The Continuum International Publishing Group

with offices in London & New York, was established in October 1999. Continuum combines the former academic and religious divisions of Cassell plc in the UK and the Continuum Publishing Company in New York. Its strategic goals include rapid growth of its publishing lists as well as acquisitions of compatible publishing companies or imprints.

For several decades, the name CONTINUUM has stood for high literary and scholarly achievement, breadth of intellectual concern, critical independence, and a passion for publishing praxis. The newly established Continuum International Publishing Group combines distinguished backlist with a vigorous and ground breaking new title program.

Continuum is recognized for its high quality publishing programs of serious non-fiction books, as well as scholarly monographs, and educational texts and reference works in the areas of history, politics, and social thought; literature, criticism, and the performing arts; religion, and spirituality; education, psychology, and women¹s studies; as well as business, and other professional publications.

Continuum New York, founded in 1980 by Werner Mark Linz as an independent publishing enterprise, continues the publishing programs developed originally under the Herder & Herder, Seabury Press, and Crossroad/Continuum imprints. Continuum London continues the academic publishing lists of Cassell including the Pinter, Mansell, Mowbray, Geoffrey Chapman, and Leicester University Press imprints.

Continuum celebrated its first year as an international group in October 2000. Four lists joined the group in its first year. In March 2000, the theological lists of A & C Black Ltd brought a highly regarded New Testament commentary series to the group. In July 2000 the group purchased the old established Catholic imprint of Burns & Oates ("Publishers to the Holy See") and with it a distinguished backlist including Jedin¹s History of the Church, Butler¹s Lives of the Saints and Copleston¹s History of Philosophy. Later in July 2000 the group was joined by T & T Clark based in Edinburgh, Scotland. T & T Clark was founded in 1821 and its prominent religious authors have included Karl Barth, Martin Buber, C.E.B. Cranfield, Robin Gill, Adam Nichols, Rowan Williams, Eberhand Jungel and Hans Urs von Balthasar.

In September 2000 the group acquired the higher educational textbook programme of Letts. This sharply focused list covered management and computer textbooks which exactly complimented the Continuum professional educational programme in management, hospitality and teacher education.

Philip Sturrock is Chairman and Chief Executive of the group and Werner Mark Linz Vice-Chairman and Publisher-at-Large and Frank Roney, group finance director. The senior publishing staff of Continuum New York includes Nick Weir-Williams, Ulla Schnell, Frank Oveis, Evander Lomke, Kevin Moran, and Justus George Lawler. The senior publishing staff of Continuum London includes Robin Baird-Smith, Janet Joyce, John Parsons, Ian Sherratt, Caroline Wintersgill, Anthony Haynes, David Barker, Veronica Higgs, Georgina Brindley, Catherine Johnston, and Scipio Stringer.

PRESS RELEASE    5th October 2000 CONTINUUM CELEBRATES ITS FIRST YEAR.
PRESS RELEASE     19 September 2000 The Continuum International Publishing Group acquires the Letts Higher Education List from the Granada Media Group.
PRESS RELEASE     11th July 2000 The Continuum International Publishing Group Acquires T & T Clark.
PRESS RELEASE    3rd July 2000 The Continuum International Publishing Group Acquires Burns & Oates.
PRESS RELEASE     1 MARCH 2000 CONTINUUM ACQUIRE A & C BLACK'S RELIGIOUS LIST
ANNOUNCEMENT    11TH OCTOBER 1999 New Continuum International Publishing Group Established in London and New York

PRESS RELEASE    5th October 2000 CONTINUUM CELEBRATES ITS FIRST YEAR.

The Continuum International Publishing Group celebrates its first year in October 2000. Formed when Philip Sturrock joined forces with Werner Mark Linz to buy out the academic and religious lists of Cassell and purchase the Continuum Publishing Company of New York (from which the group takes its name), it has had a busy first year.

Much has been accomplished · The distinguished publishing backlist has been joined by over 300 new titles including The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook by Jones & Jolliffe, Ray & Jean Greek's Sacred Cows & Golden Geese, The Catechism of the Catholic Church (popular edition), Michael Gray's monumental study of Bob Dylan - Song & Dance Man ?and a new edition of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

· Four acquisitions have been completed. The theology list of A & C Black, the long established Burns & Oates Catholic imprint ("Publishers to the Holy See"); T & T Clark Ltd, a venerable and scholarly theological publishing in Edinburgh and the Letts Higher Education textbook programme.

