"Everyman" is a registered trademark of Random House and the company headquarters is in London.
Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov is their chief advisor and John Emms is the general editor, assisted by Richard Palliser.
John Watson has pointed out that the series' main weakness is a lack of in-depth theoretical coverage.
[4] Features of the Starting Out series are bolded and graphically labeled notices with tips, warnings and notes.
One reviewer[5] expressed concern that many titles are pushed into the Starting Out series as a way of increasing sales, when they would be better suited as a more theoretical work.