Alcuin Capital Partners is pleased to announce that it has successfully exited its 2011 investment in Osprey Publishing, the world´s leading publisher of specialist illustrated books on a wide range of military topics, in a sale to Bloomsbury Plc. Osprey will increase Bloomsbury´s presence in niche special interest markets and complements their existing natural history and military history publishing, as well as international sales.
Osprey was founded in 1968 and originally focussed on military publishing however, more recently, Osprey have expanded their offering into other niche imprints including nature, heritage and custom publishing.