· The transatlantic vision of the group has been focused by the decision to relocate Dr. David Barker, cultural studies editor, from London to New York.

· The UK office has moved from the north side of the Thames on Waterloo Bridge to the south, next door to Waterloo Station (The Tower Building, 11 York Road, Waterloo, London, SE1 7NX, United Kingdom. Tel: 020 7922 0880 Fax: 020 7922 0881).

· The group's website - www.continuumbooks.com was launched both as a fully international electronic information source on the group's new titles and its extensive backlist but also as an e-commerce facility which is already generating orders.

· The group's UK distribution subsidiary, Orca Book Services Ltd, has grown significantly taking on many new clients in its first year.

Continuum enjoys financial support from the private equity house of Botts & Co. in London, UK, and continues to look for compatible publishing companies or imprints in the UK and USA, that share its academic or scholarly focus in the humanities or religion. Chairman Philip Sturrock commented: "It's been an exciting and fast expanding year but our goals remain steady: to grow our international business, publishing books of distinction of which we can be proud. We look forward to our second year confirming and enhancing our place as leading theological and academic publishers. Watch out for John Allen's controversial study of Cardinal Ratzinger - The Vatican's Enforcer of The Faith".

For further information

Philip Sturrock:        +44 (0)20 7922 0880
Chairman                      +1 212 953 5858

Werner Mark Linz:   +1 212 953 5858
Vice Chairman            +44 (0)20 7922 0880
& Publisher-at-Large

PRESS RELEASE    19 September 2000
The Continuum International Publishing Group acquires the Letts Higher Education List from the Granada Media Group.

The directors of The Continuum International Publishing Group Limited ("Continuum") are delighted to announce the acquisition of the Letts Higher Education list from Letts Educational Limited and DP Publications Limited, both subsidiaries of Granada Learning Limited.

Continuum with offices in London and New York, was established in October 1999 as a new independent publishing venture by Philip Sturrock and Werner Mark Linz in cooperation with the private equity house of Botts & Company in London. Continuum combines the former publishing programmes of the Cassell Academic and Religious Divisions and of the Continuum Publishing Company of New York. Its strategic goals include rapid growth of its current publishing lists as well as acquisitions of compatible publishing companies or imprints.

The Letts Higher Education list covers Business, Management, Accountancy, Computer Studies and a series of software guides. It features several well known and established authors, including Gerald Cole, Terry Lucey and Alan Millichamp. Amongst the best known titles are: Management Theory and Practice (Cole); Costing (Lucey); Management Information Systems 8th edition (Lucey), Computer Science (French) and Business Maths and Statistics (Francis).

The list will complement Continuum's existing Business and Management list featuring such authors as Ray Wild (e.g. Productions and Operations Management), David Evans (Supervisory Management), Alan Pizzey (Accounting and Finance), John Spencer and Adrian Pruss (The Professional Secretary). Added to Continuum's other professional lists - Hospitality and Tourism, Counselling, Education and Child Care - the Letts HE list will make a major contribution to the company's development as a leading professional publisher.

The list will be managed by Anthony Haynes (Commissioning Editor) and Emma Cook (Assistant Editor). The books (which were distributed for Letts Educational by TBS) will be distributed by Orca Book Services Limited, Continuum's wholly owned subsidiary. Orders should be sent to Orca Book Services, Stanley House, 3 Fleets Lane, Poole, Dorset, BH15 3AJ (tel. 01202 665432; fax 01202 666219).

The acquisition of the Letts Higher Education list is Continuum's fourth acquisition in recent months, following the acquisition of A & C Black's religious list and of two religious publishers, the Burns & Oates imprint and T & T Clark Limited. It demonstrates Continuum's commitment to its objective to lead the market in religious, academic and professional publishing.

Although the newly acquired titles have sold primarily in the UK and Commonwealth, they will now be available in North America from Continuum USA, 370 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017-6550, USA (tel. + 1 212 953 5858; fax + 1 212 953 5944). American distribution will be handled by Books International.

