Flame Tree Publishing
{{Short description|British publisher}}
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{{Infobox publisher
| image =Flame-Tree-Publishing-logos 02.jpg
| founded = {{Start date|1992}}
| country = United Kingdom
| headquarters = London, {{postcode|SW|6}}
| distribution = Hachette UK Distribution (UK){{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/british-library-publishing-moves-to-hachette-uk-distribution-from-marston|title=British Library Publishing moves to Hachette UK Distribution from Marston|website=The Bookseller}}
Peribo (Australia)
Simon & Schuster (US){{Cite web| title = catalogues| accessdate = 2017-12-05| url = https://www.flametreepublishing.com/catalogues.html| archive-date = 5 December 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171205194645/https://www.flametreepublishing.com/catalogues.html| url-status = live}}
| publications = Books, calendars, ebooks, gift stationery
| topics = Art, Music, Fiction, Recipes, Lifestyle, computing
| genre = Science fiction, horror books and ebooks
| imprints = Flame Tree Press (novels, Horror, SF, Fantasy & crime)
Flame Tree iGuides (ebook non-fiction)
Flame Tree 451 (F & SF ebooks)
Flame Tree Audio (audiobooks)
| url = {{URL|flametreepublishing.com}}
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Flame Tree Publishing is an independent publisher of books, calendars and other stationery items, based in Fulham, London, United Kingdom with an editorial office in New York. It focuses on art, music, lifestyle and fiction categories. Flame Tree creates content in the form of paper printed encyclopedias, guides and practical books and publishes them in different book, gift, stationery and digital markets worldwide. It has a number of license arrangements with museums, galleries and other licensors, including Tate,{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Tate+Flame+Tree&x=0&y=0|title=Amazon.co.uk: Tate Flame Tree: Books|work=amazon.co.uk|accessdate=26 February 2015|archive-date=11 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911184113/https://www.amazon.co.uk/rd/uedata?at&v=0.229906.0&id=SE75W1KZ00748WPWN6WN&m=1&sc=csa:lcp&lcp=376&pc=3786&at=3786&t=1662921673263&pty=Search&spty=List&pti=undefined&tid=SE75W1KZ00748WPWN6WN&aftb=1|url-status=live}} V&A{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Tate+Flame+Tree&x=0&y=0#?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=V%26A+Flame+Tree&rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3AV%26A+Flame+Tree|title=Amazon.co.uk: Tate Flame Tree: Books|work=amazon.co.uk|accessdate=26 February 2015|archive-date=11 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911184113/https://www.amazon.co.uk/rd/uedata?at&v=0.229906.0&id=SE75W1KZ00748WPWN6WN&m=1&sc=csa:lcp&lcp=376&pc=3786&at=3786&t=1662921673263&pty=Search&spty=List&pti=undefined&tid=SE75W1KZ00748WPWN6WN&aftb=1#?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=V%26A+Flame+Tree&rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3AV%26A+Flame+Tree|url-status=live}} and The Royal Academy of Arts.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Royal+Academy+Flame+Tree+Publishing&x=0&y=0|title=Amazon.co.uk: Royal Academy Flame Tree Publishing: Books|work=amazon.co.uk|accessdate=26 February 2015|archive-date=11 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911184121/https://www.amazon.co.uk/rd/uedata?at&v=0.229906.0&id=CC969YJQYE2B9P041734&m=1&sc=csa:lcp&lcp=318&pc=3768&at=3768&t=1662921681908&pty=Search&spty=List&pti=undefined&tid=CC969YJQYE2B9P041734&aftb=1|url-status=live}} The publisher started releasing e-books and launched a new fantasy, crime and science fiction classics imprint called Flame Tree 451.{{cite web|url=http://www.flametree451.com/|title=Creepy Stories - FLAME TREE 451: SF, Fantasy, Gothic Horror, Crime, Mystery, Adventure & Fantastic Fiction|website=www.flametree451.com|access-date=10 February 2011|archive-date=11 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711005116/http://www.flametree451.com/|url-status=live}} In 2015 Flame Tree launched a range of deluxe Gothic Fantasy titles combining new stories from open submissions and curated classic writing. In 2018 a new trade imprint fiction imprint called Flame Tree Press{{Cite web|url=https://www.flametreepress.com/|title=Flame Tree Press | Fiction Without Frontiers | Horror, Crime, SF & Fantasy|website=Flame Tree Press|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-date=3 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903031741/http://www.flametreepress.com/|url-status=live}} began to publish new novels in the horror and suspense, sf and fantasy and crime and mystery genres.
