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  • Find out when an author is on tour. Click here to access our Author Events listing.
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Permissions      
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  • You want to enquire if foreign or subsidiary rights are available in one of our titles. Please see below for more information on Rights Requests.
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Rights      
Send an email to Rights if:      
  • You want to enquire if foreign or subsidiary rights are available in one of our titles.
  • You want to enquire about TV, film and theatre rights.
  • You want to establish if a title has already been translated into a foreign language.
DO NOT send an email to Rights if:    
  • You require permission to quote material from one of our titles in your publication or website. Please refer to our Permissions Page for full details.
  • Your enquiry relates to a Random House Inc title. Always check whether the title in question was first published in the U.S. or the U.K. If it was first published in the U.S. please call the Random House general information number in New York at 212/782-9000 and request to be connected to the subsidiary rights department of the specific imprint. Please do not email us as we will be unable to assist you.

Important Notes:
1. When submitting an enquiry always provide the title of the book, name of author and the imprint under which the title was first published.

2. Please ensure your enquiry is directed to the specific contact address as listed below. This will ensure your enquiry is dealt with quickly

Adult Imprints Children's Imprints
For foreign, US and other rights, click on the relevant imprint below. For film and tv rights, click here.

Century
Hutchinson
Heinemann
Arrow
Random House Audio Books
Random House Business Books
For foreign, US, film and tv and other rights, click on the relevant imprint below.

Jonathan Cape

Chatto & Windus
Harvill Secker
Vintage
Pimlico
Yellow Jersey
Bodley Head
Square Peg
Preface
Ebury
Vermilion
Rider
C.W.Daniel
Mainstream
Random House Children's Books
Jonathan Cape
The Bodley Head
David Fickling Books
Hutchinson
Doubleday
Red Fox
Corgi
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Design      
Send an email to Design if:      
  • You have a general design enquiry about one of our titles or imprints
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  • You want to submit your portfolio. Please refer to the FAQ pages for more information on submitting your portfolio. Please do not email your samples to us as we are unable to handle submissions in this format.
Adult Imprints Children's Imprints
Century
Hutchinson
Heinemann
Arrow
Random House Audio Books
Random House Business Books
Jonathan Cape
Chatto & Windus
Everyman
Harvill Secker
Vintage
Pimlico
Yellow Jersey
Ebury
Vermilion
Rider
C.W.Daniel
Mainstream
Random House Children's Books
Jonathan Cape
The Bodley Head
David Fickling Books
Hutchinson
Doubleday
Red Fox
Corgi
       
       
Production      
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  • You are a printer or have an enquiry directly relating to the print and production process
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  • To complain if a book is faulty. Click here for more details
  • To submit a book proposal. Click here for more details
  • with any publication enquiries
       
       
Human Resources      
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  • You want to apply for a work experience placement at Random House - to send an email
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  • You wish to contact an author. Please note that we are not able to provide personal details of any of our authors under any circumstances. Please click here for details on how to send a letter to an author.
       
       
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The order processing and distribution of Random House UK books to trade customers in the UK and worldwide, is being handled by specialist book distributor The Book Service Limited, who are based at Colchester Road, Frating Green, Colchester, Essex, CO7 7DW.
Click here for a copy of our warehouse’s Goods In Specification or Binders Pack Bar Code Label if:
  • You are a printer and you are making a delivery on behalf of Random House to our distributor The Book Service Limited.
Click here for more details on book ordering if:
  • You are a trade customer and you want to place an order for Random House titles (NB: if you are a new customer, please click here for a copy of our New Account Application Form and our Terms & Conditions of Sale).
Click here for more details on returns handling if:
  • You are a trade customer and you want to know how your returns are being processed at The Book Service’s returns facility in Manningtree, under either the normal or the IRI returns system.
Click here to email our Random House Distribution Division if:
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If you have an enquiry of a more general nature, that is not covered by any of the categories above: please to send an email to general enquiries. This email link should be used only as a last resort as it is may take much longer for it to reach the intended personnel.

In order to receive a speedy reply we would suggest you provide details of authors, titles of any books and the imprint(s) under which they are published.