Gill & Macmillan

Infobox_Company
company_name = Gill & Macmillan Inc.
company_
company_type = Privately Held
slogan =
foundation = 1856
location = Dublin, Ireland flagicon|Ireland
key_people=Dermot O'Dwyer, Managing Director Michael Henry Gill, Co-Founder
James McGlashan, Co-Founder
industry = Publishing
products = School, University and College Textbooks, Fiction, Non-Fiction
homepage = http://www.gillmcmillan.ie/

Gill & Macmillan is a publisher based in Park West, Dublin, Ireland, and is the primary publisher of nonfiction and educational books in the Republic of Ireland. It is a member of CLE, the Irish Book Publishers' Association.

History

In 1856, Michael Henry Gill, printer for Dublin University, purchased the publishing and bookselling business of James McGlashan, and the company was re-named McGlashan & Gill. In 1875, it was re-named M.H. Gill & Son. In 1968, the company became associated with the London based Macmillan Publishers (founded 1843) and Gill & Macmillan was established.

Products

Gill & Macmillan mainly publishes educational books for school and college students. They also publish a range of general interest fiction and non-fiction titles.As well as handling its own published titles, Gill & Macmillan also handles the warehousing and distribution for a number of Irish-based publishers, including O'Brien Press.

Gill & Macmillan also runs My-eTest.com, an online learning resource aimed at Irish second-level students. They also have a series of online tests designed to accompany 22 of their educational books, covering 8 secondary school subjects.

References

* [http://www.kennysirishbookshop.ie/categories/irishpublishers/gillandmacmillan.shtml Publisher info]
* [http://www.my-etest.co.uk/aboutus.htm My-eTest info]

External links

* [http://www.gillmacmillan.ie/ Gill & Macmillan official website]
* [http://www.moresuccess.ie/ Gill & Macmillan moresuccess website]
* [http://www.publishingireland.com/ CLE website]