Congratulations to Bloomsbury Publishing!
On Monday, September 21, Credo’s CEO, Mike Sweet, and President, John Dove, visited Bloomsbury Publishing Plc in London to present Nigel Newton, CEO of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, with a Credo Publisher Award for earning a total of more than $500,000 in royalties from Credo. They are the first publisher to pass this threshold. Credo currently has content from 36 titles from among the following Bloomsbury imprints: Bloomsbury, A&C Black, Peter Collin, and Wisden. The A&C Black titles “Business: The Ultimate Resource”, “Black’s Medical Dictionary”, and “Black’s Veterinary Dictionary” are among some of the most popular titles on the Credo platform. The Bloomsbury name is known for its strong coverage of some of the staples of a good reference collection: dictionaries, etymologies, thesauri, biographical and quotation dictionaries.
In addition to meeting with Nigel Newton, we also met with Richard Charkin (former Chairman of Credo Reference) and Jonathan Glasspool (director of Bloomsbury Academic). After celebrating this milestone, the discussion turned to new Bloomsbury titles that could be added to the Credo Reference Service moving forward.
It almost goes without saying that the publishing world is in a great upheaval. Big winners, like Bloomsbury’s winning pick to publish J K Rowling’s Harry Potter, stand out in contrast to the general trend. So we are grateful that Bloomsbury took a bet on Credo Reference in our early days—when getting a growing annuity from subscriptions to reference book content was a novel idea. We’re pleased that this bet paid off and continues to do so.
Look to the future to see more Bloomsbury titles added to Credo’s reference platform. As we continue to build our service, we know that providing strong financial return to our publishing partners is critical to our long-run success.
