Mainstream Publishing
Mainstream Publishing was a publishing company in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 1978, it ceased trading in December 2013. It was associated with the Random House Group, who bought Mainstream in 2005.
Mainstream Publishing
- Founded
- 1978
- Headquarters
- Edinburgh
- Dissolved
- 2013
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Mainstream Publishing was a publishing company in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 1978, it ceased trading in December 2013. It was associated with the Random House Group, who bought Mainstream in 2005.
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• Parent — Random House • Founded — 1978 • Defunct — 2013 • Country — Scotland, UK • Headquarters — Edinburgh • Distribution — The Book Service • Publications — Books
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Its publications include Magnus Magnusson's Fakers, Forgers and Phoneys (2005), Trevor White's Kitchen Con: Writing on the Restaurant Racket (2006), Gordon Haskell's autobiography The Road to Harry's Bar: Forty Years on the Potholed Path to Stardom (2006), Gordon Brown's Britain's Everyday Heroes (2007), Henry Allingham's Kitchener's Last Volunteer (2008) (with Denis Goodwin), and Mukesh Kapila's Against a Tide of Evil (2013).
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