Origins
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Flame Tree was established in 1992 as The Flame Tree Publishing Company, a part-time illustrated art book and gift packaging operation by founder Nick Wells. In 1995 Wells left HarperCollins Publishers to turn Flame Tree into a full-time business, operating from an office in Chiswick. The company name was changed to The Foundry Creative Media Company Ltd but Flame Tree Publishing was retained as the publishing imprint and brand. Managing Director Frances Bodiam joined in 1996. Wells and Bodiam continue to run the business. In 2012 The company name changed to Flame Tree Publishing Ltd and John Holloran and Ross Clayton of Marston Book Services Ltd invested to provide distribution and accounting services. In May 2023 Flame Tree left Marston to join Hachette UK Distribution.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pgbuzz.net/flame-tree-moves-distribution/|title=Flame Tree moves distribution}}
Activity
In the first few years Flame Tree's main activity was to create a range of packaged books for a series of corporate publishers, including HarperCollins (25 of the original colour reference Collins Gems and two illustrated encyclopedias{{cite book|title=Collins Encyclopedia of Classical Music: Amazon.co.uk: Vladimir Ashkenazy: 9780004723907: Books|id={{ASIN|0004723902|country=uk}}}}{{cite book|title=Collins Encyclopedia of the Universe: Amazon.co.uk: Sir Martin, Astronomer Royal Rees, Ian Ridpath: 9780007105854: Books|id={{ASIN|0007105851|country=uk}}}}), Dorling Kindersley (including 16 K.I.S.S. Guides, such as Astrology{{cite web | title=Astrology | website=Parkeriters | url=http://www.parkeriters.com/astro.htm | access-date=2021-11-06 | archive-date=27 November 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127004803/http://parkeriters.com/astro.htm | url-status=live }}) and 24 of the then Letts Education's Success Guides to KS3, and GCSE{{cite web|url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GCSE-Visual-Revision-Guide-Success-MATHEMATICS-Higher-/280625396851?pt=School_Textbooks_Study_Guides&hash=item415693bc73#ht_500wt_1156|title=GCSE Visual Revision Guide Success MATHEMATICS Higher - eBay|work=ebay.co.uk|accessdate=26 February 2015}}
During this period Flame Tree started to create and sell calendars and greeting cards to retail markets and has exhibited at the Spring Fair and Autumn International Gift Showshttp://www.springfair.com/spring11/website/agentWantedList.aspx?val=N {{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at the NEC since 1997.
In 1998, Flame Tree moved into new premises on the borders of Hammersmith and Fulham, close to The River Café (London) and, at that time, a few minutes walk from several other publishers, Virgin Books, HarperCollins and Constable & Robinson. Flame Tree started publishing into the UK and international markets, focusing on art, music, cookery and general reference. Among its first books were Guitar Facts, An Illustrated Guide ({{ISBN|9781904041726}}) and Simple Cookery: Wok and Stir Fry ({{ISBN|9781903817049}}) both of which demonstrate Flame Tree's method of creating practical content for everyday use. Step-by-step photos continue to be a feature of many of their publications. In 2015 Flame Tree moved to its current premises near the Kings Road in Fulham, by Putney Bridge tube station, coinciding with a greater concentration on art, music and fiction.
Flame Tree exhibits at a number annual trade shows including the London Book Fair,{{cite web|url=http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/page.cfm/Action=Exhib/ExhibID=41|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112214105/http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/page.cfm/Action=Exhib/ExhibID=41|archive-date=2011-01-12|website=londonbookfair.co.uk|title=Flame Tree Publishing}} The Spring Fair International Gift Show, Frankfurt Book Fair,{{cite web|url=http://en.book-fair.com/networking/search_find/companies/listWSW.aspx?PageRequestId=c5f4d01d-bf22-4908-bb2a-93a122a4e9d8&42abdb54-9d4d-4c94-a338-b0e96bcf9e73=142d744a-58c9-4dc5-a035-35a6ce1c8497|title=Frankfurt Book Fair -|website=en.book-fair.com|access-date=10 February 2011|archive-date=8 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708082652/http://en.book-fair.com/networking/search_find/companies/listWSW.aspx?PageRequestId=c5f4d01d-bf22-4908-bb2a-93a122a4e9d8&42abdb54-9d4d-4c94-a338-b0e96bcf9e73=142d744a-58c9-4dc5-a035-35a6ce1c8497|url-status=live}} BookExpo America.{{Cite web |url=http://www.booklife.com/pw/print/20060417/16268-pw-s-guide-to-bea-exhibitors-f-.html |title=PW's Guide to BEA Exhibitors: F |access-date=2011-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708082926/http://www.booklife.com/pw/print/20060417/16268-pw-s-guide-to-bea-exhibitors-f-.html |archive-date=2011-07-08 |url-status=dead }} and The Beijing International Bookfair.{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/71359-beijing-book-fair-2016-market-opportunities-for-everyone.html|title=Beijing Book Fair: Market Opportunities for Everyone|publisher=|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021220929/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/71359-beijing-book-fair-2016-market-opportunities-for-everyone.html|url-status=live}}
