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25-March-1999 
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    Westminster John Knox Press Opens London Office 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Seeking to expand its global reach, Westminster John Knox 
Press (WJK) - the crown jewel of the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation 
(PPC) - has announced that it is opening a new office in London, England. 
 
    "Good religious academic books travel," explained WJK director Richard 
E. Brown. "Books that are important in the United States are important 
books in the United Kingdom, and vice versa.  With this new office, we can 
better facilitate that interaction and exchange of ideas." 
 
    The London office will be headed by Philip Law, an editor with nearly 
20 years of publishing experience in the United Kingdom. In recent years he 
has served as publishing manager of Lion Publishing and as a publisher for 
SPCK. Those firms are among the better-known religious publishing houses in 
England. 
 
    Law described the new London operation as a "win-win" situation for all 
concerned. "I have long thought that there must be a better, more efficient 
way of delivering world-class scholarship to a worldwide readership," he 
said. "Now, with the economies of scale we can achieve by publishing 
simultaneously in the U.K. and the U.S., more books can be made available 
to readers at more affordable prices, and authors can receive a faster and 
fairer return on their hard work and expertise." 
 
    Davis Perkins, WJK's president and publisher, said PPC had been 
considering the establishment of a London office for two years. "This can't 
help but make a major, positive impact on our readers, wholesale and retail 
customers and the bottom line," he said. 

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