Further information:

Chairman:    Philip Sturrock Tel: 020 7922 0880 (London)   001 212 953 5858 (New York)
Editor:         Anthony Haynes Tel. 020 7922 0896   e-mail: ahaynes@continuumbooks.com
Assistant Editor:        Emma Cook Tel. 020 7922 0894   e-mail: ecook@continuumbooks.com
New York:   Nick Weir-Williams Tel. 001 2012 953 5858   e-mail: nickww@continuum-books.com
website:        www.continuumbooks.com

Orders

Orca Book Services, Stanley House, 3 Fleets Lane, Poole, Dorset, BH15 3AJ
tel.(0)1202 665432
fax (0)1202 666219

Business, Management and Accounting
Accounting and Finance in Business	Bendrey, Hussey and West	1-85805-190-8
Auditing 7th Ed	Millichamp	1-85805-163-0
Business for Non-Business Students	Campbell	1-85805-082-0
Business Law 6th Ed	Abbott and Pendlebury	1-85805-022-7
Business Maths and Statistics 5th Ed	Francis	1-85805-369-2
Company Law	Abbott	1-85805-023-5
Cost and Management Accounting	Lucey	1-85805-053-7
Costing	Lucey	1-85805-165-7
Data Processing and IT 10th Ed	French	1-85805-171-1
Discovering Marketing	Stokes	1-85805-006-5
Economics	Powell	1-85805-032-4
Elements of Marketing	Morden	1-85805-021-9
English for Business	Chilver	1-85805-063-4
Finance for Non-Financial Managers	Millichamp	1-85805-304-8
Financial Accounting Solutions Manual	Jennings	1-85805-010-3
Financial Management 6th Edition	Brockington	1-85805-025-1
First Course in Statistics 2nd Ed	Booth	1-85805-139-8
Foundation Accounting 5th Edition	Millichamp	1-85805-312-9
How to get into Management NVQ Level 3	Johnson and Parker	1-85805-345-5
How to get into Management NVQ Level 4	Johnson and Parker	1-85805-346-3
Management Accounting 4th Edition	Lucey	1-85805-180-0
Management Information Systems 8th Ed	Lucey	1-85805-303-X
Management Theory and Practice	Cole	1-85805-166-5
Marketing: A Case Study Approach	Stokes	1-85805-305-6
Organisational Behaviour	Cole	1-85805-135-5
Personnel Management 4th Ed	Cole	1-85805-167-3
Quantitative Techniques 5th Ed	Lucey	1-85805-183-5
Refresher in Basic Maths2nd Ed	Rowe	1-87094-161-6
Small Business Management 3rd Ed	Stokes	1-85805-370-6
Strategic Management 2nd Ed	Cole	1-85805-184-3
Successful Study Essential Skills	Shah	1-85805-357-9
Tackling Coursework	Parker	1-85805-101-0
Taxation 1999	Rowes	1-85805-401-X
Taxation 96-97	Rowes	1-85805-186-X
Taxation 97-98	Rowes	1-85805-311-0
Taxation 98-99	Rowes	1-85805-372-2
Taxation 2000	Rowes	1-85805-829-5
Software Guides
Access 2	Coles and Rowley	1-85805-181-9
Access 7 Basic Skills	Coles and Rowley	1-85805-299-8
Access 7 Further Skills	Coles and Rowley	1-85805-217-3
Access 97 Basic Skills	Coles and Rowley	1-85805-299-8
Access 97 Further Skills	Coles and Rowley	1-85805-300-5
AutoCAD	Lockley and Mahdjoubi	1-85805-154-1
Excel 5 2nd Ed	Muir	1-85805-191-6
Excel 7	Muir	1-85805-173-8
Excel 97 Basic Skills	Muir	1-85805-219-X
Excel 97 Further Skills	Muir	1-85805-218-1
Office 95	Hill	1-85805-235-1
Office 97	Hill	1-85805-233-8
Powerpoint 97	Coles and Rowley	1-85805-358-7
Windows 3.1/3.11 and MS DOS	Muir	1-85805-200-9
Windows 95	Muir	1-85805-124-X
Windows 98	Muir	1-85805-378-1
Word 6 2nd Ed	Coles and Rowley	1-85805-192-4
Word 7	Coles and Rowley	1-85805-187-8
Word 97 Basic Skills	Coles and Rowley	1-85805-221-1
Word 97 Further Skills	Coles and Rowley	1-85805-222-X
Wordperfect 6.0 for Windows	Leonard	1-85805-097-9
Works 3 2nd Ed	Weale	1-85805-155-X
