Publisher descriptions/intro research

Its Nice That

"It’s Nice That believes passionately that creative inspiration is for everyone and by championing the most exciting and engaging work online, in print and through our events programme, we want to open up this world to the widest possible audience.

Founded in 2007, It’s Nice That has grown across many platforms and reaches over a million people each month. These include the website which is updated daily, a bi-annual magazine Printed Pages, a summer symposium Here and the monthly Nicer Tuesdays talks series."

• Education around creative industries 
• biannual magazine release summing up the previous 6 months in the creative world
• Featuring interviews and showcasing up and coming artists
• seems to be aimed more at people with an interest in the creative industries
• "part of the The Hudson Bec Group which exists to enable creativity to thrive"
• Produce publications and digital content as well as creating events.
• "These include the website which is updated daily, a bi-annual magazine Printed Pages, a summer symposium Here and the monthly Nicer Tuesdays talks series."
• Part of the same group is "Anyways, a creative agency that guides brands and organisations through the busy, broad worlds of culture and communication, and Lecture in Progress, helping the next generation of creatives make better career decisions by inspiring and informing them of the breadth of opportunities that exist in the creative industry."
  
  Nobrow
  
  "Nobrow burst into existence in late 2008 as the joint creative endeavour of two friends and ex-St Martin’s alumni: Sam Arthur and Alex Spiro. Since its inception Nobrow Ltd. has sought to make great design, ground-breaking art and narrative, luscious production values and environmental consciousness central to its mission. We have striven both to bring fresh, young talent to wider audiences, as well as to remind the world of the great talents that have been producing stunning work for many years."
  
  "We have played with concepts, narratives, genres, formats, printing methods, production processes and design in ways that have come to redefine the standards of quality in visual publishing the world over. We have also, thankfully, picked up some awards and accolades along the way."

• Independent
• started by two St martin's Alumni
• bold unique identity 
• focussed on specific publishing categories (specialists)
• childrens book and illustrated narratives

Macmillan

"Macmillan Publishers is a global trade book publishing company with prominent imprints around the world. Macmillan publishes a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and format. U.S. publishers include Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Picador, St. Martin’s Press, and Tor Books. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, Macmillan publishes under the Pan Macmillan name. The German company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur."

"Nowadays Macmillan is one of the largest and best-known international publishers in the world, operating in over 70 countries."

• Founded in 1843
• Expanded around the globe in 1960's
• "Serious academic, educational and literary publishing was followed by significant growth in reference programmes and college textbooks as well as educational and scientific journals. New international opportunities were grasped and publishing operations were set up in Japan, Mexico and the emerging markets of Africa and Asia."
• Huge publishing company with global reach that publish books in a comprehensive range of categories fro both adults and children