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Welcome to academic & professional publishing


The UK is home to a world class academic publishing industry and a vigorous and innovative industry devoted to enhancing learner experiences. Here we will keep you alerted to the issues that will define the marketplace of the future.

The Academic & Professional Division (APD) works for a healthy marketplace: in higher education, the professions and among scholars. We address the challenges of managing and marketing IPR in the emerging digital landscape.

We campaign for the value of textbooks and the publishers' role in effective scholarly communication. We commission and track research into the ecology and dynamics of publishing markets. We generate guidance and advice, convene fora for debate, respond to consultations, and engage in the public debates around the balance between the legitimate interests of rightholders and societal needs for access that surround the copyright industries.

The APD Conference 2008, What does Higher Education want from Publishers? revealed what students, academics, authors, publishers and librarians expect from the learning resources market of the future. Click through for a review of the day.
 
Special offer - free copy of eBooks: the Options while stocks last
 
Activate Yourself!- our promotion for student textbooks has now closed, but vouchers are valid for bookings to Sept 30 2008 and activities have to be taken by Oct 31 2008
 
UKPMC Publishers Panel statement of principle on re-use of documents for which OA fee paid