Random House Group

Random House Group appears in the publication history and acknowledgements of The Kissing Booth as both a corporate publishing connection and part of the author’s account of how the book came to readers. The book names Random House Children’s Publishers UK as an imprint of a Random House Group company, while the author thanks the Random House team for its contribution. These references establish a visible connection between the publisher’s corporate identity, the imprint named in the book’s credits, and the editorial support acknowledged by the author; they do not set out a fuller account of the company’s organization or publishing operations.

Place in the Publication Credits

The ebook’s publication statement names RHCP Digital as the publisher in Great Britain. The next credit identifies Random House Children’s Publishers UK as an imprint, and the following line describes that publisher as a Random House Group company. Together, these lines place the Group at the corporate level of the book’s stated publishing chain, while assigning the Great Britain ebook publication directly to RHCP Digital. The distinction matters: the credits do not simply give one interchangeable publisher name, but record several connected names and functions.

The publication information also identifies this copy as an ebook edition published in 2013. That date belongs specifically to the edition described in the book’s front matter. The same page records Bethan Reeks’s 2013 copyright, linking the edition’s publication year with the year shown for the work’s copyright while keeping the two credits distinct. The Group is therefore documented as part of the publishing context for a particular digital edition, rather than as the author or the holder named in that copyright line.

Editorial Acknowledgement

In the acknowledgements, Reeks thanks the team at Random House, particularly her editor, Lauren, whom she describes as brilliant. She also thanks the Wattpad team and the people who followed her there, crediting their support with helping her find her feet as a writer and expressing gratitude for the part they played in her progress. The passage presents publishing and reader support together in the author’s account of reaching this point in her writing career; it does not specify Lauren’s surname or give a more detailed description of the editorial process.

The wording is personal rather than corporate: the thanks are directed to a team and to an individual editor, not framed as a formal statement by the company. Read alongside the imprint and company credits, however, the acknowledgement supplies a human counterpart to the institutional information. The publication page identifies the relationship on paper; the acknowledgements record the author’s expressed appreciation for editorial help. The book does not provide further details about which particular stages of editing or production the team handled.

Corporate and Legal Information

The book’s credits identify Random House Children’s Publishers UK as an imprint of a Random House Group company and separately print the corporate name THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP Limited, with registration number 954009. They list 61–63 Uxbridge Road, London W5 5SA, as the address for Random House Children’s Publishers UK and provide the publisher’s website. A separate line gives the Random House Group website and directs readers to it for addresses of companies within Random House Group Limited. These details document how the book presents the publisher and its corporate affiliation; they do not establish additional particulars about the Group’s management, ownership, or other imprints.

The copyright page also states that the ebook is copyright material and sets out restrictions on copying, reproduction, transfer, distribution, leasing, licensing, and public performance or use, subject to written permission, the purchase terms, and applicable copyright law. It warns that unauthorized distribution or use may infringe the rights of the author and publisher and may result in legal liability. The page names RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN’S PUBLISHERS UK in its publisher identification and names THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP Limited in its corporate information. These are the book’s own legal and publication notices; they should not be confused with a separate account of how the Group enforces those terms.

Record and Significance

The publication matter further notes that a catalogue record for the book is available from the British Library. Taken together, the credits give readers a compact record of the edition’s publisher, imprint, corporate connection, publication year, address, registration number, and rights notice. The acknowledgements add the author’s thanks to the publishing team and editor. Within the evidence supplied by the book, Random House Group is significant chiefly as the named company connecting the imprint to the wider publisher and as part of the publishing context Reeks recognizes; the front matter does not support broader claims about the company’s history or activities beyond these stated details.