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title="Little, Brown and Company">Little, Brown</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hachette_Book_Group_USA" class="mw-redirect" title="Hachette Book Group USA">Hachette</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1966<span class="noprint">; 58 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1966</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-Williams_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters location</th><td class="infobox-data label">London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication types</th><td class="infobox-data">Paperbacks, hardbacks</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nonfiction topics</th><td class="infobox-data">Biography, autobiography</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Genre" title="Genre">Fiction genres</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Science fiction literature">Science fiction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_literature" title="Fantasy literature">fantasy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Occult" title="Occult">occult</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://littlebrown.co.uk/imprint/sphere/page/lbbg-imprint-sphere/">littlebrown<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk<wbr />/imprint<wbr />/sphere<wbr />/page<wbr />/lbbg-imprint-sphere<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sphere Books</b> is the name of two British paperback publishers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphere_Books&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original Sphere Books was launched in 1966 by <a href="/wiki/Thomson_Corporation" title="Thomson Corporation">Thomson Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Williams_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sphere was sold to <a href="/wiki/Pearson_PLC" class="mw-redirect" title="Pearson PLC">Pearson PLC</a> in 1985 and became part of <a href="/wiki/Penguin_Group" title="Penguin Group">Penguin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name was retired in 1990.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a 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(June 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1976, Sphere paid $225,000 for the British publishing rights from <a href="/wiki/Ballantine_Books" title="Ballantine Books">Ballantine Books</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Novelisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Novelisation">novelisation</a> of a forthcoming science fiction film, <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_From_the_Adventures_of_Luke_Skywalker" title="Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker">Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ghostwriter" title="Ghostwriter">ghostwritten</a> by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Dean_Foster" title="Alan Dean Foster">Alan Dean Foster</a>). The book, like the film <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">Star Wars</a></i> released the following year, was an enormous success and sold out its initial print run.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sutherland_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sutherland-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sphere also published the UK editions of <a href="/wiki/Conan_(books)" title="Conan (books)">Conan</a> fantasy series by <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Howard" title="Robert E. Howard">Robert E. Howard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Occult" title="Occult">occult</a> writer <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Wheatley" title="Dennis Wheatley">Dennis Wheatley</a> edited a series of books published under the umbrella title of <i>The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which included titles such as <i><a href="/wiki/Dracula" title="Dracula">Dracula</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Bram_Stoker" title="Bram Stoker">Bram Stoker</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Moonchild_(novel)" title="Moonchild (novel)">Moonchild</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Aleister_Crowley" title="Aleister Crowley">Aleister Crowley</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Frankenstein" title="Frankenstein">Frankenstein</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mary_Shelley" title="Mary Shelley">Mary Shelley</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Goethe%27s_Faust" title="Goethe's Faust">Faust</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe" title="Johann Wolfgang von Goethe">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sphere's involvement in science fiction was furthered with its <i>Sphere Science Fiction Classics</i> series published throughout the 1970s, which included <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_Null-A" title="The World of Null-A">The World of Null-A</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pawns_of_Null-A" title="The Pawns of Null-A">The Pawns of Null-A</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/A._E._van_Vogt" title="A. E. van Vogt">A. E. van Vogt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke" title="Arthur C. Clarke">Arthur C. Clarke</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sands_of_Mars" title="The Sands of Mars">The Sands of Mars</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Niven" title="Larry Niven">Larry Niven</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Neutron_Star_(short_story)" title="Neutron Star (short story)">Neutron Star</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, <a href="/wiki/Hachette_Book_Group" title="Hachette Book Group">Hachette Book Group</a> acquired a number of <a href="/wiki/Imprint_(trade_name)" title="Imprint (trade name)">imprints</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Time_Warner_Book_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Warner Book Group">Time Warner Book Group</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Little,_Brown_and_Company" title="Little, Brown and Company">Little, Brown and Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hodder_%26_Stoughton" title="Hodder & Stoughton">Hodder & Stoughton</a> <a href="/wiki/Virago_Press" title="Virago Press">Virago Press</a> and Sphere.