Clients & Collaborators
Springer Science+Business Media
We are proud to work in close collaboration with Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com), in Dordrecht, Heidelberg and New York. Springer are the world’s largest publisher of STM books. The majority of our academic titles are commissioned for Springer’s lists, published in relevant Springer series or as stand-alone titles, and distributed via the vast Springer sales network which covers 200 countries worldwide.
Other clients
The Sunday Times http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/ Canopus produced 2 sets of educational CDs – Window on the Universe, and Window on Life for the Sunday Times to cover mount on the magazine. 4 million were pressed. This work was in collaboration with the DTI and British National Space Centre.
John Hopkins University Press http://www.press.jhu.edu/ Editor in Chief Dr Trevor Lipscombe bought the US rights to publish Nucleus, Bang! and Dark Side of the Universe. The three books are now Hopkins’ top three selling science titles.
Institute of Physics http://www.iop.org/ Tom and Robin worked for several years as publishers for Institute of Physics, and Canopus subsequently produced around 20 titles for the Institute, before IOP renounced book publishing, leaving a wide gap for an independent UK-based physics book publisher – Canopus.
Nature Publishing Group http://www.macmillan-reference.co.uk/. Canopus produced their definitive astronomy reference work in 4 volumes, the Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, edited by Prof Paul Murdin.
Carlton Publishing Group http://www.carltonbooks.co.uk Carlton published our bestseller Bang! and the same team of Brian May, Patrick Moore, and Chris Lintott, with Robin Rees for Canopus, are currently writing the next bestseller for Carlton. Details to be announced in Autumn 2010.
Frances Lincoln Publishers http://www.frances-lincoln.co.uk published our production with Brian May and Elena Vidal – A Village Lost and Found in Autumn 2009, and it has reprinted many times by July 2010. The author talks and signings and media interest in this book have been unprecedented.
George Phillips http://www.philips-maps.co.uk/ Robin worked with Patrick Moore, on the latest edition of his perennially popular Atlas of the Universe.
National Physical Laboratory http://www.npl.co.uk/. Canopus produced a book to celebrate their 50th anniversary, and we are currently working with NPL author Dr Markys Cain on a new physics monograph.
Firefly Books http://www.fireflybooks.com. Canopus packaged the Firefly Encyclopedia of Astronomy, edited by Paul Murdin and Margaret Penston.
Friends and collaborators
Sir Patrick and assistant Elaine, signing at Astrofest 2009.
Sir Patrick Moore (a lifelong inspiration to all astronomers) http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/skyatnight/ We recently republished Patrick’s science fiction titles from the 1950s and 60s: PatrickMooreBooks.com. Robin has for the past 4 years been working with Patrick on a new edition of Patrick’s magnum opus, the Data Book of Astronomy, to be published by Cambridge University Press in December 2010.
Chris Lintott, Brian May, and Patrick Moore signing Bang! in Devon.
Brian May (www.brainmay.com) Queen’ s guitarist, astrophysicist, and lead author of our bestselling production Bang! (with Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott. Canopus subsequently produced Brian’s thesis: A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud for Springer, and later, towards the end of 2009, the hugely successful A Village Lost and Found coauthored with Elena Vidal.
James Symonds is one the world’s leading technical artists, and has created artwork for every Canopus project. He is the grand master of InDesign and Photoshop, and lives at he cutting edge of computer applications and stereo photography. View one of his timelapse masterpieces at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbfQQHEKqAk
Dr Paul Abel theoretical astrophysicist at Leicester University, leading planetary artist, and our advisor on all matters astronomical.
Dr Matthew C. Forman of Create3D, ultra-realistic 3D imager, advisor on all aspects of 3D, and a leading contributor to our Handbook of Visual Displays Technology.
London Stereoscopic Company http://londonstereo.com
DisplayMasters (our Visual Display editorial team) http://www.displaymasters.com
Pete Lawrence (author, astronomical photographer and Sky at Night guru) http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/
Phil Murray (web designer to the stars!) http://www.fingerprintdigitalmedia.com
Peter Wise (proofing and copying) http://www.minutemanbristol.co.uk
Bill Hemsley (editorial) http://www.arkesiscontent.com
Andrew Manson (multimedia and film director) Periscope Projects and Talking Jobs
Short Run Press, Exeter . SRP print our monographs!
