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Nosy Crow
Nosy Crow is a prize-winning independent children's publisher based in the UK, particularly notable for its original storybook apps for the iOS platform.〔Thomson, Liz ("Shelf life in hard times: The book folk who wrote glorious chapters in 2011" ), ''The Independent'', London, 23 December 2011. Retrieved on 14 March 2012〕 The company was founded in 2010 by Kate Wilson, formerly MD of Macmillan Children’s Books and Group MD of Scholastic UK Ltd.〔http://nosycrow.com/about/kate-wilson〕 The company was named Children's Publisher of the Year by the Independent Publisher's Guild for two consecutive years, in 2012 and 2013,〔http://ipg.uk.com/awards〕 and in 2014, was named Small Business of the Year by the Nectar Small Business Awards〔Carpenter, Caroline ("Nosy Crow wins Nectar business award" ), ''The Bookseller'', London, 4 September 2014.〕 and Young Company of the Year by the Growing Business Awards.〔Ruthven, Hunter ("Xtrac's Peter Digby roars to success at the Growing Business Awards" ), ''Real Business'', London, 25 November 2014. Retrieved on 26 November 2014〕 In North America, many of Nosy Crow's illustrated book titles are published under an imprint of the same name by Candlewick Press,〔Neill, Graeme. ("Nosy Crow signs with US' Candlewick Press" ), ''The Bookseller'', London, 11 March 2011. Retrieved on 14 March 2012〕 and in Australia, Nosy Crow books are distributed by Allen & Unwin.〔http://nosycrow.com/blog/round-the-world-in-11-days〕 In September 2014, the company announced a partnership with The National Trust, to publish a jointly-branded children's book list launching in 2016,〔Wilson, Kate ("Nosy Crow will partner with the National Trust to create a children’s book list" ), ''Nosy Crow'', London, 18 September 2014. Retrieved on 21 October 2015〕 and in October 2015, Nosy Crow announced a second partnership with The British Museum for another jointly-branded children's book list, launching in 2017.〔Wilson, Kate ("Nosy Crow partners with the British Museum" ), ''Nosy Crow'', London, 7 October 2015. Retrieved on 21 October 2015〕
==History==
Nosy Crow was founded in 2010〔Horn, Caroline ("Kate Wilson sets up children's publisher, Nosy Crow" ), ''The Bookseller'', London, 22 February 2010. Retrieved on 14 March 2012〕 and published its first book in January 2011.〔http://nosycrow.com/blog/nosy-crow-publishes-it-s-first-book〕 In its first year of publishing, it released 23 books and 3 apps in total, and invoiced one million pounds.〔http://nosycrow.com/blog/looking-back-at-2011-our-first-year-of-publishing〕 In 2013, the company published over 50 books and 3 apps and the company has been noted for its relatively rapid growth in an industry experiencing shrinking revenue elsewhere.〔 By September 2014, Nosy Crow had grown to become the 16th largest children’s publisher in the UK, according to Nielsen Bookscan data.〔Wilson, Kate ("Nosy Crow has won Nectar Business's Small Business of the Year award" ), ''Nosy Crow'', London, 08 September 2014. Retrieved on 18 September 2014〕
The company has a strong background in rights-selling. Wilson began her career selling rights at Faber and Faber〔http://www.debretts.co.uk/people/biographies/browse/w/21311/Kate+WILSON.aspx〕 and in its first year, foreign rights to Nosy Crow titles were sold in 16 languages.〔 In March 2011, Nosy Crow struck an apps partnership deal with Gallimard Jeunesse and Carlsen Verlag, who release Nosy Crow apps under their own brands in French and German.〔http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/46646-nosy-crow-inks-german-french-app-publishing-pacts.html〕 A similar deal was announced in March 2012 with Gottmer, who released the apps in Dutch.〔http://publishingperspectives.com/2012/05/nosy-crow-rights-deals-for-dutch-kids-apps-with-gottmer/〕
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