Semantic Coherence: Pan Macmillan – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

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[H3] Holiday reads 2026: the best books for summer
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[H3] Authors' Notes: Patrick Radden Keefe on London Falling, true crime and tragedy
[H2] New this month
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[H3] Before I Knew I Loved You
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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[H3] John of John
Douglas Stuart
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[H3] Seek The Traitor's Son
Veronica Roth
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[H3] Inside the Box
David Epstein
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[H3] How to Agree to Disagree
Gabrielle Rifkind
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[H3] Dissection of a Murder
Jo Murray
[H1] If you're into it, read into it
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[H2] Out in paperback
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[H3] What Have I Done?
Ben Elton
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[H3] Power Play
Chelsea Curto
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[H3] The Sunshine Man
Emma Stonex
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[H3] The Art of a Lie
Laura Shepherd-Robinson
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[H3] Thirst Trap
Gráinne O'Hare
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[H3] One Yellow Eye
Leigh Radford
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[H3] Seven reasons Gwendoline Riley should be at the top of your TBR this year
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[H3] Authors' Notes: Poet Brian Bilston on how poetry is everywhere, accompanied by our recommendations of places to find it
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[H3] Authors' Notes: Janice Hadlow on the Pride & Prejudice characters she wishes she could spend more time with
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[H3] Everything that's happened in the Children of Time series so far
[H2] New kids' books to look out for
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[H3] InvestiGators: Weather or Not
John Patrick Green
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[H3] A Mermaid's Rescue
Chris Riddell
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[H3] Marcus Rashford: World of Football
Marcus RashfordCarl Anka
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[H3] Dad
Christian Robinson
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[H3] Boots and Cats
Hazel GardnerFred Blunt
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[H3] Gozzle
Julia DonaldsonSara Ogilvie
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[H3] Marcus Rashford's books: a complete guide
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[H3] Introducing. . . Gruffalo Granny

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[H4] Featured Authors
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[H3] Kate Mosse
Kate Mosse is an award-winning novelist, playwright and non-fiction writer, the author of six novels and short story collections, including the multimillion-selling Languedoc Trilogy – Labyrinth...View more
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[H3] Tomi Adeyemi
Tomi Adeyemi is a Nigerian-American writer and creative writing coach based in San Diego, California. After graduating Harvard University with an honours degree in English literature, she studied...View more
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[H3] David Baldacci
David Baldacci is one of the world’s bestselling and favourite thriller writers. With over 130 million copies in print, his books, including Memory Man, Long Road to Mercy and One Good Deed are...View more
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[H3] Joe Wicks
Joe Wicks - aka The Body Coach - is the UK's best selling non-fiction author of 2016. Hailing from Epsom, Surrey but now a London local, Joe has always been interested in fitness & nutrition. His...View more
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[H3] Julia Donaldson
Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 17 million copies...View more
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[H3] Peter James
Peter James is a UK number one bestselling author, best known for writing crime and thriller novels, and the creator of the much-loved Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. Globally, his books have...View more

[H1] Our story
[H3] We publish a broad and vibrant range of books for audiences of all ages from dazzling bestsellers to influential prize-winners; books to inspire lifelong readers and listeners to enduring classics for generations to come. The fourth largest UK publisher, we pride ourselves on publishing successfully and sustainably and are committed to working together to positively impact culture and society at large.
Pan Macmillan has offices in the UK, Australia, South Africa and India and a sister company headquartered in New York, Macmillan USA. Because of the group’s scale, our outlook is truly global and our ambition unlimited. This is supported by the goals of our owners and shareholders, the Holtzbrinck family. Investing for the long term, the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group  is passionately dedicated to the progress of science, education and the culture of reading - all essential for a truly sustainable world.
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The House of Pan Macmillan
We describe the way we’re organised as ‘The House of Pan Macmillan’. Under one roof we have many rooms that provide a home to our imprints: each room is distinctive, containing the carefully curated collections of different kinds of books published for the widest possible readership.
These imprints comprise Bluebird; Campbell Books; Harriman House, First Ink; Kingfisher; Macmillan, Macmillan Business; Macmillan Children’s Books, Macmillan Collector's Library; Mantle, One Boat; Pan; Picador and Tor.
[H2] Our mission
Our mission is to publish the very best authors and illustrators successfully and sustainably for the widest possible readership because we believe that books enrich people’s lives and build empathy and understanding.
At Pan Macmillan, we are committed to working together to make a difference. The books we publish lie at the heart of cultural conversation: they can stir empathy, promote understanding and offer comfort in times of need.
Every one of us here - from our editors and designers, to our production and finance teams - is inspired by our goal of bringing them to the broadest, most diverse audiences possible. But as well as publishing successfully and sustainably, we want to use the unique tools we have at our disposal - our creativity, our expertise, and our reach - to positively impact culture and society at large.
We have identified three key areas where Pan Macmillan is best placed to make a difference and are committed to working with a variety of partners to drive meaningful, long-lasting change: Building an inclusive community; Protecting our planet and Reading for life.
[H3] Making a difference at Pan Macmillan
We have identified three key areas where we can make a difference and are committed to working with a variety of partners to drive meaningful, long-lasting change.Read more
[H2] Our history
Our family roots and rich history have helped us to build a warm and collaborative culture, where all voices are heard and new, creative perspectives are always welcome.
Founded in 1843 by Daniel and Alexander Macmillan - working class sons of a Scottish crofter - we have a proud history stretching back nearly 200 years. Daniel was the business brain, while Alexander laid the literary foundations, publishing such great authors as Charles Kingsley, Christina Rossetti, Thomas Hughes, Lewis Carroll, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Henry James, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling and H.G. Wells.
The brothers' publishing talents were not confined to literature. Their vision led to the creation of enduring copyrights such as Nature (1869), the renowned Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1877) and Palgrave's Dictionary of Political Economy (1899).
An ambitious expansion programme was initiated in the late 1960s when Harold Macmillan retired from politics after his term as prime minister and became chairman of the company. Serious academic, educational and literary publishing was followed by significant growth in reference programmes and college textbooks as well as educational and scientific journals. New international opportunities were grasped and publishing operations were set up in Japan, Mexico and the emerging markets of Africa and Asia.
Today Macmillan is one of the largest and best-known international publishers in the world.
[H5] ‘“If a large tree grows from this small seed we shall be grateful.” ’
— Daniel Macmillan, 1843
[H3] How the pioneering Macmillan brothers built a publishing powerhouse
Sarah Harkness, author of Literature for the People, explains how two idealistic brothers, working-class sons of a Scottish crofter, went on to set up a publishing house that spread radical ideas on equality, science and education across the world.Read more

