RACING POST IMPRINT MOVES TO PITCH

RACING POST IMPRINT MOVES TO PITCH

RACING POST IMPRINT MOVES TO PITCH

After almost 20 successful years of book publishing, from 1st November 2020, Racing Post will be commissioning Pitch Publishing to take on the key annuals, calendars and diaries, as well as one-off racing books. These will continue to be published under Racing Post and Raceform imprints and will be supported by the Racing Post newspaper.

The Racing Post online bookshop at racingpost.com will also continue to trade. It will be managed by Pitch Publishing who will continue working with the Racing Post’s expert writers and members of the publishing team.

Pitch will be producing a number of Racing Post titles for 2020 while working on new plans for 2021, so watch this space.

Mark Francis, Chief Financial Officer at Racing Post, said, "We are thrilled to be partnering with Pitch Publishing on our historic range of annual titles and horse racing books. Pitch have a great track record in sports publishing, which they have built over the past 20 years, and we know they will maintain the very high standard of publishing our readers have come to expect.

“The first titles they will publish are the 2021 Racing Post Annual, and, in time for the jumps season, Racing Post Guide to the Jumps 2020/2021 and 100 Winners: Jumpers to Follow 2020/2021. They will also be producing our ever-popular pocket diary and desk and wall calendars, all of which will feature next year's racing fixtures.”

Jane Camillin, Publisher at Pitch Publishing, added,  “We are excited to be involved with Racing Post and delighted to be able to continue with some of their iconic titles to fit alongside the range of sports books we currently publish. We will be working on an exciting list of titles into 2021, and look forward to building on the imprint’s past successes.”

Upcoming titles for 2020

Please note: with new ISBNs; any previous ISBNs are now obsolete

100 Winners: Jumpers to Follow 2020-2021: 9781785318313
Publication 28 October 2020

Racing Post Annual 2021: 9781785318337
Publication 30 October 2020

Racing Post Guide to the Jumps 2020-2021: 9781785318320
Publication 7 November 2020

Racing Post Wall Calendar 2021: 9781785318344
Publication 17 November 2020

Racing Post Desk Calendar 2021: 9781785318351
Publication 17 November 2020

Racing Post Pocket Diary 2021: 9781785318368
Publication 17 November 2020

Enable: Queen of the Turf: 9781785318375
Publication 29 November 2020

 

Ordering Information

Distribution via the Trade will switch on 1st November from Hachette to MDL but all new autumn titles should now be ordered via MDL (or Gardners for independents if you do not have an account with MDL).

UK Customer Services – Trade Customer

Email orders to orders@macmillan.co.uk with the word ORDER in the subject line. For all queries and claims please email mdlqueries@macmillan.co.uk with the word QUERY/CLAIM in the subject line. To speak to a member of the team, please telephone +44 (0)1256 302692 and select option 1.

UK Customer Services – Non Trade Customer

Email orders to macmillandirect@macmillan.co.uk with the word ORDER in the subject line. For all queries and claims please email nontradequeries@macmillan.co.uk with the word QUERY/CLAIM in the subject line. To speak to a member of the team, please telephone +44 (0)1256 302692 and select option 2.

Export Customer Services

Email orders to exportorders@macmillan.com with the word ORDER in the subject line. For all queries and claims please email exportqueries@macmillan.com with the word QUERY/CLAIM in the subject line. To speak to a member of the team, please telephone +44 (0)1256 302890.

Any Racing Post or Raceform returns via Hachette will need to be sent back in a three month period from 1st November 2020 – 31st January 2021 after which date returns will not be accepted. New autumn titles should all be ordered via MDL so this does not apply to returns on new titles ordered from 1st October 2020 as these will be returned via MDL.