Works 4 for Windows 95	Weale	1-85805-297-1
Computing Textbooks
Computer Science 5th Ed	French	1-85805-164-9
Computer Studies	French	1-87398-118-X
Maths for Computing	Callan	1-85805-375-7
Database Design and Management	Dowling	1-85805-361-7
Human Computer Interface	Hill	1-85805-119-3
Introductory Java	Parsons	1-85805-366-8
Introductory Pascal 2nd Ed	Holmes	1-85805-007-3
Introductory Visual Basic 2nd Ed	McBride	1-85805-231-9
Local Area Networks 3rd Ed	Hodson	1-85805-230-0
Modula-2 Programming 2nd ed	Holmes	1-85805-081-2
Object-Oriented Programming 2nd Ed	Parsons	1-85805-232-7
Operating Systems 3rd Ed	Ritchie	1-85805-302-1
Pascal Programming 2nd Ed	Holmes	1-87094-165-9
Programming in Visual Basic	McBride	1-85805-092-8
Programming with ANSI C	Holmes	1-85805-117-7
Prolog for Students	Callear	1-85805-093-6
Relational Database Principles	Ritchie	1-85805363-3
Structured Programming in COBOL	Holmes	1-87094-182-9
Visual Basic: A Complete Course	Jones	1-85805-234-3
ELBS / LPBB/ BBM /ELST
BBM Foundation Accounting	Millichamp	1-85805-144-4
BBM Management Information System	Lucey	1-85805-390-0
ELBS Financial Accounting Studies Text	Jennings	1-85805-055-3
ELST Costing	Lucey	1-85805-694-2
ELST Management Accounting	Lucey	1-85805-665-9
ELST Personnel Management	Cole	1-85805-648-9
ELST Quantitative Techniques	Lucey	1-85805-666-7
ELST Management Theory and Practice	Cole	1-85805-762-0
LPBB Auditing	Millichamp	1-85805-308-0
LPBB Business Administration	Lucey	1-85805-141-X
LPBB Business for Non-Business Students	Campbell	1-85805-142-8
LPBB Business Law 6th Ed	Abbot	1-85805-072-3
LPBB Business Maths and Statistics 4th Ed	Francis	1-85805-140-1
LPBB Costing 5th Ed	Lucey	1-85805-199-1
LPBB Data Processsing and Information Technology	French	1-85805-309-9
LPBB Elements of Marketing 3rd Ed	Morden	1-85805-071-5
LPBB English for Business 2nd Ed	Chilver	1-85805-063-4
LPBB Finance for Non-Financial Managers	Millichamp	1-85805-306-4
LPBB First Course in Stats 2nd Ed	Booth	1-85805-139-8
LPBB Foundation Accounting 4th Ed	Millichamp	1-85805-144-4
LPBB Management Accounting 4th Ed	Stokes	1-85805-189-4
LPBB Management Information Systems	Lucey	1-85805-143-6
LPBB Management Theory and Practice	Cole	1-85805-196-7
LPBB Organisational Behaviour 1st Ed	Cole	1-85805-307-2
LPBB Personnel Management 4th Ed	Cole	1-85805-198-3
LPBB Quantitative Techniques 5th Ed	Lucey	1-85805-188-6
LPBB Small Business Management	Lucey	1-85805-137-1
LPBB Strategic Management	Cole	1-85805-138-X
LPBB Strategic Management 2nd Ed	Cole	1-85805-197-5
ELBS Advanced Level Business Studies	Danks	1-85805-105-3
ELBS Advanced Level Accounting	Randall	1-85805-049-9
ELBS Business Law	Abbot	1-85805-050-2
ELBS Computer Studies	French	1-85805-197-X
ELBS Costing	Lucey	1-85805-215-7
ELBS Data Processing and Information Technology	French	1-85805-212-2
ELBS Economics	Powell	1-85805-061-8
ELBS Elements of Marketing	Morden	1-85805-054-5
ELBS Financial Accounting Solutions Manual	Jennings	1-85805-056-1
ELBS Financial Management	Brockington	1-85805-058-8
ELBS First Cost and Management Accounting	Lucey	1-85805-053-7
ELBS Foundation Accounting	Millichamp	1-85805-211-4
ELBS Management Accounting	Lucey	1-85805-213-0
ELBS Management Information Systems	Lucey	1-85805-107-X
ELBS Management Theory and Practice	Cole	1-85805-208-4
ELBS Pascal Programming	Holmes	1-85805-062-6
ELBS Quantitative Techniques	Lucey	1-85805-216-5

