Veloce Publishing
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Status | Active |
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Founded | 1991 |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | Poundbury,Dorchester, Dorset |
Key people | Rod Grainger & Jude Brooks |
Publication types | Books eBooks Mobile apps |
Nonfiction topics | Automotive Animal Welfare Military History General subjects |
Imprints | Veloce (Automotive) Hubble & Hattie (Animal Welfare) Battle Cry (Military History) Earthworld Publishing (General subjects) |
Official website | www |
Veloce Publishingis primarily anautomotivebookpublisherbased inPoundbury,Dorset.Founded in 1991[1]by Rod Grainger and Jude Brooks, it has published close to 1000 titles under the Veloceimprint,[2]and over 80 titles under its Hubble & Hattieimprint,which deals with animal-related subjects.[3]
The company name was derived from the Italian for ‘speed’ and was inspired byAlfa-Romeo,who used the term to denote its faster models. The name also referencesVelocettemotorcycles, which formed the subject of one the company's earliest titles.
Veloce'sMazda MX-5 Miataworkshop manual, was one of its first published titles, and was written by founder Rod Grainger and Pete Shoemark.
Veloce has published books by a range of notable authors, including TV presenterMike Brewer,[4][5]formerRallyingchampion and Top Gear punditTony Mason,Supercar dealer Tom Hartley, and, under the Hubble and Hattie imprint, astronomerSir Patrick Moore.
References
[edit]- ^Veloce pass the 20-year milestone
- ^About Veloce
- ^Lost and Fond - Hubble & Hattie
- ^Dorset Echo - Poundbury's Veloce Publishing celebrates Mike Brewer book[1]
- ^Veloce launches Mike Brewer's Wheeler Dealer Know How! as an e-book
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