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Aid Projects Alert: April/May 2012

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09 May 2012
Posted in AID Project Alerts

In this month's issue there is news on the IPA/World Bank meeting held in April, four new projects, nine approvals and three tenders.

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Journal publishers consider free walk-in access via public libraries

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02 May 2012
Posted in PA press releases and comments

Scholarly journal publishers collectively are exploring fee-waived walk-in access via the public library network, as part of a package of proposals under discussion in the Finch Working Group on extending access for UK researchers to global published research findings.

Consumer ebooks sales increased by 366% in 2011

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01 May 2012
Posted in PA press releases and comments

The Publishers Association (The PA) has today published its Statistics Yearbook 2011 of publishers’ sales, which reveals that consumer ebook sales increased by 366% in 2011. 

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The Reading Agency and The Publishers Association Launch Digital Skills Sharing Programme

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30 April 2012
Posted in PA press releases and comments

The Reading Agency and The Publishers Association, at a launch event on the 30th April sponsored by Nielsen, announced the creation of an innovative new digital skills sharing programme. The project will run until January 2013 and aims to provide library services with new digital skills and the confidence to innovate. The overarching aim is to help librarians develop and enhance digital skills, enabling the library sector to amplify its work with existing audiences and develop new audiences in diverse ways, appropriate to a C21st library service.

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BIS value of UK book exports 2009-2011

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18 April 2012
Posted in Statistics News

UK Department of Business, Innovation and Skills  (BIS) has provided the PA with the value of UK book exports (including re-exports) by country and area for 2011.

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PA statistics yearbook 2011

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17 April 2012
Posted in Statistics News

The PA will be publishing its PA statistics yearbook 2011 on 2 May 2012. This yearbook covers UK publishers’ sales (home and export) by broad sector from 2007 to 2011 inclusive as well as estimates for the UK book market size for this period.

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March 2012 UK/US Price Comparison Index

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16 April 2012
Posted in Statistics News

The March 2012 issue of the UK/US Price Comparison Index is now available.

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PA Toy Safety Guidelines

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13 April 2012
Posted in Trade News

altThe PA’s new Toy Safety Guidelines for Children’s Publishers are  focused on books for children sold within the European Union.

The guidelines were launched at the 2012 London Book Fair by Alison Kennedy, Production and Distribution Director for Egmont UK,  and the auhtor of the guidelines Heather O’Connell.

See the guidelines by clicking on the following link

icon PA Guidelines to Toy Safety

PA welcomes Wellcome's move

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10 April 2012
Posted in PA press releases and comments

The Publishers Association (“The PA”) has today welcomed the announcement by the Wellcome Trust of the forthcoming launch of its new journal ‘eLife’ for the biomedical sciences.

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IPA seminar on Global Publishing Markets at LBF 2012

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04 April 2012
Posted in Global Publishing News

The International Publishers Association (IPA) will be holding a seminar on "Global Publishing Markets: Trends and Developments" at the London Book Fair on Monday 16 April 2012 at 10.00 to 11.00 a.m. in the Thames Room (Earls Court, Level 1).

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The PA at London Book Fair 2012

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29 March 2012
Posted in General News

As in previous years, the PA is organising or involved in a number of events prior and during this year's London Book Fair.

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