PRESS RELEASE    11th July 2000   The Continuum International Publishing Group Acquires T & T Clark.

The directors of The Continuum International Publishing Group are delighted to announce the acquisition of the old-established Scottish publishing house T & T Clark with over 1000 titles in print.

The Continuum International Publishing Group, with offices in London and New York, was established in October 1999 as a new independent publishing venture by Philip Sturrock and Werner Mark Linz in cooperation with the private equity house of Botts & Company in London. Continuum International combines the former publishing programmes of the Cassell Academic and Religious Divisions and of the Continuum Publishing Company of New York. Its strategic goals include rapid growth of its current publishing lists as well as acquisitions of compatible publishing companies or imprints.

T & T Clark was founded in Edinburgh in 1821. Originally established as a legal publisher, it launched its first religious book list in 1832. In these two areas T & T Clark have long held a position of pre-eminence and its prominent religious authors have included Karl Barth, Martin Buber, C.E.B. Cranfield, Robin Gill, Aidan Nichols, Rowan Williams, Eberhard Jungel, and Hans Urs Von Balthasar. In recent years, under the direction of Geoffrey Green, the publishing of T & T Clark has been especially innovative, international and of high quality.

As part of the larger Continuum group T & T Clark will expand and maintain its own clear identity within its new parent publishing group. Geoffrey Green will continue in his role as Publishing Director of the imprint and will remain in charge of its editorial activities. He will work closely with Robin Baird-Smith, the Publishing Director with overall responsibility in London for Continuum's religious books, and both Geoffrey Green and Robin Baird-Smith will report directly to Philip Sturrock, the group Chairman.

With its existing imprints of Geoffrey Chapman, Mowbray and Burns & Oates, Continuum has become a major publisher for Anglican and Roman Catholic audiences, especially through its liturgical publishing. With the acquisition of T & T Clark, Continuum now includes an imprint which has been historically protestant and scholarly and which has also devoted much energy towards publishing continental theology in translation. This tradition will be embraced enthusiastically by Continuum both in London and New York.

The acquisition of T & T Clark is Continuum's third acquisition in recent months (A & C Black's religious list and Burns & Oates have both recently joined the group) aimed at increasing the range of its religious publishing.

Further information:

T & T Clark:      Geoffrey Green - 0131 225 4703
Continuum London: Robin Baird-Smith - 020 7420 5551, Philip Sturrock - 020 7420 5516
Continuum New York: Werner Mark Linz - 001 212 953 5858, Philip Sturrock - 001 212 953 5858

PRESS RELEASE   3rd July 2000 The Continuum International Publishing Group Acquires Burns & Oates.

The directors of The Continuum International Publishing Group are delighted to announce the acquisition of the old-established publishing house of Burns & Oates with over 200 religious titles in print.

The Continuum International Publishing Group, with offices in London and New York, was established in October 1999 as a new independent publishing venture by Philip Sturrock and Werner Mark Linz in cooperation with the private equity house of Botts & Company in London http://www.bottscompany.com/. Continuum International combines the former publishing programmes of the Cassell Academic and Religious Divisions and of the Continuum Publishing Company, and its strategic goals include rapid growth of its current publishing lists as well as acquisitions of compatible publishing companies or imprints.

The directors wish to maintain the company's pre-eminent position as a publisher of religious books on both sides of the Atlantic. As well as building a programme of exciting and original books in the areas of religion, theology, spirituality and liturgy, Continuum welcomes other religious book imprints which will form part of its coherent plan for the future. Burns & Oates is a perfect fit and will sit alongside Geoffrey Chapman, Mowbray and the recently acquired theological list of A & C Black.

Burns & Oates, Publishers to the Holy See, was established in 1859 by James Burns to publish books for the Roman Catholic community in this country. A convert and a friend of Cardinal Newman, Burns built up a successful business by publishing liturgical books and official publications of the Catholic church but also by bringing out original books on theology and spirituality.

In 1970 Countess Charlotte de la Bédoyère took most of its assets into the newly-formed Search Press. The recent retirement of Countess de la Bédoyère and the rapid growth of Search Press' core business of craft books, have led the directors of Search Press to feel that Burns & Oates would fare better under an owner able to devote more time and resources to it, so the approach from Continuum International was welcomed as opportune.

The list of authors has been truly impressive, ranging from Newman himself, and Abbot Chapman in early years, to, in more recent times, Hans Kung, Frederick Copleston, Thomas Merton and Karl Rahner. Burns & Oates has also been the publisher of such great series as Copleston's incomparable History of Philosophy, Jedin's History of the Church and Butler's Lives of the Saints, all monumental works of scholarship in their own right. Continuum will maintain Burns & Oates as an imprint. It has a distinctive and distinguished character of its own, and it will be a lively imprint within Continuum's broad publishing activities both in London and in New York.

