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Google's copyright war rages on

17 February 2013

The Telegraph, by Katherine Rushton

'You can make money without doing evil.” So goes Google’s corporate philosophy, apparently informing its mission to “organise” the world’s information and make it accessible to everyone.

Upbeat Daunt seeks to turn round Waterstones

15 February 2013

Financial Times, by Robert Budden and Andrea Felsted

For entertainment retailers, 2013 has been an unlucky number. Last month saw the collapse of both HMV and Blockbuster in the UK, reflecting not just the tough conditions on the high street but also the dramatic changes taking place in consumers’ viewing and listening habits.

Mollet: education copyright exception 'would hit incomes'

22 January 2013

The Bookseller, by Benedicte Page

The government's proposal for a new copyright exception on the photocopying of education materials would hit authors and publishers, Publishers Association chief executive Richard Mollet told the Culture, Media and Sport select committee earlier today (22nd January).

Publishers, librarians share digital skills

21 January 2013

BookBrunch

The Publishers Association and the Reading Agency (TRA) brought together publishers and librarians at Canada Water library last week to discuss increasing collaboration, as well as the need for libraries to embrace new technology.

The highlighted projects, funded by the Arts Council's Library Development initiative, included work by Raintree and Faber with Halton Borough Council and Lancashire County Council library services with local families, establishing them as champions for their favourite books and authors. Pan Macmillan, Headline and Canongate helped South Tyneside libraries explore ways of engaging young people online, working with local comprehensives.

TRA Director Miranda McKearney announced an online digital marketing guide, initially created to support the digital skills sharing project but open to everyone and featuring blogs, interviews and videos by librarians, publishers and other experts on digital platforms and opportunities.

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'E' market nears £300m

18 January 2013

The Bookseller, by Philip Jones

E-book sales at the top trade publishers doubled in 2012, meaning that the UK e-book market grew to £250m, putting the overall book market back in the black after a transitional 12 months for the trade.

Last week, for the first time, The Bookseller published e-book volume numbers for the biggest-selling titles of the year, suggesting that 65 million e-books had been sold, representing a value of £200m.

Further discussion needed' on copyright exceptions

17 January 2013

The Bookseller, by Benedicte Page

Further details and in-depth discussion are needed for the proposed exceptions to copyright published in outline by the government just before Christmas, according to publishers and authors' representatives.

E-books grow but at low prices

21 December 2012

The Bookseller, by Philip Stone

The consumer e-book market was worth more than £90m in the first 10 months of 2012, and is now approaching 7% of total book sales, according to Nielsen’s new consumer-based research.

In depth: PA International Conference

21 December 2012

The Bookseller, by Tom Tivnan

With a flat or declining domestic market, exports have become more important than ever for UK publishers, with new and emerging markets more crucial than ever. Last week’s Publishers Association conference (13th December) focused on just that—the new territories and new audiences that UK publishers will need to explore.

Government plans new copyright exceptions

20 December 2012

The Bookseller, by Philip Jones

The government is to introduce exceptions to copyright law that would allow individual users to make copies of copyrighted materials, including e-books, onto "any medium or device" for their own private use, although they would still be prohibited from sharing them.

PA International Conference: A Turkish Utopia?

14 December 2012

BookBrunch, by Liz Thomson

As the European Commission's judgment on the agency model was being announced yesterday (13 December), freeing Amazon to set its own prices, the man behind Turkey's leading online bookseller, idefix.com.tr, was telling delegates to the Publishers Association's Annual Conference that his company agreed its selling prices with publishers. Idefix.com did not, Mehmet Inhan (left) declared, wish to undercut Turkey's 6,000 booksellers.

UK 'outperformed on textbooks', says Oates

14 December 2012

The Bookseller, by Benedicte Page

UK publishers are being outperformed by other countries in terms of the quality of their textbooks and must self-organise to make changes, according to Tim Oates, group director of assessment research and development for Cambridge Assessment and leader of the National Curriculum Review expert panel.