{"id":6676,"date":"2021-01-19T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autobookmobile.com\/?p=6676"},"modified":"2021-01-25T13:21:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T13:21:06","slug":"porter-press-international-celebrates-milestone-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autobookmobile.com\/porter-press-international-celebrates-milestone-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Porter Press International Celebrates Milestone Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Porter Press International<\/strong><\/span> marked its 15th anniversary in style in 2020, publishing more books than ever before and enjoying its most successful year. Far from resting on his laurels, however, founder Philip Porter<\/strong> is looking forward to continuing that growth. \u2018There is no time to sit back,\u2019 he said. \u2018We have a load of very exciting books in the pipeline. It\u2019s like a drug, and I’m hooked!<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n It all began with the late Sir Stirling Moss. Having written around 25 motoring books himself, including a number of renowned reference works on Jaguars, Philip Porter always had ambitions to start his own publishing company. Becoming great friends with his childhood hero, and discovering that Moss had kept wonderful scrapbooks during his illustrious career, proved to be the catalyst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first Stirling Moss Scrapbook<\/em> was published in 2005, and was followed by three more Scrapbooks<\/em> with Moss. Then the legendary Murray Walker entered the scene and worked with Porter Press International to produce the next in the Scrapbook<\/em> series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both of those superstars gave the company enormous support for several years, and hugely popular signing sessions at major events such as Goodwood helped to lay the foundations for further success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2014, Porter initiated the celebrated Great Cars<\/em> series, and soon added the Exceptional Cars<\/em> range as well as, more recently, the twin-volume Ultimate<\/em> titles. There was also a growing number of bespoke books and an increasing range of hand-bound special editions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several leading magazines have commented that they cannot make Porter Press publications \u2018Book of the Month\u2019 as often as they would like because they will appear biased! Almost all \u2018Book of the Year\u2019 awards have had at least one, sometimes two, Porter Press books shortlisted, and in 2019 The Self Preservation Society \u2013 50 Years of the Italian Job<\/em> won the prestigious Royal Automobile Club Book of the Year award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n