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| − | Pan Books was founded in 1944. | + | Pan Books was founded by Alan Bott in 1944. Over the next 8 years, a consortium consisting of Collins, [[Publisher:Macmillan|Macmillan]], [[Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton|Hodder & Stoughton]] and Heinemann purchased a 48% share in Pan and in 1962, when [[Publisher:NAL|New American Library]] attempted to take over, Collins and Macmillan bought Pan outright. In 1969 Heinemann rejoined by buying a third share. As of 2008, just an imprint of the [[Publisher:Pan Macmillan|Pan Macmillan]] Group. |
Some history and the pre-ISBN books can be found [http://www.tikit.net/ here]. | Some history and the pre-ISBN books can be found [http://www.tikit.net/ here]. | ||
Usual ISBN Prefix 0330 | Usual ISBN Prefix 0330 | ||
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| + | Pan shares most of its authors with Macmillan: e.g. {{A|Douglas Adams}}, {{A|Ken Follett}} and {{A|James Herbert}} | ||
Revision as of 13:04, 6 August 2008
Pan Books was founded by Alan Bott in 1944. Over the next 8 years, a consortium consisting of Collins, Macmillan, Hodder & Stoughton and Heinemann purchased a 48% share in Pan and in 1962, when New American Library attempted to take over, Collins and Macmillan bought Pan outright. In 1969 Heinemann rejoined by buying a third share. As of 2008, just an imprint of the Pan Macmillan Group.
Some history and the pre-ISBN books can be found here.
Usual ISBN Prefix 0330
Pan shares most of its authors with Macmillan: e.g. Douglas Adams, Ken Follett and James Herbert