Under Martin, that company, which would become Blackwell Publishers in , shifted its primary focus to the academic book market, helping to establish the company as a world leader. In another expansion effort, the company founded University Bookshops, a joint venture with Oxford University, in order to supply academic books to the growing number of new universities in the United Kingdom. By then, Blackwell's had undergone a changing of the guard, following Richard Blackwell's death in , and Basil Blackwell's death in The company remained firmly in the Blackwell family's hands, and members of the family remained active in the company's direction as well.
Through the end of the decade, the group's expansion continued, particularly through acquisitions, which permitted the company to enter the French and German markets. The company also developed a new subsidiary operation, Blackwell Healthare Communication, which partnered with and targeted the pharmaceutical industry.
Blackwell Publishers, in the meantime, had begun increasingly to target the North American market, in an effort to establish itself as a world leader in a number of publishing segments.
As a result, the company captured the world lead in the social sciences and humanities segments by the middle of the s. This purchase helped shift the group's focus, with more than half of its revenues coming from North America by the early s. Blackwell had in the meantime begun to explore new horizons, and especially the growing Internet market. In , the company launched its own online effort, Blackwell Synergy, providing online access to the full text of its journals. Throughout the s and into the s, Blackwell also moved to increase its portfolio of titles; by the middle of the s, the company more than doubled its title list, topping in A major part of this effort came through partnerships with small university presses or private publishers which turned over the publication of their journals to Blackwell.
At the same time, Blackwell continued to acquire other publishers, including Futura Publishing Company and its 42 journals, purchased in Until the early s, Blackwell Publishers and Blackwell Science had operated as separate companies under the Blackwell family's control. In , however, the two companies were merged under a single holding company, Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The move seemed to spark a family feud, as members of the Blackwell family began to disagree about the company's direction and even found themselves faced with a hostile takeover offer.
The company remained in the Blackwell family's control, however, and remained committed to its status as a private company. Into the mids, Blackwell adapted its strategy to the shifting global market. The company announced its decision to sell off many of its retail holdings, which by then numbered some 50 stores. The first store sell off was completed in the first half of Blackwell set its sights on expanding its publishing presence in the booming Asian market. The company opened a new office in Shanghai, China, in The October of the following year, Blackwell expanded its regional presence with the opening of a new subsidiary in Singapore.
These efforts quickly paid off, and by the beginning of , Blackwell could already boast a portfolio of more than journal titles in the Asian market. In early the company announced it expected to add as many as 60 new titles in the year to come, boosting its total to more than From a small bookstore in Oxford, the Blackwell name had grown into the world's leading international society journal publisher.
United States ; Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ABC Inc. Donnelley and Sons Co. Upon finishing his formal education at the age of 13, Benjamin was apprenticed to local bookseller, Charles Richards, for a shilling a year. From the outset, ' Mr. Blackwell's little shop ' had a special air about it. The store was originally only twelve feet square but quickly grew to incorporate the upstairs, cellar and neighbouring shops. Described as 'a terrible radical' by a Don at Corpus Christi, he was not one to take notice of the opinions of others.
As the business grew, so did the Blackwell family. Basil Blackwell, Benjamin Henry's son, became the first Blackwell to go to university; he was awarded a scholarship at Oxford University's Merton College. But nonetheless he was expected to join the family firm. That 'a man must serve the trade by which he lives' was his father's watchword. Basil Blackwell joined his father in Broad Street in , after a spell as an apprentice publisher in London. His first task was to expand his father's publishing ventures; the first Blackwell publication had come off the press in Many famous writers had cut their teeth at Blackwell's and in J.
Rene Olivieri becomes Managing Director. Blackwell Publishers focuses on international textbooks and journals. Blackwell Science launches Blackwell Healthcare Communication Ltd, a pharmeceutical communication company. After some discussion, the Blackwell family decides to refuse the offer.
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