BookType was set up in 2003 by Ian Woodward, after eight years working as Assistant Editor on London publisher A&C Black's Christopher Helm Ornithology list (see below).
 

A&C Black/Christopher Helm (1994-2002)

Typeset books Birds and Climate Change (1995), British Birds: Folklore, Names and Literature (1997), The Handbook of Bird Identification (1998), Field Guide to the Birds of the Solomons, Vanuata and New Caledonia (1999) and Pipits & Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America (2003).

Also, dozens of titles in the Where to Watch Birds series (eg. WWB Devon & Cornwall, WWB Scotland) and the Where to Watch Birds continent guides: WWB Africa (1995), WWB Asia (1996), WWB Australasia & Oceania (1998), WWB Europe & Russia (2000) and WWB Central America & the Caribbean (2001).

Map work Species distribution maps for Birds of Hungary (1996), Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (1998), Birds of the West Indies (1998), Thrushes (1999), Birds of Western Africa (1999), Field Guide to the Birds of the Solomons, Vanuata and New Caledonia (1999), Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (2000) and Raptors (2001).