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| Status | Active |
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Distribution | United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | www |
Austin Macauley Publishers Limited is a British publishing company, with offices in London, New York and Sharjah. The company was founded in 2006 and publishes fiction and non-fiction books. It publishes new and established authors.[1] The company publishes books in English and Arabic languages.[2]
The company operates what it calls a 'hybrid' publishing model,[3][failed verification] claiming to offer some 'traditional' contracts to prospective authors as well as 'contributory' contracts, in which the author pays a part of the publication cost.
Authors published by the company have included:
Publishers Weekly named Austin Macauley one of the fastest growing independent publishers in 2018.[17]
Their International Publishing Director is Jade Robertson.[18] She was also listed among 'The 30 Most Influential Women in the Arab World 2019.[19]'
Associated with Independent Publishers Guild (IPG)[20] Austin Macauley Publishers is a member of The Publishers Association.[21]
Austin Macauley appeared on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America 'Thumbs Down' Publishers List, which, according to the association, contains the companies "about which [they] have received the largest number of complaints over the years, or which [they] consider to pose the most significant hazard for writers".[22] It was also discussed in a report by the Writers Guild of Great Britain and the Society of Authors, in which it was criticised for a lack of transparency regarding the cost to authors of publishing with the company.[23]
