Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (LON:BMY) has entered strategic sales partnerships with leading publishers Rowman & Littlefield and Manchester University Press (MUP).
Bloomsbury said both Rowman & Littlefield and Manchester University Press have been at the vanguard in creating their own platforms to support the growing demand for digital products.
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Sales representation through Bloomsbury will enable them to reach their core customers via Bloomsbury's extensive digital sales networks and market expertise. The partnership for Rowman & Littlefield's Select Collections is global and on an exclusive basis whereas for MUP's manchesterhive, the partnership is exclusive across the Americas.
Rowan & Littlefield’s Select Collections covers topics in Asian Studies, Political Theory & Philosophy, Security Intelligence, and Education Leadership and Administration.
Manchesterhive is the home of MUP's e-book collections: Manchester Gothic, Manchester Studies in Imperialism, Manchester Medieval Sources Online, Manchester Shakespeare, and Manchester Security, Conflict & Peace. New collections are planned for 2019 in the areas of religion, politics, international relations, film studies and the history of medicine.
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Kathryn Earle, the managing director of Bloomsbury Digital Resources, said both of its new partners are known for producing content of exceptional quality.
“With both partners, the synergies with our activities are incredibly strong and we are tremendously excited to be representing them for such an important, growing area of their business,” she said.