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=== Defunct Mills & Boon Imprints=== | === Defunct Mills & Boon Imprints=== | ||
* [[Mills and Boon Best Seller Romance|Best Seller Romance]] - reprint series (formerly ''Classics'' and ''Favourites'') | * [[Mills and Boon Best Seller Romance|Best Seller Romance]] - reprint series (formerly ''Classics'' and ''Favourites'') | ||
| − | * [[Mills and Boon Duets| | + | * [[Mills and Boon Duets|Duets]] - reprint series (formerly ''Omnibus'' and ''Collection'') |
| − | * [[Mills and Boon Enchanted|Enchanted]] | + | * [[Mills and Boon Enchanted|Enchanted]]™ |
| − | * [[Mills and Boon Presents|Mills & Boon Presents]] | + | * [[Mills and Boon Presents|Mills & Boon Presents]]™ |
* [[Mills and Boon Romance|Romance]] | * [[Mills and Boon Romance|Romance]] | ||
* [[Sensual Romance]] | * [[Sensual Romance]] | ||
| − | * [[Tender Romance]] | + | * [[Tender Romance]]™ |
| − | * [[Mills and Boon Temptation|Temptation]] - | + | * [[Mills and Boon Temptation|Temptation]] - titles form the [[Harlequin Temptation]] imprint with independent numbering and different covers |
== Articles/Press == | == Articles/Press == | ||
Revision as of 12:54, 30 May 2008
Mills & Boon Limited was founded in 1908 by Gerald Mills and Charles Boon, and soon romance fiction became the publisher's primary business. As the company grew, its books became known as "the books in brown" (see: Mills & Boon history).
By building a strong relationship with libraries and making their product available through newsagents, Mills & Boon's reasonably priced product was easy-to-purchase, leading to increased sales. In 1957, Harlequin Enterprises Limited, then a smaller publisher, acquired rights to Mills & Boon's "doctor/nurse" romances, and eventually romance fiction comprised Harlequin's entire list. Harlequin Enterprises Limited purchased Mills & Boon in 1971 and Harlequin publishes Mills & Boon books under that name.
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Imprints
Mills & Boon continues to publish a wide range of titles under various lines every month.
Current Imprints
- Blaze - titles form the Harlequin Blaze imprint with independent numbering and different covers
- By Request - reprint series for Mills & Boon titles
- Desire - two titles from the Silhouette Desire imprint in one volume
- Historical Romance (formerly Masquerade Historical Romance and Legacy of Love)
- Intrigue - titles form the Harlequin Intrigue and similar imprints with independent numbering and different covers
- Medical Romance (formerly Doctor Nurse Romance and Love on Call)
- Modern Romance™ - with Modern™ Heat
- Romance
- Special Edition - titles from the Silhouette Special Edition imprint with independent numbering and different covers
- Spotlight - reprint series for Silhouette titles
- Superromance - titles form the Harlequin Superromance imprint with independent numbering and different covers
Defunct Mills & Boon Imprints
- Best Seller Romance - reprint series (formerly Classics and Favourites)
- Duets - reprint series (formerly Omnibus and Collection)
- Enchanted™
- Mills & Boon Presents™
- Romance
- Sensual Romance
- Tender Romance™
- Temptation - titles form the Harlequin Temptation imprint with independent numbering and different covers
Articles/Press
- 100 years of romancing the readers - Yorkshire Press (1/2008)
- A Hundred Years of Mills and Boon - British comedian Lucy Porter examines the centennial of Mills & Boon on this radio program. Guests include Helen Fielding, Fay Weldon, and Roger Sanderson, a male romance novelist.
- Many more items on Mills & Boon are listed in the page about Romance in the Media.
