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Transworld
Parent companyPenguin Random House
Founded1950;74 years ago(1950)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationEaling,London, England
Publication typesBooks
ImprintsBantam,Bantam Press,Black Swan, Corgi,Doubleday
Official websitewww.penguin.co.uk/company/publishers/transworld.html

Transworldis a Britishpublishing houseinEaling,London that is a division ofPenguin Random House,one of the world's largest mass media groups. It was established in 1950 as the British division of American companyBantam Books.[1]It publishes fiction and nonfiction titles by various best-selling authors includingVal Woodunder several differentimprints.Hardbacksare published under theDoubledayimprint, whereaspaperbacksare published under the Black Swan or Corgi imprint. The Bantam Press imprint publishes both Hardbacks andPrestige softcovers.[2]

Terry Pratchett First Novel Award

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Transworld sponsors theTerry Pratchett First Novel Awardfor unpublished science-fiction novels.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^McDOWELL, EDWIN (17 August 1986)."BANTAM'S ECLECTIC NEW CHIEF: ALBERTO VITALE; Weighing Books on Financial Scales".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved20 January2018.
  2. ^"Publisher: Bantam Press".The Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
  3. ^"The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award".terrypratchettbooks.com. 21 December 2011.
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