Finance Database Partnership

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
03 August 2007


                           BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING Plc
 Announce the signing of a 7 year partnership for their Finance database with a
                  major international financial organisation.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc announces the signing today of a partnership contract
for their database Finance - The Ultimate Resource with a major international
financial organisation in a 7 year contract. This project was announced in the
preliminary statement of April 3rd 2007 and a further update was given in the
company's AGM statement of June 28th. The profit impact of this contract will
arise in the years between 2008 and 2014.  A joint announcement to be made
together with Bloomsbury's new partner in this project will give more details
about the project and is planned to be made on September 10th.

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Enquiries:

Bell Pottinger
Dan de Belder/ Algy Rowe
0207 861 3232

Note to Editors

Bloomsbury was founded 21 years ago by its chief executive Nigel Newton, based
on the principle of publishing books of excellence and originality for a wide
market. The company undertook a full stock exchange listing in London in 1994
and has since expanded its publishing categories and geographical reach. Today,
Bloomsbury has three divisions - adult, children's and reference - which span
the world's three largest book markets of the USA, Germany and the UK, where the
Company has established offices.

Bloomsbury has a strong reputation in developing new authors - Anthony Bourdain,
David Guterson, Anne Michaels, J.K.Rowling, Will Self and Ben Schott - and in
publishing established ones, including, Margaret Atwood, John Irving, Jay
McInerney, Michael Ondaatje, Donna Tartt, Joanna Trollope and Benjamin
Zephaniah. The company is well recognized for its ability to identify new
authors, and employing highly professional sales and marketing skills to publish
their books to maximum effect. With a worldwide library of over 11,500 titles,
Bloomsbury also exploits a valuable backlist, publishing regular repeat authors.
It also develops major information databases for electronic and print
publication.

Bloomsbury's books are increasingly linked to television and film tie-ins,
including The English Patient, Snow Falling on Cedars, the first four Harry
Potter titles (with the fifth film premiered on 3rd July) and on TV, David
Dimbleby's How We Built Britain, The Only Boy for Me by Gil McNeil, and the
forthcoming The Wild Gourmets by Guy Grieve and Thomasina Miers. Bloomsbury's
bestseller, The Kite Runner, will be released as a major film in the UK in 2008.
Bloomsbury will celebrate its 21st anniversary on 26 September 2007.

2007 bestsellers
Country     Title of 2007 Bestsellers
UK          Restless by William Boyd
            A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
            How We Built Britain by David Dimbleby
            Austerity Britain by David Kynaston
            Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI
            Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
            Physik by Angie Sage
            101 Things To Do by Richard Horne
            Cathy's Book by Weismann, Stewart & Brigg
            Larklight by Philip Reeve

USA         Waiting for Daisy by Peggy Orenstein,
            Medicus by Ruth Downie
            Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
            Gone Wild by David McLimans
            Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
            Real Food by Nina Plank
            Highest Tide by Jim Lynch
            Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan
            Austenland by Shannon Hale
            Kiki Strike by Kirsten Miller

Germany     Ruhelos by William Boyd
            Salz des Lebens by Benoite Groult
            Die Flucht by Tatjana Grafin Donhoff
            Handy by Ingo Schulze
            Drachenlaufer by Khaled Hosseini
            Spate Familie by Zeruya Shalev




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