Now in its twenty-sixth year, independent publishing house Michael O’Mara Books has established a reputation for high-profile autobiographies and biographies (including Anything Goes by John Barrowman, A Fart in a Colander by Roy Hudd, My Word is My Bond by Sir Roger Moore and Andrew Morton’s Diana: Her True Story, the second highest-selling book of the 1990s), innovative humour and non-fiction (such as the Sunday Times bestseller I Before E (Except After C), The Timewaster Letters and The Book of Senior Moments), and highly commercial children’s books published under our Buster Books imprint.
The nostalgic series started by the phenomenal success of I Before E (Except After C) now encompasses titles including the Sunday Times bestsellers I Used To Know That and My Grammar and I. Over 1.1 million books have been sold across the series, which also includes titles for children such as Thirty Days Has September. New paperback editions for four of these top-selling titles – I Before E, My Grammar and I, I Used To Know That and Remember, Remember – have been launched this autumn.
We have a hugely exciting autumn and winter 2011 lined up with the autobiography of tour guide Brendan Sheerin, star of Channel 4’s Coach Trip and the humour title Where’s the Meerkat bringing a touch of meerkat magic to every Christmas stocking!
SHORTLISTED for Independent Publisher of the Year Award at both the Independent Publishers’ Guild Awards 2008 and 2009, and the British Book Industry Awards 2008
WINNER of the International Achievement of the Year Award at the Independent Publishers’ Guild Awards 2008
WINNER of the 2009 Publishers’ Publicity Circle Award for the best celebrity hardback campaign (Jo Wickham for Roy Hudd’s A Fart in a Colander)
What The Bookseller says:
- ‘shockingly successful’
- ‘Continuing to punch well above its weight…’
- ‘Michael O’Mara: Santa’s favourite’
- ‘has developed an enviable niche in the gift book market with the likes of The Dads’ Book and The Girls’ Book of Glamour regular fixtures on the bestseller lists’
- ‘impressive growth in the last seven years’