Sustainable publishing from Earthscan

Earthscan has a new home at James and James

As many of you will know, we were originally founded by the International Institute for Environment and Development, and for the last 12 years we have been a subsidiary of Kogan Page, a publisher of business and management books. We have now joined forces with James & James, an environmental technology publisher in order to create a more focused, dynamic and effective publisher on environmental and development issues.

Formally, James & James have acquired Earthscan, and a press release about the acquisition follows below. Earthscan staff and operations will all shortly be moving to the J&J offices in Camden, London. Our plans are then to expand Earthscan's publishing to meet the demands of the constituencies we serve through the range of media that J&J already publish in, and which include directories and reference works, journals and magazines, as well as books.

We intend to build on our reputation as a publisher on environmentally sustainable development, seeking primarily to provide accurate and timely information and analysis that decision-makers, professionals, academics and students can rely on. And our publishing remains committed to demonstrating the connections among the different issues and, above all, the interdependence of developing and developed country policies and prospects.

We look forward to being able to work with you in the future, whether as an author, adviser, reader or reviewer of our publications. If you have any publishing plans in hand, or just in mind, that you would like Earthscan to consider, please get in touch. We would be very pleased to discuss your ideas and proposals. And if you are already an author, rest assured that our publishing programme remains in place and we are confident of supporting it with more vigorous promotion and marketing. We are determined to remain the leading international publisher in our field.

With kind regards
Jonathan Sinclair
Wilson Publisher, James & James/Earthscan

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PRESS RELEASE
6th November 2003, for immediate release
Bigger IS more beautiful for sustainable publisher!
Earthscan and James & James join forces to create the world's largest publisher dedicated to delivering sustainability

James & James (Science Publishers) Limited, publisher of internationally renowned titles on renewable and sustainable energy, waste management and conservation, today announces the acquisition of Earthscan Publications Limited from Kogan Page Limited. This creates the most significant publisher focused on sustainability and environmental technology across a range of media, including books, magazines and journals for professionals and academics worldwide.

"Issues of sustainability and development are rapidly becoming the most urgent faced by governments and businesses around the world", asserts Edward Milford, founder and Managing Director of James & James. "By combining the strengths of both companies we are creating a business uniquely focused on these vital issues, and with the resources and reach to be heard around the globe. With Earthscan on board, James & James will be the publisher best able to help companies, organizations and researchers communicate to a global audience."

Jonathan Sinclair Wilson, Publisher at Earthscan, who has overseen the growth of that company over a dozen years to become the foremost international publisher on sustainable development, joins the Board of James & James. Sinclair Wilson comments: "This is perfect timing. I believe James & James is the perfect partner to further extend and enhance Earthscan's name and reputation as the leading publisher on environment and development issues, such as climate change, biodiversity loss and resource depletion."

Chris Blake will be joining the company as Chairman, bringing broad experience from the publishing and venture capital industries to help oversee the growth of the business. "Our mission is to facilitate communication globally between industry, researchers, professionals and agencies, using the full range of communication media - print, electronic or face to face - to get the message across."

Further information:

Edward Milford, Managing Director James & James (Science Publishers) Limited
8-12 Camden High Street London, NW1 0JH, UK telephone: +44 (0)20 7387 8558 email: [email protected] www.jxj.com Jonathan Sinclair Wilson, Publisher telephone: +44 (0)20 7843 1928 email: [email protected] www.earthscan.co.uk Christopher Blake, Chairman telephone: +44 (0)7973 834910 email: [email protected] Notes:
James & James (Science Publishers) Limited was founded by Edward Milford in 1990 and is the leading information provider in the fields of renewable energy, sustainable building and waste management, for an audience around the world. In addition to a wide range of professional books and reference works, James & James publishes the magazines Renewable Energy World, Waste Management World and Cogeneration and On-Site Power Production.

Earthscan Publications Limited has been a subsidiary of Kogan Page Limited since 1992, having been founded by the International Institute for Environment and Development in London in 1987. Earthscan has built up a strong reputation and unique position as the UK's leading publisher of general, academic and professional books on sustainable development.

Christopher Blake was, until spring 2003, an Investment Director of the private equity firm Inflexion plc. He was previously Managing Director of Elsevier Science Limited, at the culmination of a 15-year career in information and professional publishing. He was Managing Director and co-owner of babyworld.com, the leading parenting website sold to Freeserve plc in 1999.