Status Active | Founded 1991 | |
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Key people Rod Grainger & Jude Brooks Publication types BookseBooksMobile apps Nonfiction topics AutomotiveAnimal WelfareMilitary History Imprints Veloce (Automotive)Hubble & Hattie (Animal Welfare)Battle Cry (Military History) Official website www.veloce.co.ukdigital.veloce.co.uk Profiles | ||
Veloce publishing 20 years of automotive publishing 1991 to 2011 the hubble hattie imprint
Veloce Publishing is primarily an automotive book publisher based in Poundbury, Dorset. Founded in 1991 by Rod Grainger and Jude Brooks, it has published over 700 print and electronic titles under the Veloce name, and a further 30 plus under its Hubble & Hattie imprint, which deals with animal-related subjects.
The name ‘Veloce’ comes from the Italian for ‘speed’, often used by Alfa-Romeo to denote its faster models.The name also references Velocette motorcycles, which were the subject of one the company’s earliest titles.
Veloce’s best-selling title is its Mazda MX-5 Miata workshop manual, written by founder Rod Grainger and Pete Shoemark.
Notable authors who have published books with Veloce include TV presenter Mike Brewer, former rally champion and Top Gear pundit Tony Mason and, under the Hubble and Hattie imprint, astronomer Sir Patrick Moore.