Paul Hamlyn: Difference between revisions
His success was developed on the idea of publishing eye-catching, glossy books in colour that appealed to a non-literary retail market. In 1961, for example, he published [[Marguerite Patten]]’s seminal domestic cookery book ”Everyday Cook Book in Colour”, a great success that established Hamlyn in the cookery retail market.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03xgl42 “Paul Hamlyn”], ”Publishing Lives”, [[BBC Radio Four]], 13 March 2014. The ”Everyday Cook Book in Colour” had sold in excess of one million copies by 1969.Marguerite Patten, ”Everyday Cook Book in Colour”, Hamlyn Books (1969). Hamlyn used colour at a time when it was unusual and expensive for book publishers to do so, accessing printers and publishers in [[Czechoslovakia]], such as [[Artia (publisher)|Artia]],Philip Jarvis and Sue Thomson, [https://books.google.com/books?id=dq00DwAAQBAJ&dq=artia+publishers&pg=PT56 “Paul Hamlyn: The Must Be A Better Way…”], in: Richard Abel and Gordon Graham, eds, ”Immigrant Publishers: The Impact of Expatriate Publishers in Britain and America in the 20th Century”, Routledge, 2017 (ebook edition). for the purpose. It was one of several innovations that included selling his books in retail outlets such as supermarkets and hardware shops, in addition to the usual literary outlets.
His success was developed on the idea of publishing eye-catching, glossy books in colour that appealed to a non-literary retail market. In 1961, for example, he published [[Marguerite Patten]]’s seminal domestic cookery book ”Everyday Cook Book in Colour”, a great success that established Hamlyn in the cookery retail market.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03xgl42 “Paul Hamlyn”], ”Publishing Lives”, [[BBC Radio Four]], 13 March 2014. The ”Everyday Cook Book in Colour” had sold in excess of one million copies by 1969.Marguerite Patten, ”Everyday Cook Book in Colour”, Hamlyn Books (1969). Hamlyn used colour at a time when it was unusual and expensive for book publishers to do so, accessing printers and publishers in [[Czechoslovakia]], such as [[Artia (publisher)|Artia]],Philip Jarvis and Sue Thomson, [https://books.google.com/books?id=dq00DwAAQBAJ&dq=artia+publishers&pg=PT56 “Paul Hamlyn: The Must Be A Better Way…”], in: Richard Abel and Gordon Graham, eds, ”Immigrant Publishers: The Impact of Expatriate Publishers in Britain and America in the 20th Century”, Routledge, 2017 (ebook edition). for the purpose. It was one of several innovations that included selling his books in retail outlets such as supermarkets and hardware shops, in addition to the usual literary outlets.
He published a number of book series including the Hamlyn All-Colour Paperbacks,[https://www.publishinghistory.com/hamlyn-all-colour-paperbacks.html Hamlyn All-Colour Paperbacks – Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.[http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/hamlyn.html HAMLYN ALL-COLOUR Paperbacks], collectingbooksandmagazines.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023. The Portraits of Greatness[https://www.publishinghistory.com/portraits-of-greatness-hamlyn.html The Portraits of Greatness Series (Hamlyn) – Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023. and The Colour Library of Art.
He published a number of book series including the Hamlyn All-Colour Paperbacks,[https://www.publishinghistory.com/hamlyn-all-colour-paperbacks.html Hamlyn All-Colour Paperbacks – Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.[http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/hamlyn.html HAMLYN ALL-COLOUR Paperbacks], collectingbooksandmagazines.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023. The Portraits of Greatness[https://www.publishinghistory.com/portraits-of-greatness-hamlyn.html The Portraits of Greatness Series (Hamlyn) – Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023. and The Colour Library of Art.
==Awards==
==Awards==
British publisher (1926–2001)
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The Lord Hamlyn |
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Paul Bertrand Wolfgang Hamburger 12 February 1926 |
| Died | 31 August 2001 (age 75) |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Title | Baron Hamlyn |
| Spouse(s) | Eileen Watson (dissolved 1969) Helen Guest (1970–his death)[1] |
| Children | Michael, Jane |
Paul Hamlyn, Baron Hamlyn, CBE (12 February 1926 – 31 August 2001) was a German-born British publisher and philanthropist, who established the Paul Hamlyn Foundation in 1987.
Early life[edit]
He was born Paul Bertrand Wolfgang Hamburger in Berlin, Germany, in 1926. His parents were Richard Hamburger, a paediatrician at the Charité Hospital in Berlin, and his wife, Lili, a Quaker of Polish descent.
When the National Socialists came to power and his father was forced out of his profession, the Hamburger family, who were Jewish, moved to London. Upon their arrival, the family lived in St. John’s Wood and the young Hamburger was educated at the St Christopher School in
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