Bloomsbury acquires Fairchild Books

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc has announced that it has completed the purchase of Fairchild Books. Fairchild Books, based in New York, is the market-leading publisher of textbooks and educational resources for students of fashion, merchandising, retailing and interior design. It has a revered history dating back to the nineteenth century and a world-class reputation for producing the very best student materials for the growing fashion and design industries. The Fairchild list is highly complementary to Bloomsbury's existing academic list in the Visual Arts, which was bolstered by the acquisition of Berg Publishers in 2008, the launch of the award-winning Berg Fashion Library in 2010 and the acquisition of a fashion photography archive in 2011 with in excess of 600,000 images