RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2016 Announced today that all Ian Allan Publishing titles have been sold - although the imprint name has not been transferred - together with the OPC imprint and the 'abc' brand, to Crecy Books with immediate effect. https://www.facebook.com/IanAllanPublishing/posts/1190818517699198 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2016 I'm confused. Is this IA's magazine titles or their books that have been sold. For that matter is there much of the old IA company even left? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2016 I thought the magazines had already been sold—to Key Publishing—some time ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
decauville1126 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 For that matter is there much of the old IA company even left? I recall a travel agency and a Volvo car dealership back in the 1970's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted December 22, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2016 Indeed they sold most of the magazine titles to Key Publishing a while back, now the remains of the publishing titles have also been sold. They have just posted the following on Facebook: "This is the last post from Ian Allan Publishing - with sincere thanks to all our friends, fans and customers who have shown such loyal support over many years. Over and out...." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2016 The end of an era... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 From the other 'side of the fence': http://www.crecy.co.uk/cms.php?page_id=47 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseHead Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Having been on their mailing list for years, feeling guilty now that I didn't take advantage of any of their Christmas offers. I guess only time will tell if any of their titles/series will survive, vanish forever, or get reprinted on cheap and nasty paper for the Garden Centre "bargain" books table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 IA seem to still have quite a portfolio of business interests including publishing masonic (freemasons) manuscripts/books/magazines (under the Lewis Masonic brand name), plus running their book/model shops, property and the business travel agency and motor franchises already mentioned. But a shame about the railway book publishing. Fingers crossed Crècy step up to the mark (it was one of the famous three battles the English won against the French in the hundred years war - Poitiers, Crècy and Agincourt) G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2016 Indeed they sold most of the magazine titles to Key Publishing a while back, now the remains of the publishing titles have also been sold. They have just posted the following on Facebook: "This is the last post from Ian Allan Publishing - with sincere thanks to all our friends, fans and customers who have shown such loyal support over many years. Over and out...." Is it just me but "over and out" is a madness as "over" means you expect a reply and "out" means that the conversation is finished and you do not expect or want a reply. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2016 As the group will continue I am presuming that the future of the 'other' GCR (Great Cockrow Railway) is assured certainly no rumours coming from that direction thus far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Is it just me but "over and out" is a madness as "over" means you expect a reply and "out" means that the conversation is finished and you do not expect or want a reply. It's not just you. As an RAC Con Sig it really grates. It's the sort of thing that you'd expect from a stolen valour Walt! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2016 Hopefully we may see an improvement in photographic reproduction, which umder IA recently has been woeful. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 How very sad. Having cut my journalistic teeth at Ian Allan Publishing in two stints from 1963-8 and again from 1977-92 I was with the company when it was at the top of its game. When I joined in 1963 they were still at Craven House in Hampton Court and moved soon afterwards to Shepperton. Whilst there were several different arms to the business - the high street travel agencies, for instance, were launched from the new office at Shepperton and sold off many years ago - it was the publishing business that IA started with his roneo-ed sheets of loco numbers which became the Abc booklets. At least he did not live to see it disposed of. (CJL) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I understand that the publishing side of IA has not been doing very well in recent years so it's no great surprise that they have sold it. I don't think it would have happened whilst Ian Allan himself was still around. One thing Crecy could usefully consider is a reprint of Profile of the Warships (OPC). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 At least we won't be having IA referred to as Ian Allen. Almost as bad as "train station". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2016 I only once, a very long time ago, visited their Hampton Court branch, but when I lived and worked in South London, I frequented the Lower Marsh shop. Strangely it was mainly in my military modelling/ wargames figure painting period. They had quite a good range of military books, perhaps the proximity of the Imperial War Museum had something to do with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 At least we won't be having IA referred to as Ian Allen. Almost as bad as "train station". I think there used to be a lot of confusion because Cecil J Allen was one of the company's leading railway authors, and his son Geoffrey Freeman Allen was Publishing Director when I first worked there. I guess people assumed that Ian was also an Allen. (CJL) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 There was also Dr Ian C Allen photographer. http://www.transporttreasury.co.uk/ianallencollection.html Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardLong Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I only once, a very long time ago, visited their Hampton Court branch, but when I lived and worked in South London, I frequented the Lower Marsh shop. Strangely it was mainly in my military modelling/ wargames figure painting period. They had quite a good range of military books, perhaps the proximity of the Imperial War Museum had something to do with it. About 15 years ago I (very briefly) worked at the Lower Marsh shop. At the time the then shop manager was only interested in the military side of things - he actively looked-down on transport enthusiasts. I don't know how long he stayed (it was longer than me) but that would probably explain why they had a good range of military books... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted December 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 23, 2016 When I used to call on the Lower Marsh shop on behalf of the Welsh Railways Research Circle the staff were always very pro railway and very knowledgeable. I seem to remember that one was something of an expert on the Festiniog Railway. I one applied for a job at Shepperton and actually got an interview - but not the job. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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