Virgin Books
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Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.
Virgin established its book publishing arm in the late 1970s; in the latter part of the 1980s Virgin purchased several existing companies, including WH Allen, well-known among Doctor Who fans for their Target Books imprint; Virgin Books was incorporated into WH Allen in 1989, but in 1991 WH Allen was renamed Virgin Publishing Ltd.
Among Virgin Publishing's best-known books are the Doctor Who New Adventures novels, officially-licensed full-length novels carrying on the story of the popular science-fiction television series following its cancellation in 1989. Virgin published this series from 1991 to 1997, as well as several range of Doctor Who reference books from 1992 to 1998 under the Doctor Who Books imprint.
Other popular ranges have included various erotic fiction lines (Black Lace for heterosexual women, Nexus for heterosexual men (fetish), Idol for gay men, Sapphire for lesbians), episode guides to numerous television series, and books on a variety of films and musicians. It also published the autobiography of its owner, Richard Branson. In recent years the company has returned to the name Virgin Books.
Random House, through its United Kingdom division, acquired a 90% stake in the company in March 2007.[1]
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