Lume Books
Lume Books is an independent publishing company based in London. Founded in 2018 by Matthew Lynn, Lume has published many award-winning authors including Marjorie Bowen, A. J. P. Taylor, Paula DiPerna, Nick Thorpe, Wendy Perriam, Ramsey Campbell, Alan Palmer and Robert E. Howard.[1]
History
[edit]Endeavour Media was formed following the closure of Endeavour Press, which Lynn had co-founded in 2011.[2] In 2020, Endeavour Media rebranded as Lume Books.[3]
Imprints
[edit]Endeavour published a range of genres under several imprints. Its main list is dedicated to thriller novels, crime fiction, romance novels, historical fiction, biographies and history books. The other imprints included:
- Venture, a science-fiction, fantasy and horror imprint.
- Frontier, a Westerns imprint.
- Compass, which republishes out-of-copyright books.
- Verlag, a German-language imprint.
- Quill, Endeavour's full-scale print arm.
In early 2019, the publisher launched an audiobook imprint called Endeavour Waves.[4] A month later it announced the launch of Endeavour Keys, an imprint dedicated to biographies of music icons.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Endeavour Media arises". 12 February 2018 – via www.bookbrunch.co.uk.
- ^ "Endeavour Press winds up". 21 February 2018 – via www.thebookseller.com.
- ^ "Endeavour Media rebrands as Lume Books". 10 February 2020 – via www.thebookseller.com.
- ^ "Endeavour Media making waves". 4 March 2019 – via www.thebookseller.com.
- ^ "Endeavour Media Launches Music Imprint". 17 April 2019 – via www.bookbrunch.co.uk.