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Fraser unveils green website
16 May 2008
Publishing News - A green website for the book industry was launched at the BA Conference. The site, www.green4books.org.uk, offers advice and guidance on a range of environmental issues...
Children's 'Booker' mooted
11 May 2008
British Books Today blog - Children's publishers are investigating the creation of a "children's Booker" award to replace the Nestlé Children's Book Prize, which ceased in January when Nestlé's sponsorship ended. A working party has been set up by the Publishers Association's Children's Book Group...
The Ultimate Book Guide Blog
05 May 2008
A rather belated post to report on something almost a week old, with apologies for the delay in getting to it. Last Tuesday I went to a really interesting event organised by the Children's Writers and Illustrators Group of the Society of Authors, to discuss the proposals to put age guidance on books for children
Now academics can copy with a good conscience.
02 May 2008
Law Bites - The IPKat has received a fascinating circular concerning the establishment of a set of Joint Guidelines on Copyright and Academic Research.
Digital Focus at the PA Conference
01 May 2008
Publishing News - AT THE PUBLISHERS Association (PA) Annual Conference this week, CEO Simon Juden stressed the importance of pulling together a "coherent digital agenda" with collaboration between the industry and the government.
Format wars create problems for everyone
01 May 2008
Opinion: Chief Executive of the PA, Simon Juden - Publishing News - TRADE PUBLISHERS FEEL poised on the cusp of an e-book revolution, and indeed there are reports that consumers are starting to take an interest
Juden warns over e-book clash
23 Apr 2008
The Bookseller - The Publishers Association chief executive Simon Juden has called on the industry to resolve the problem of differing e-book formats as the UK readies itself for the imminent launch of two e-book readers.
A question of format
23 Apr 2008
The Bookseller, Philip Jones - PA chief executive Simon Juden's speech at the Publishers Association AGM was timely. Juden called on the industry to resolve the problem of differing e-book formats: namely the Kindle and the Sony e-Reader.
PA: Publishers selling more for less
18 Apr 2008
The Bookseller, Tom Tivnan - Publishers are facing increasingly tight margins and are selling "more for less," as the price of books has fallen for the fifth year in a row. According to the Publishers Association's Statistics Yearbook 2007, out on 23rd April, the overall average invoiced price of books fell to £3.50 from £3.59 in 2006.
Age-ranging gets the thumbs up
18 Apr 2008
The Bookseller - The vast majority of children's publishers have backed plans to introduce age guidance for children's books, and will implement the system from this autumn. The publishers, which include Hachette, Penguin, Random House, Scholastic and HarperCollins, will start age-ranging on black and white fiction, eventually rolling it out to all children's categories.