If Rough Guides are the daal and nan of foreign travel, then Dorling Kinderley’s Eyewitness series is the rump steak and fois gras. The shiny printing, colour photographs and lavish ...

Hyping books; boosting the public's interest in ... some get a double-page spread. In typical Dorling Kindersley style, the illustrations are an essential part of the package.

As well as acquiring Rough Guides' "great brand" and books, he said APA Publications ... "I always felt that the marriage of Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Guides and Rough Guides was a strange ...

Here’s yet another coffee-table book about India, beautifully produced, as you would expect from DK, but lacking any introduction to explain its USP. But a reference on the jacket to this being ...

The publishing firm Penguin Random House is considering a sale of its illustrated books division Dorling Kindersley, Sky News has reported. Dorling Kindersley was founded in London in 1974 ...

Dorling Kindersley was acquired by Pearson in 2000 for £311m after it ran into financial difficulties, having placed excessive orders for Star Wars-branded books that it was unable to sell.