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New Holland Publishers

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New Holland Publishers
StatusActive
Founded1955 (1955)
Country of originAustralia, & New Zealand
Headquarters locationLevel 1/178 Fox Valley Rd
Wahroonga, 2076
Australia
DistributionRegency Media Group (Australia)
Bookreps (New Zealand)[1]
Midpoint Trade Books (US)[2]
Key peopleFiona Schultz (MD)[3]
Publication typesBooks
Nonfiction topicsLifestyle, natural history, travel
Owner(s)Fiona Shultz, David Cowie FSDC Trust
Official websitenewhollandpublishers.com

New Holland Publishers is an Australian and New Zealand–based international publisher of non-fiction books, founded in 1955. It is a privately held company, with offices in Australia and New Zealand through two separate company entities

History

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The publishing firm was established as "Holland Press" was on 20 June 1955 in Southwark, London, England, and renamed to New Holland Publishers in 1988.[4][5][6] It currently operates offices in Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia. The company went through a significant round of redundancies from 2008–2011.[3][7] In 2013 the company sold US publishing rights to over 200 titles to Bloomsbury; and in 2014 over 1,400 titles to Fox Chapel Publishing of East Petersburg, Pennsylvania.[8][9] In 2018 The UK branch of New Holland Publishers closed its offices and the original 1955 business NEW HOLLAND PUBLISHERS (UK) LIMITED was dissolved on the 21st August 2018 [10] In 2022 New Holland publishers; New Zealand branch was purchased by Upstart Press Limited [11]

References

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  1. ^ "Distribution Partners". Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Midpoint Trade Books Begins Distributing New Holland UK - Midpoint Book Sales & Distribution Blog". Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "New Holland hit by more redundancies". The Bookseller. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  4. ^ "New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  5. ^ "NEW HOLLAND PUBLISHERS (UK) LIMITED". Gov.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  6. ^ International Literary Market Place. Bowker. 1990. p. 349.
  7. ^ "New Holland makes 15% redundant". The Bookseller. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Bloomsbury buys New Holland list". The Bookseller. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Fox Chapel Buys 1,400 New Holland Titles". Publishersweekly.com. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  10. ^ "NEW HOLLAND PUBLISHERS (UK) LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK".
  11. ^ "New Holland New Zealand changes hands". 17 March 2022.