Who are the 6 leading UK educational publishing companies?

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 17 Apr 2003 16:41 PDT

Hi joliette,
I have located the leading educationl publishers in the UK. However,
they are not in order of rank and they are more than 6. I can provide
their contact information including websites. Would this suffice as an
answer and if so, how many would you be interested in? Let me know
what you decide. Thanks.
Regards,
rainbow-ga

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Clarification of Question by joliette-ga on 21 Apr 2003 03:30 PDT

Hi rainbow,

I also found the ones I think are the most important, but I would like
to have a kind of ranking - from 1 to 6 (6 is enough) - to know who is
the biggest, who is the second biggest, etc. It doesn't have to be a
perfect ranking, but an approximate one.
It would be great if you could find that out!
Contact information including websites would be enough.

Thank you!
Regards,
joliette

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 21 Apr 2003 12:10 PDT

Hi joliette,
I have searched extensively for some sort of ranking among the
educational publishing compnies in the UK and can find no evidence of
leadership. As I mentioned before, there are quite a few leading
publishers but not in rank. There are many contradictions as to
exactly who the leading company is.
Here are some examples:

“Nelson: Britain's leading publisher of educational materials.”
Keystage-English Books
http://www.keystage.co.uk/ks1/english/englishbooks.asp

“Harcourt International is the leading publisher for the UK primary
and secondary school markets.”
Reed Elsevier Companies-Notes for Editors
http://www.reed-elsevier.com/reedmediacentre/notesforeditors/

“Heinemann is the UK's number one educational publisher and produce a
wide range of books and other resources for schools and colleges.”
OCR-Awards and Events
http://www.ocr.org.uk/OCR/WebSite/docroot/ocrservices/awardsandevents/recaapages/sponsors.jsp

Let me know how you would like me to proceed. Thanks.
Regards,
rainbow-ga

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Clarification of Question by joliette-ga on 22 Apr 2003 08:18 PDT

Hello rainbow, 

As there doesn't really seem to exist a valid ranking, I would like to
know who are the 6 companies that appear as the leading / one of the
leading publishers (such as Heinemann, Harcourt,... ) in the sources
you found, okay?

Thank you for your help,
joliette

Hi joliette,

As I mentioned in my clarifications, there is no evidence of official
leadership among UK educational publishing companies.
The following are six leading UK educational publishers with their
contact information:


Heinemann 
“Heinemann is the UK's leading educational publisher. We produce high
quality teaching and learning materials for the pre-school to college
years. We offer the widest range of resources, both print &
electronic, backed by extensive research into teacher's needs.”

Heinemann
Phone: 01865 888080
Fax: 01865 314029
Email: secondary.enquiries@harcourteducation.co.uk
http://www.heinemann.co.uk/

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Harcourt International 
“Harcourt International is the leading publisher for the UK primary
and secondary school markets… Harcourt International is your source
for books, journals and multimedia in Health, Science and Education.”

Harcourt International
Foots Cray
High Street
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 5HPUK
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8308 5700
Fax: +44 (0) 20 8308 5702
Email: cservice@harcourt.com
http://www.harcourt-international.com/default.cfm

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Nelson Thornes Ltd
“One of the UK'S leading publishers of educational resources.
Providing extensive curriculum coverage across all subject areas, for
primary, secondary, further and higher education.”

Nelson Thornes Ltd
Delta Place
27 Bath Road
Cheltenham
Glos
GL53 7TH
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 1242 267100
Fax: +44 (0) 1242 221914
http://www.nelsonthornes.com/

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Cambridge University Press
“Cambridge University Press has grown to become one of the largest
academic and educational publishers in the world, publishing over
2,000 books and 150 journals a year.”

Cambridge University Press
The Edinburgh Building
Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
CB2 2RU
Phone: +44 (0) 1223 312393
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 315052
Email: information@cambridge.org
http://uk.cambridge.org/

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Oxford University Press
“Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.
It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research,
scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.”

Oxford University Press
Great Clarendon Street
Oxford
OX2 6DP
Telephone: +44 (0) 1865 556767
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 556646
Email: enquiry@oup.co.uk  
http://www.oup.co.uk/

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd
“Palgrave Macmillan is a global academic publisher serving learning
and scholarship in the fields of higher education and professional
markets… Palgrave Macmillan has an established and distinguished track
record of international academic publishing with considerable
strengths in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Business. It aims to
be the academic publisher of choice for authors and customers around
the world.”

Macmillan Publishers Ltd
The Macmillan Building
4 Crinan Street
London N1 9XW
Tel: +44 (0) 2078 434611.
Email: s.lloyd@macmillan.co.uk
http://www.macmillan.com/


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I hope the information provided above is helpful. If you have any
questions regarding my answer please don’t hesitate to ask before
rating it.
Best regards,
rainbow-ga

Thank you for your quick and helpful answer.

“Heinemann Educational is the largest educational publisher in the
UK.”
http://library.newport.ac.uk/bookshops.html  “Online Bookshops” by
Alison Harding, updated February 2002, University of Wales College
Newport

“In 2000 Wolters Kluwer bought Thomas Nelson, doubling turnover and
making them number two in UK educational publishing.” Research Seminar
Series: Post-1960s Publishing (November 2000 - March 2001) Summary of
papers
http://www.sas.ac.uk/ies/RCHB/Publishing%20seminars/sem1.htm Institute
of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London