Burns & Oates will become the direct responsibility of Robin Baird-Smith. Robin (whose maternal grandmother was a Burns) joined Continuum as Publishing Director in November 1999 to direct its religious publishing and to launch a new, thought-provoking, general trade list in Spring 2001.

Further information:

Continuum London: Robin Baird-Smith - 020 7420 5551, Philip Sturrock - 020 7420 5516
Continuum New York: Werner Mark Linz - 001 212 953 5858
Search Press: Martin de la Bédoyère - 01892 510850

PRESS RELEASE    1 MARCH 2000   CONTINUUM ACQUIRE A & C BLACK'S RELIGIOUS LIST

As part of its expanding religious book publishing, the Directors of The Continuum International Publishing Group are delighted to announce the acquisition of A & C Black's religious book list.

Continuum was established recently as a new independent publishing venture combining the former Cassell Academic and Religious lists with the Continuum Publishing Company in New York.

Continuum in London now has three publishing divisions. The Academic List, the Religious Book List (under the Geoffrey Chapman and Mowbray imprints) and a new General Trade list to be launched in spring 2001. The strategy of the religious publishing division to grow by organic growth and by acquisition makes A & C Black's list a perfect fit for the new enterprise.

Under the direction of Robin Baird-Smith, Publishing Director, the religious book division intends to maintain its leading position. Already strong in theological, spiritual and liturgical publishing, this acquisition will further strengthen the company's position as market leaders in the field of biblical studies.

With A & C Black's list come some of the most distinguished names in post war biblical scholarship. C.K . Barrett, C.F.D. Moule, J.N.D. Kelly, Floyd Filson, James Dunn, Hugh Montefiore and Morna Hooker.

Professor Morna Hooker is general editor of A & C Black's series of New Testament Commentaries which form part of the acquisition. Professor Hooker was until recently Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge.

Also acquired is a strong back list of titles among which are Early Christian Doctrine by J.N.D. Kelly and The Shape of the Liturgy by Gregory Dix.

Geoffrey Chapman and Mowbray already publish major works of Biblical scholarship such as The New Jerome Biblical Commentary and McKenzie's Dictionary of the Bible as well as scholars such as C.F.D. Moule, Raymond Brown and William Neil. The Continuum Biblical Studies series under the editorship of Dr. Steve Moyise was recently launched. With A & C Black's commentaries the full range of Biblical scholarship is now represented on the list.

Continuum intend to build on A & C Black's list as a solid basis for the future. New titles are already under contract and existing titles will be revised and updated as required. To celebrate this acquisition, Continuum will also repackage and relaunch the Commentaries in order to reach the widest possible market throughout the english-speaking world. From 1 March 2000 orders for these books should be sent to Orca Book Services Limited, Stanley House, 3 Fleets Lane, Poole, Dorset, BH15 3AJ.

For further information please contact

Philip Sturrock Robin Baird-Smith at Continuum London +44(0)207 420 5555

Charles Black Tesni Hollands at A & C Black +44(0)207 242 0946

Nicholas Weir-Williams at Continuum New York +1 212 953 5858

ANNOUNCEMENT   11TH OCTOBER 1999
New Continuum International Publishing Group Established in London and New York

Philip Sturrock (currently Chairman of Cassell plc in London) and Werner Mark Linz (Chairman of the Continuum Publishing Company in New York) have announced the establishment of a new international publishing enterprise to continue and expand the distinguished publishing programs of Continuum and of Cassell's academic and religious divisions. The new Continuum International venture based in London and New York combines highly acclaimed publishing programs of more than 3000 scholarly, professional, and religious books for a growing educational and general books market worldwide.

The new Continuum International Publishing Group operating as one international company will have two publishing offices in London and New York, and will issue more than 300 titles annually, and Mr. Sturrock, who will be the group's Chief Executive, will direct the London office. Mr. Linz, who will be the publisher of the international group, will also continue as President of the New York operation, and Frank Roney will be the group's Finance Director and other senior managers include Editorial Director Janet Joyce, Sales/Marketing Director John Parsons, and Production Manager Ian Sherratt in London, as well as Executive Vice President/Associate Publisher Nicholas Weir-Williams and Executive Vice President/General Manager Ulla Schnell in New York.

Mr. Sturrock and Mr. Linz together with Cassell's former Finance Director, Frank Roney, and in cooperation with the private equity house of Botts & company in London, organized the acquisitions of the Cassell academic and religious divisions from The Orion Publishing Group and of the Continuum Publishing Company New York into the new Continuum International Publishing Group.