The Independent - London, November 21st, 2006
John Davenport was not one of those publishers who sip mineral water while taking their authors out for quick lunches. Still less was he a publisher who committed large sums to publishing books with only the vaguest glimmering of how to sell them. He was a great entertainer, who brought to English publishing the sharp edge of consumer research, and over 40 years ago launched a series of Reader's Digest atlases and illustrated reference books that set the standards for Mitchell Beazley, Dorling Kindersley and other phenomenally successful publishers of immaculately designed book packages.
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