SPECIAL INTEREST MODEL BOOKS LIMITED

ABOUT SPECIAL INTEREST MODEL BOOKS LIMITED

Special Interest Model Books publishes practical manuals for hobbyists in the fields of model engineering, scale modelling, radio-controlled models and home winemaking and brewing.

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The small, independent MAP was bought out by Argus Press in the mid-70’s and the book publishing interests were hived off to become a company in its own right -

The late 70’s and 80’s were good years for Argus; the list based first at Golden Square in London’s Soho and subsequently in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire continued to expand, benefiting from the parent company’s acquisition of the

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decided that newspapers rather than magazines were where its future lay, the company was sold to the

group and for a brief period from 1995 to 2001, the books were published in Swanley, Kent under the Nexus Special Interests imprint. Nexus in turn made the decision that book publishing lay outside its core interests and in 2001 sold all of its book publishing interests to newly formed Special Interest Model Books Ltd.

Special Interest Model Books'

sole interest is in book publishing with staff who have a long connection with the model hobby areas of publishing. The company was founded in Poole, Dorset by Chris Lloyd, who had been acting as the sales and marketing agent for Nexus books since 1993.

Special Interest Model Books Ltd