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today's <b>Sphere</b> is an imprint of Little, Brown. Writers whose works have been published with Sphere have included <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Cornwell" title="Patricia Cornwell">Patricia Cornwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Billingham" title="Mark Billingham">Mark Billingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Colgan" title="Jenny Colgan">Jenny Colgan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Albom" title="Mitch Albom">Mitch Albom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Sparks" title="Nicholas Sparks">Nicholas Sparks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Evans" title="Nicholas Evans">Nicholas Evans</a>. Sphere best-sellers have included <i><a href="/wiki/Long_Way_Round" title="Long Way Round">Long Way Round</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ewan_McGregor" title="Ewan McGregor">Ewan McGregor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charley_Boorman" title="Charley Boorman">Charley Boorman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Tomlinson" title="Ricky Tomlinson">Ricky Tomlinson</a>'s autobiography <i>Ricky</i>, <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Osbourne" title="Sharon Osbourne">Sharon Osbourne</a>'s autobiography <i>Extreme</i>, <i>A Brother's Journey</i> by <a href="/wiki/Richard_B._Pelzer" title="Richard B. Pelzer">Richard B. Pelzer</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Scar_Tissue_(autobiography)" title="Scar Tissue (autobiography)">Scar Tissue</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kiedis" title="Anthony Kiedis">Anthony Kiedis</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Is_It_Just_Me_or_Is_Everything_Shit%3F" title="Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit?">Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit?</a></i> by Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur.<sup id="cite_ref-lb2007_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lb2007-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphere_Books&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notes and references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Williams-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Williams_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Williams_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWilliams2009" class="citation book cs1">Williams, Kevin (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JBSAAgAAQBAJ&dq=thomson%20Sphere%20books%201966&pg=PT307"><i>Read All About It!: A History of the British Newspaper</i></a>. Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1134280520" title="Special:BookSources/978-1134280520"><bdi>978-1134280520</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 June</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Read+All+About+It%21%3A+A+History+of+the+British+Newspaper&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1134280520&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=Kevin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJBSAAgAAQBAJ%26dq%3Dthomson%2520Sphere%2520books%25201966%26pg%3DPT307&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASphere+Books" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020617041613/http://ketupa.net/thomson2.htm">"Media Profiles: Thomson"</a>. <i>Ketupa.net</i>. April 2002. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ketupa.net/thomson2.htm">the original</a> on 17 June 2002<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 June</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ketupa.net&rft.atitle=Media+Profiles%3A+Thomson&rft.date=2002-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fketupa.net%2Fthomson2.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASphere+Books" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation audio-visual cs1">Burns, Kevin (director) (2004). <i><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Dreams" class="mw-redirect" title="Empire of Dreams">Empire of Dreams</a></i> (DVD). USA: Lucasfilm.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Empire+of+Dreams&rft.place=USA&rft.pub=Lucasfilm&rft.date=2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASphere+Books" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sutherland-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sutherland_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSutherlandSutherland2010" class="citation book cs1">Sutherland, John; Sutherland, Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature John (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2gOsAgAAQBAJ&dq=sphere%20star%20wars%20novelization&pg=PA56">"8. Star Wars - a real gee-whizz book"</a>. <i>Bestsellers (Routledge Revivals): Popular Fiction of the 1970s</i>. Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781136830631" title="Special:BookSources/9781136830631"><bdi>9781136830631</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 June</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=8.+Star+Wars+-+a+real+gee-whizz+book&rft.btitle=Bestsellers+%28Routledge+Revivals%29%3A+Popular+Fiction+of+the+1970s&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=9781136830631&rft.aulast=Sutherland&rft.aufirst=John&rft.au=Sutherland%2C+Northcliffe+Professor+of+Modern+English+Literature+John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2gOsAgAAQBAJ%26dq%3Dsphere%2520star%2520wars%2520novelization%26pg%3DPA56&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASphere+Books" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pubseries.cgi?3319">"Publication Series: Conan (Sphere)"</a>. <i>isfdb.org</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170619085439/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pubseries.cgi?3319">Archived</a> from the original on 19 June 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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SAGE. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781446249994" title="Special:BookSources/9781446249994"><bdi>9781446249994</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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