Upon the purchase of Pavilion Books by HarperCollins, on 1 December 2021, B. T. Batsford Ltd once again became an independent publishing house, with Pitkin as an imprint.
During the Depression years after 1928 there was a period when the firm tried to rely just on their books, illustrated by Batsford's nephew Brian Cook.
[8] Batsford publishes books in various specialty categories such as applied arts, bridge, chess, horticulture and industrial archaeology.
Current publications include Millie Marotta's colouring books which have sold in excess of 5 million copies world-wide.
[10] Pitkin was founded c.1947[11] and publishes works on English cathedrals and other places of historic and cultural interest.