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[H2] FAQs
[H5] I would like to submit a manuscript or proposal to Pan Macmillan
Pan Macmillan generally doesn’t accept unsolicited manuscripts or proposals. All our submissions come via literary agents. Information on how to find a literary agent can be found at  www.writersandartists.co.uk/writers
[H5] I am a bookseller and I would like to order books from you
Please email webqueries@macmillan.co.uk with the name of your business and the books you would like to order and we will get back to you.
[H5] I have a question about one of your audiobooks
Please email audiobooks@macmillan.com
[H5] I have a rights or permissions request for one of your adult books
Requests to reuse content from Pan Macmillan (adult titles only)  please visit https://trade.panmacmillan.com/rights-permissions/permissions and complete the online form.
For all adult rights enquiries, please email adultrightsquery@macmillan.co.uk
[H5] I have a rights or permissions request for one of your children’s books
For requests to use content from Macmillan Children’s Books please follow this link:  https://www.panmacmillan.com/childrens-books-permissions
[H5] I would like to request a special format of one of your books for a student with disabilities
Please email adultrightsquery@macmillan.co.uk with your request.
[H5] I have found a fault with one of your titles
For print titles, please email details of the problem, as well as author and title details, and ISBN if possible, to faults@macmillan.co.uk. We aim to reply as quickly as possible to all queries, but please allow 28 days before following up on your query.
For ebooks, please email details of the problem, as well as author and title details, and the ISBN, to ebooksqueries@macmillan.com.
[H5] I want to contact one of your authors or illustrators
We are unable to give out our authors' and illustrators' contact details, but we're more than happy to pass messages on to them. You can either email your message to webqueries@macmillan.co.uk or post it to us, addressed to the author in question, at:
6 Briset Street
London
EC1M 5NR
Tel: 0207 038 5000
Please note that we can't guarantee a response from our authors.
[H5] I have a query about a competition hosted on panmacmillan.com
Please email webqueries@macmillan.co.uk with your question.
[H5] I would like to report an incident of online piracy of a book, ebook, recording or programme
Please complete the web form at www.panmacmillan.com/piracy-report
The team responds to all reports.
[H5] I’m looking for a book that you publish but I can’t find it
All of our books currently in print can be found on our website; you can search by author, book or ISBN.
If you can’t find a title that you think we publish it is probably for one of these reasons:
-It is out of print
-The book’s publication date is more than 5 months away
-We don’t publish the book. You can quickly find out the publisher of any book by searching for it on Amazon and scrolling down to the product information section. If it does say Macmillan / Pan / Pan Macmillan / Picador / Tor / Macmillan Children’s Books and you can’t find it on our website, it will be either because of one of the two reasons above, or it will be published by our sister company, Macmillan US. You can search their website at http://us.macmillan.com/.
[H5] Picador Poetry submissions guidelines
We accept direct submissions of debut collections from poets resident in the UK and Ireland.*
Poets should have completed a book manuscript and have achieved journal publication.
Please send an extract of up to 15 pages to picador.poetry@macmillan.com in a single document.
If we wish to see more of your work, we will contact you within eight weeks.
All submitted work will be treated as confidential.
*Other submissions, including international, are accepted from agented authors only. We do not accept unsolicited submissions of poetry for children.
[H5] Potential Scam Warning
Please be aware that fictitious solicitations purporting to be “Letter(s) of Interest,” job openings, and/or requests for payment are occasionally circulated online by individuals posing as Pan Macmillan representatives. Pan Macmillan does not solicit agents, authors, or job candidates in this manner. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of a communication purportedly from or on behalf of Pan Macmillan, please email compliance@macmillan.com before taking any action. Pan Macmillan job postings are available online here.
[H5] General Product Safety Regulation
All books published by Pan Macmillan comply fully with the requirements of the General Product Safety Regulation (December 2024).  For further information and help with any queries, please contact us at generalproductsafety@macmillan.com, including title and ISBN if possible, and we will respond within 48 hours.
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