Flame Tree's brand The Art of Fine Gifts includes illustrated art books, art calendars and deluxe notebooks featuring licensed and created art by a wide range of modern artists and illustrators such as Josephine Wall,{{cite book|title=Josephine Wall: Joie de Vivre|first=Flame Tree|last=Publishing|date=23 August 2014|publisher=Flame Tree Publishing|id={{ASIN|1783611901|country=uk}}}} Kerim Beyit,{{cite book|title=Beyit: Red Dragon|first=Flame Tree|last=Studio|date=25 April 2013|publisher=Flame Tree Publishing|isbn=978-0857756619}} Ann Stokes{{cite web|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/anne-stokes-flame-tree-studio/1125283813|title=Anne Stokes: Only Love Remains (Foiled Journal)|first=Barnes &|last=Noble|website=Barnes & Noble|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021171549/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/anne-stokes-flame-tree-studio/1125283813|url-status=live}} and Lesley Anne Ivory{{cite web|url=https://www.bookdepository.com/Lesley-Anne-Ivory-Blossom-Foiled-Journal-Flame-Tree-Studio/9781786641595|title=Lesley Anne Ivory: Blossom (Foiled Journal) : Flame Tree Studio : 9781786641595|first=Book|last=Depository|website=www.bookdepository.com|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021163733/https://www.bookdepository.com/Lesley-Anne-Ivory-Blossom-Foiled-Journal-Flame-Tree-Studio/9781786641595|url-status=live}}
In 2019 Flame Tree and the Chinese media giant Phoenix Publishing and Media Group held a signing ceremony at the Beijing International Bookfair for a cooperation venture in the Chinese and English language markets.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/flame-tree-pioneering-venture-chinese-giant-phoenix-1072296|title=Flame Tree in 'pioneering' venture with Chinese giant Phoenix {{!}} The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|access-date=2020-01-14|archive-date=14 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114233844/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/flame-tree-pioneering-venture-chinese-giant-phoenix-1072296|url-status=live}}
Gothic, dark fantasy and science fiction
2015 saw the publication of the first titles in a range of short story collections which combined new writing from submission calls online, and classic writing. Examples include Chilling Ghosts Short Stories,{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Chilling-Ghost-Stories-Gothic-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B01N038X2Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1508586180&sr=8-2&keywords=chilling+horror+Flame+Tree|title=Amazon.com: Chilling Ghost Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) eBook: Philip Brian Hall, Dr Dale Townshend, Kurt Bachard, Jonathan Balog, Trevor Boelter, Donna Cuttress, Zach Chapman, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Amanda C. Davis, James Dorr, Tim Foley, Philip Brian Hall, Raymond Little, Luke Murphy, Jeff Parsons, Michael Penkas, Brian Rappatta, Rhiannon Rasmussen, M. Regan, Annette Siketa, Cathy Smith, Lesa Pascavis Smith: Kindle Store|website=www.amazon.com}}{{better|reason=Amazon is not a reliable source|date=June 2023}} Time Travel Short Stories{{cite web|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/time-travel-short-stories/flame-tree-studio/9781786644633|title=Time Travel Short Stories by Flame Tree Studio, David Wittenberg - Waterstones|website=www.waterstones.com|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021220258/https://www.waterstones.com/book/time-travel-short-stories/flame-tree-studio/9781786644633|url-status=live}} and Agents & Spies Short Stories.{{cite web|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/agents-spies-short-stories-flame-tree-studio/1126096008?ean=9781786645579|title=Agents & Spies Short Stories|first=Barnes &|last=Noble|website=Barnes & Noble|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-date=22 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022043819/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/agents-spies-short-stories-flame-tree-studio/1126096008?ean=9781786645579|url-status=live}}
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In 2018 the company launched Flame Tree Press, a trade imprint for novels in genre fiction, mainly horror, sf, dark fantasy and crime. First writers included Bram Stoker Award winner John Everson, Jonathan Janz and Brian Trent, with new writers and novels in translation from China. Ramsey Campbell endorsed the launch of the new list which included the publication of his own Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-article/a-life-in-horror--ramsey-campbell/ |title=A life in horror |first=Ramsey |last=Campbell |date=31 October 2018 |website=www.bookbrunch.co.uk |language=en |access-date=2020-01-14 |archive-date=14 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114234906/http://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-article/a-life-in-horror--ramsey-campbell/ |url-status=live }}
In 2020 Flame Tree announced a partnership with Compelling Science Fiction magazine, a US publisher of science fiction.{{Cite web|url=http://compellingsciencefiction.com/index.html|title=Compelling Science Fiction Home|website=compellingsciencefiction.com|access-date=2020-01-14|archive-date=20 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120132105/http://compellingsciencefiction.com/index.html|url-status=live}}
Trade bodies
Flame Tree is a member of the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) and The Greeting Card Association (GCE).
References
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External links
- [https://www.flametreepublishing.com/ flametreepublishing.com]
- [https://www.flametreepress.com/ flametreepress.com]
Category:British speculative fiction publishers
Category:Publishing companies established in 1992
Category:Book publishing companies based in London
Category:Visual arts publishing companies