Steve Savage Publishers

NEWS AND COMMENT 2001
14 SEP 01	The Bookseller	Gordon Wright in Savage buyout
		Scottish independent Gordon Wright Publishing has been bought out by Steve Savage, managing editor of condensed books at Reader's Digest.
		Mr Savage will use the 34-title backlist to create a new London-based company, Steve Savage Publishers, when he steps down from his role as managing editor of condensed books at Reader's Digest in October. No price was disclosed for the deal.
		"I aim to do the same kind of general non-fiction publishing in England that Gordon has done in Scotland," Mr Savage said.
		Originally from Scotland, he was a bookseller in Edinburgh before moving first to Granada Paperbacks and then to RD for nine years. He will be based at the Old Truman Brewery in London's Brick Lane and will spend part of his time in Scotland.

12 SEP 01	The Bookseller website	Gordon Wright in Savage buyout
		Scottish independent Gordon Wright Publishing has been bought out for an undisclosed sum by Steve Savage, managing editor of condensed books at Reader's Digest.
		Savage is to use the list to create a new London-based company, Steve Savage Publishers, when he steps down from Reader's Digest in October. "I aim to do the same kind of general non-fiction publishing in England that Gordon has done in Scotland," he said. He will be based in East London but will spend part of his time in Scotland.