WHO ARE WE?
Murdoch Books is an independent, international book publishing company, under private Australian ownership. While we are based in Sydney, we have a fully owned subsidiary company in the United Kingdom, from which we also run our extensive European foreign language and export sales. Our mission is to excite, delight and inspire our readers with beautifully produced books that have an unswerving commitment to integrity of content, innovation in design and high production values.
Although the company began its life as an illustrated publisher, focused particularly on food and other leisure and lifestyle categories, over the past few years we have been growing and diversifying our range. This has in turn helped us to attract and retain committed and talented staff, and a diverse range of wonderful authors.
While our Murdoch Books imprint continues to specialise in the high-quality illustrated titles on which we have built our reputation, our newer imprint, Pier 9, is going from strength to strength, with its eclectic mix of travel, memoir, biography, popular history and strong human interest stories. Regardless of the imprint or the subject matter, however, every book on the Murdoch Books publishing program represents our commitment to publish the very best of the best.
HOW DO WE WORK?
With a skilled in-house design and editorial team, Murdoch Books is in a unique position to work closely with our authors, to produce a book that captures their vision. We are able to work quickly to develop a concept, in consultation with our authors, and the team are very flexible and open in the way in which they develop a book. This is only possible because, unlike most traditional trade publishers, our authors can work directly with the creative team, avoiding delays and other problems which can arise in a more distant working relationship.
Our sales & marketing team are well trained and very experienced, with good relationships with the key accounts. As a result, Murdoch Books is a very significant supplier to both the traditional and non-traditional outlets. Our sales team are very involved in the publishing process from the earliest stages and are able to bring a unique level of focus to the titles.
MURDOCH BOOKS' ACHIEVEMENTS
Murdoch Books offers an alternative to other large, multinational publishing groups, having many of the advantages of these companies, without the issues of size and overseas ownership that can complicate the publishing process.
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