Bantam Press

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Bantam Press
Parent company Penguin Random House
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLondon
Publication typesNovels
Official website penguin.co.uk/bantam-press

Bantam Press is an imprint of Transworld Publishers which is a British publishing division of Penguin Random House.

It is based on Uxbridge Road in Ealing near Ealing Broadway station, London, the same address as Transworld.

It releases hardcover and prestige softcover book editions. [1] Bantam Press also publishes Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic books.

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References

  1. "Publisher: Bantam Press". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database.