The publisher was founded in
Rome by Vittorio Avanzini in 1969. The house has published mostly paperbacks and low cost editions, including literature classics, essays and poetry. After devoting its activities mainly to reprints, starting from 2000s Newton Compton also publishes previously untranslated horror, science fiction, fantasy and historical novels by authors such as
Simon Scarrow,
Lisa J. Smith and
Stuart MacBride. It has also published original works by Italian authors, including
Andrea Frediani and Claudio Rendina. In 2019, the company was acquired by the Italian publishing group, GeMS group and joined the group's 20 publishing houses retaining its brand name. == References ==