Parent company | United Authors Publishing Ltd. |
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Status | Active |
Founded | 9 June 2010 |
Founder | Justin Pollard, John Mitchinson, Dan Kieran |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | London, N1 |
Publication types | Books |
Official website |
www |
Unbound, the online trading name of United Authors Publishing Ltd, is a privately held international crowdfunded publishing company. [1] [2] It is based in London, UK. The company was founded by John Mitchinson, director of research for the British television panel game QI; Justin Pollard, historian and QI researcher; and author Dan Kieran. [3] [4]
In 2016 [5] Unbound launched a podcast called Backlisted, involving a guest (typically a writer) share a book they love and why it deserves more coverage. Some bookshops now carry a Backlisted section due to the popularity of the podcast.
In the fall of 2017 Unbound launched Boundless, an online literary magazine with a focus on long form writing and tackle the decline in traditional media. Arifa Akbar, former literary editor of The Independent, was brought in as the editor. [6]
In March 2021, the company announced a crowdfunder for 42: the wildly improbable ideas of Douglas Adams, a book based on Douglas Adams' papers, edited by Kevin Jon Davies. [7] The book was published on 28 August 2023 ( ISBN 9781800182684) and became a Sunday Times number one bestseller. [8]
The following authors were on the original launch list:
Parent company | United Authors Publishing Ltd. |
---|---|
Status | Active |
Founded | 9 June 2010 |
Founder | Justin Pollard, John Mitchinson, Dan Kieran |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | London, N1 |
Publication types | Books |
Official website |
www |
Unbound, the online trading name of United Authors Publishing Ltd, is a privately held international crowdfunded publishing company. [1] [2] It is based in London, UK. The company was founded by John Mitchinson, director of research for the British television panel game QI; Justin Pollard, historian and QI researcher; and author Dan Kieran. [3] [4]
In 2016 [5] Unbound launched a podcast called Backlisted, involving a guest (typically a writer) share a book they love and why it deserves more coverage. Some bookshops now carry a Backlisted section due to the popularity of the podcast.
In the fall of 2017 Unbound launched Boundless, an online literary magazine with a focus on long form writing and tackle the decline in traditional media. Arifa Akbar, former literary editor of The Independent, was brought in as the editor. [6]
In March 2021, the company announced a crowdfunder for 42: the wildly improbable ideas of Douglas Adams, a book based on Douglas Adams' papers, edited by Kevin Jon Davies. [7] The book was published on 28 August 2023 ( ISBN 9781800182684) and became a Sunday Times number one bestseller. [8]
The following authors were on the original launch list: