I.B. Tauris

I.B. Tauris is an educational publishing house and imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.^[4] It was an independent publishing house with offices in London and New York City until its purchase in May 2018 by Bloomsbury Publishing.

I.B. Tauris

Parent company	Bloomsbury Publishing
Status	Active
Founded	1983
Founder	Iradj Bagherzade
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Headquarters location	London
Distribution	Macmillan Publishers Services (UK)[1] Baker & Taylor (US)[2][3]
Nonfiction topics	Art, Biography, Environmental studies, Geography, History, International relations, Middle East, Philosophy, Politics, Religious studies, Travel, Visual culture
Imprints	Tauris Parke Paperbacks Tauris Academic Studies Philip Wilson Publishers
Official website	ibtauris.com

It specialises in non-fiction books on Asian studies, the history of art, history of the Middle Ages and the modern period, politics and international relations, the Middle East and Islamic world generally, religious studies, geography and environment, and visual culture (including film, photography, and contemporary art). Its books are aimed primarily at the specialist market, including academics and students of higher education. The company also sells to a general audience.^[5]

History

I.B. Tauris was founded in 1983 by Iradj Bagherzade. Its declared strategy was to fill a perceived gap between trade publishing houses and university presses, to publish serious but accessible works on international politics and culture.^[6] The company specialised in its early days on publishing on the Middle East. In 2002 it published approximately 160 books per year.

In the period following the September 11 attacks, 2001, its publication Taliban by Ahmed Rashid is reported to have sold nearly 500,000 copies in English worldwide with 27 licensed editions internationally.^[7]

In May 2011, the company acquired the fine arts publisher Philip Wilson Publishers after handling its sales, marketing, and distribution for several years.^[8]

In June 2013, the company announced an agreement with the American University in Cairo Press (AUCP), under which I.B. Tauris distributes all AUCP publications worldwide, outside North America and Egypt. The two publishing houses also embarked on a series of international co-publications. This move was reportedly in line with an I.B. Tauris strategy to be the dominant player in international Middle East Studies publishing.^[9]

In 2018, I.B. Tauris was acquired by Bloomsbury Publishing, and has become an imprint of the publishing house.^[10][11]

References

1. "Macmillan Distribution – Publishers". Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
2. "The 2016 Book Distributors Profiles – Publishing Trends". Archived from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
3. "Baker & Taylor Launches Publisher Services Business". Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
4. "ACADEMIC: Middle East: Books: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)". Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
5. Bagherzade, Iradj; The Book Depository. "Publisher of the week—IB Tauris". Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
6. Zeitchik, Steven (7 January 2002). "Mideast Studies House Hits Its Stride". Publishers Weekly. Reed Business Information. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
7. McDonnell, Jonathan (6 October 2004). "Hardlines in the headlines". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
8. Page, Benedicte (9 May 2011). "I B Tauris buys PWP". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
9. Bookseller Staff (26 June 2013). "I B Tauris links with AUCP Archived 3 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine". The Bookseller. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
10. "Bloomsbury Buys IB Tauris". PublishersWeekly.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
11. "I.B.Tauris Publishers". Retrieved 8 July 2018.

External links

• Official website