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Signature Books represent a diverse list of publishers and many genres; including fiction (new and classic), film, politics, history, biography, health, humour, art and architecture, and green and ethical books.

Wooden Books
8A Market Place, Glastonbury,
Somerset, BA6 9HW
Exquisite illustrations, superfine printing, and the finest quality recycled papers...Wooden Books are not only award-winning and quirky-but-thorough introductions to the Liberal Arts but also wonderful examples of the physical pleasure that can be bundled into book form.
Distribution: Central Books link

Whitechapel Publishing
Whitechapel, 80-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX
Founded in 1901 to bring great art to the people of East London, the Whitechapel Art Gallery is internationally acclaimed for its exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and its pioneering education and public events programmes.
Distribution: Central Books link

Wallflower Press
132-134 College Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 1BQ
In a matter of years, Wallflower Press has become one of the world's most adventurous and comprehensive film-book publishers, bringing forth an enormous amount of high quality, new critical writing on cinema of all kinds.
Distribution: Central Books link

Tate Publishing
Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
For Midlands, North & Scotland 
Tate Publishing is one of the world's leading publishers on the visual arts. Their aim is to bring the best new writing on art and the highest quality reproductions to the widest possible range of readers.
Distribution: Tate Publishing link

Scala Publishers
c/o Antique Collectors Club
Sandy Lane, Old Martlesham
Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12
For Midlands, North & Scotland (through ACC)
Worldwide specialists dedicated to publishing high-quality books on museums, art galleries, cathedrals, historic monuments and religious and heritage sites.
Distribution: NBN International link

Publishing Services
9 Curwen Road, London W12 9AF
Set up by former Faber non-fiction director Susanne McDadd, Publishing Services works with both publishers and authors, offering outsourced marketing for independent publishers and partnership publishing for media-friendly authors.
Distribution: Central Books link

Redstone Press
7a St Lawrence Terrace, London W10 5SU
Redstone Press has over the past years created a distinctive house style. Redstone's titles are not just books about art, but artefacts: distinctively designed collections of words and images to delight the eye and tease the mind.
Distribution: Central Books link

Reaktion Books
33 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V ODX
Reaktion Books is respected world-wide as a publisher of high-quality books in many fields including art, architecture, cultural studies, history, film, photography, design, travel writing and Asian studies, producing stimulating and innovative titles for both the general and the academic reader.
Distribution: Grantham Book Services link
 
Quartet and Women's Press
27 Goodge Street, London WIP 2LD
Publishers of fiction and general non-fiction
Distribution: NBN International link

Pocket Issue
68 Carthew Road, London W6 0DX
Pocket Issue publish short and pithy primers, covering the big issues of the day in under 100 pages to get you up-to-speed with the facts behind the news headlines.
Distribution: Combined Book Services link

Peter Lang Publishers
Evenlode Court, Main Road,
Long Hamborough, Witney, Oxon OX29 8SZ
A major international academic publisher with its head office in Bern, Switzerland, and other offices in Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, New York, Oxford and Vienna - now creating a trade list for the UK market.
Distribution: Marston Book Services link

Old Street Publishing Ltd
Yowlestone House, Puddington, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 8LN
In a very short time, Old Street Publishing have shown themselves to be innovative and exciting new publishers of  fiction and general non-fiction, with a publishing output of - almost from a standstill start - over forty titles a year.
Distribution: Littlehampton Book Services link

Methuen/Politicos
8 Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RZ
Algernon Methuen Stedman, a schoolmaster, founded the Methuen list in June 1889 and it is still going strong today - the oldest independent publishing house in the UK.
Distribution: Total Book Services link

Images Publishing Group
c/o Antique Collectors Club
Sandy Lane, Old Martlesham
Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12
For Midlands, North & Scotland (through ACC)
Producing more than 40 casebound books a year, the group is one of the best-known international publishers of architecture and interior design titles.
Distribution: NBN International link

Human Givens Publishing
The Barn, Church Farm, Chalvington
East Sussex BN27 3TD
The Human Givens approach to psychology, psychotherapy and education is behind their best-selling titles, which use new knowledge about human psychology, biology and behaviour to create beneficial change in people's lives.
Distribution: Central Books link

Harbour Books
PO Box 10594, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 9PB
A publisher of fiction and non-fiction.
Distribution: Grantham Book Services link

Green Books
Foxhole, Dartington, Devon TQ9 6EB
For over twenty years, Green Books' aim has been to inform and inspire the general reader about environmental, spiritual and cultural issues of our time: the first and still the best Green list in the UK.
Distribution: Central Books link

Public Catalogue Foundation
33 Maiden Lane, London, WC2E 7JS
A registered charity with the aim to improve public access to oil paintings in public ownership by producing a series of affordable colour catalogues on a county-by-county basis.
Distribution: Marston link

Artemis Editions
Pinewood Studios, Pinewood Road
Iver Heath, Bucks SLO ONH
Using new formats to create exciting publications, Artemis's aim is to explain music-making clearly and in plain English - to communicate with anyone who actively takes part in making music, at whatever level.
Distribution: Central Books link

Antique Collectors' Club
Sandy Lane, Old Martlesham
Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12
World renowned publishers of definitive books on antiques and decorative arts, many of which are recognised as standard works of reference. All are beautifully illustrated and most are published in hardback.
Distribution: NBN International link

Prospect Books
Allaleigh House, Blackawton
Totnes, Devon, TQ9 7DL 
Publishers of books about cookery, food history and the enthnology of food.
Distribution: Central Books link

Legends Publishing
18 Darby Crescent, Funbury
Middlesex, TW16 5LA 
Publishers of a fast growing series of books on football clubs of all sizes and in every division.  These books tell the passionate stories of legendary players and the die-hard fans who watched their heroes in action.
Distribution: Central Books link

Peirene Press
17 Cheverton Road
London, N19 3BB 
A small prestigious publishing house specializing in contemporary European literature in English translation.
Distribution: Central Books link

Cornerhouse
70 Oxford Street
Manchester, M1 5NH
Features publications focussing in contempoary visual arts. Their lists includes architecture, art theory, fashion, film and video, painting, performance and sculpture.
Distribution: Cornerhouse

Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd
47 Street Lane, Leeds,
West Yorkshire. LS8 1AP
A small independent book publisher, founded in May 2008. Based in Yorkshire, their aim is to produce high-quality books that are of worldwide interest, yet offer a distinctive taste of the North of England. Already, they have published - or are in the process of publishing - a number of books covering such subjects as rugby league, cricket, football, boxing, comedy, policing, World War Two, theatre and religion.
Distribution: Scratching Shed. Also available from Gardners and Bertrams.

The Good Life Press
Unit 110, Oyston Mill, Strand Road,
Preston, PR1 8UR
Specializes in publications for the farmer, smallholder and "anyone who wants to grab a slice of the good life, whether they live in the country or city".
Distribution: Central Books link

Prestel Publishing
4 Bloomsbury Place
London WC1A 2QA
Prestel Publishing is one of the world's leading publishers in the fields of art, architecture, photography, design, cultural history, and ethnography.
Distribution: Macmillan Distribution link