloomsbury.com/rebranding-continuum-berg-bcp/ |archive-date=29 April 2013 }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Continuum International was created in 1999 with the merger of the [[Cassell Illustrated|Cassell]] academic and religious lists and the Continuum Publishing Company, founded in New York in 1980.<ref name="allbusines.com2006">{{cite web|author=allbusiness|chapter=Sturrock departs Continuum|title=Article citing companies encompassed by Continuum|date=November 29, 2006|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-miscellaneous/4663699-1.html|accessdate=21 December 2009}}</ref>
Continuum International was created in 1999 with the merger of the [[Cassell Illustrated|Cassell]] academic and religious lists (including [[Geoffrey Chapman]], Mansell, Mowbray, [[Pinter Publishers|Pinter]], and Leicester University Press imprints) and the Continuum Publishing Company, founded in New York in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About The Continuum International Publishing Group |url=http://www.continuumbooks.com/about.html |access-date=21 December 2023 |website=The Continuum International Publishing Group |archive-date=15 September 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000915125530/http://www.continuumbooks.com/about.html |url-status=unfit }}</ref><ref name="allbusines.com2006">{{cite web|date=29 November 2006|title=Article citing companies encompassed by Continuum|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-miscellaneous/4663699-1.html|access-date=21 December 2009}}{{dead link|date=February 2024}}</ref>


The academic publishing programme was focused on the [[humanities]], especially the fields of [[philosophy]], [[film]] and [[music]], [[literature]], [[education]], [[linguistics]], [[theology]], and [[biblical studies]]. Continuum published Paulo Freire's seminal ''[[Pedagogy of the Oppressed]]''.
The academic publishing programme was focused on the [[humanities]], especially the fields of philosophy, film and music, literature, education, [[linguistics]], theology, and [[biblical studies]]. Continuum published Paulo Freire's seminal ''[[Pedagogy of the Oppressed]]'' and music criticism series ''[[33⅓]]''.{{cn|date=March 2024}}


Continuum acquired Athlone Press, which was founded in 1948 as the [[University of London]] publishing house and sold to the Bemrose Corporation in 1979.<ref name="AIM25">{{cite web|author=Archives in London & the M25 area (AIM25)|chapter=Athlone Press: 1945-1979|title=holdings at Senate House Library, University of London|date=November 29, 2006|url=http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/14/1671.htm|accessdate=21 December 2009}}</ref>
Continuum acquired Athlone Press, which was founded in 1948 as the [[University of London]] publishing house and sold to the Bemrose Corporation in 1979.<ref name="AIM25">{{cite book|publisher=AIM25 |chapter=Athlone Press: 1945–1979|title=Senate House Library, University of London |chapter-url=http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/14/1671.htm|access-date=21 December 2009|archive-date=6 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606132612/http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/14/1671.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In 2003, Continuum{{Anchor|Hambledon Continuum}} acquired the London-based Hambledon & London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.continuumbooks.com/AboutUs/default.aspx?ImprintID=8&CountryID=1 |title=about hambledon continuum |accessdate=2009-01-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115142917/http://www.continuumbooks.com/AboutUs/default.aspx?ImprintID=8&CountryID=1 |archivedate=January 15, 2008 }}</ref> (''[[Sunday Times]]'' Small Publisher of the Year 2001–02),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hambledon.co.uk/system/index.html |title=Hambledon and London |accessdate=2009-01-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120203636/http://www.hambledon.co.uk/system/index.html |archivedate=January 20, 2009 }}</ref> a publisher of trade history for the general reader.
In 2003, Continuum{{Anchor|Hambledon Continuum}} acquired the London-based Hambledon & London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.continuumbooks.com/AboutUs/default.aspx?ImprintID=8&CountryID=1 |title=about hambledon continuum |website=Hambledon Continuum |access-date=24 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115142917/http://www.continuumbooks.com/AboutUs/default.aspx?ImprintID=8&CountryID=1 |archive-date=15 January 2008 }}</ref> (''[[Sunday Times]]'' Small Publisher of the Year 2001–02),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hambledon.co.uk/system/index.html |title=Hambledon and London |access-date=24 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120203636/http://www.hambledon.co.uk/system/index.html |archive-date=20 January 2009 }}{{dead link|date=February 2024}}</ref> a publisher of trade history for the general reader.


== Imprints ==
== Imprints ==
* [[Burns & Oates]]
* [[Burns & Oates]]
* Hambledon Continuum - history publishing imprint
* Hambledon Continuum – history publishing imprint
* [[T&T Clark]]
* [[T&T Clark]]
* Thoemmes Press
* Thoemmes Press
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{oweb|https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/}}
*{{Official website}}


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[[Category:Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom]]
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Revision as of 14:17, 23 May 2024

Continuum International Publishing Group
StatusDefunct
Founded1999 (1999)
FounderWerner Mark Linz
Defunct2026 Edit this on Wikidata
SuccessorBloomsbury Academic
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLondon, New York City
Publication typesBooks
ImprintsBurns & Oates, T&T Clark
Official websitebloomsbury.com

Continuum International Publishing Group was an academic publisher of books with editorial offices in London and New York City. It was purchased by Nova Capital Management in 2005. In July 2011, it was taken over by Bloomsbury Publishing.[1] As of September 2012, all new Continuum titles are published under the Bloomsbury name (under the imprint Bloomsbury Academic).[2]

History

Continuum International was created in 1999 with the merger of the Cassell academic and religious lists (including Geoffrey Chapman, Mansell, Mowbray, Pinter, and Leicester University Press imprints) and the Continuum Publishing Company, founded in New York in 1980.[3][4]

The academic publishing programme was focused on the humanities, especially the fields of philosophy, film and music, literature, education, linguistics, theology, and biblical studies. Continuum published Paulo Freire's seminal Pedagogy of the Oppressed and music criticism series 33⅓.[citation needed]

Continuum acquired Athlone Press, which was founded in 1948 as the University of London publishing house and sold to the Bemrose Corporation in 1979.[5]

In 2003, Continuum acquired the London-based Hambledon & London[6] (Sunday Times Small Publisher of the Year 2001–02),[7] a publisher of trade history for the general reader.

Imprints

References

  1. ^ "Bloomsbury übernimmt Continuum International Publishing Group". Boersenblatt. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Rebranding of Continuum, Berg and Bristol Classical Press". Bloomsbury. November 2012. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. ^ "About The Continuum International Publishing Group". The Continuum International Publishing Group. Archived from the original on 15 September 2000. Retrieved 21 December 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Article citing companies encompassed by Continuum". 29 November 2006. Retrieved 21 December 2009.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Athlone Press: 1945–1979". Senate House Library, University of London. AIM25. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  6. ^ "about hambledon continuum". Hambledon Continuum. Archived from the original on 15 January 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Hambledon and London". Archived from the original on 20 January 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.[dead link]


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