Publishers Association General Election webinar
On Tuesday 4th June, the Publishers Association held a member-wide webinar on the General Election and political engagement by the Publishers Association and the sector.
On Tuesday 4th June, the Publishers Association held a member-wide webinar on the General Election and political engagement by the Publishers Association and the sector.
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Bill will receive royal assent today (Friday 24th May). A Bill that has been passed by both Houses becomes law once it has been given royal assent and this has been signified to Parliament. It then becomes an Act of Parliament.
Jude Gates, Operations Director at Faber has been appointed as the new chair of the Publishers Association’s Sustainability Taskforce.
On Wednesday 8 May, the Publishers Association’s Annual General Meeting took place at the British Library. It was an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on our achievements in 2023.
Perminder Mann, CEO of Bonnier Books UK, has been appointed President of the Publishers Association. Perminder succeeds Antonia Seymour.
In 2023, total revenue for UK publishing was £ 7.1 billion, this was a 3% increase from 2022 and the highest level ever for the industry.
The Publishers Association has today released new research showing that the UK’s publishing sector is worth an extraordinary £11 billion overall to the economy, and is the global leader in book exports- a phenomenal cultural achievement for the UK.
The Publishers Association have today announced a new literary award for up-and-coming authors, who are deemed to have made a fundamental contribution to how we see the world.
The Publishers Association have today launched the new Research Impact Campaign, which focuses on three short videos about impactful scientific research developed in the UK and disseminated by publishers. The campaign aims to champion the UK’s scientific output, and showcase why it is one of the best places in the world to conduct academic research.
Jesse Norman’s The Winding Stair, Lord Daniel Finkelstein OBE’s Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival and Matt Chorley’s PLANES, TRAINS AND TOILET DOORS: 50 Places That Changed British Politics have won the best political books of the year at the Parliamentary Book Awards tonight, at the Houses of Parliament.
A call for the government to take urgent action to support rightsholders in the face of mass infringement by Artificial Intelligence Large Language Models (LLMs) has been welcomed by the Publishers Association.
The Publishers Association has today announced that Catriona MacLeod Stevenson will take on the expanded role of General Counsel and Deputy CEO, effective immediately. In this role, Stevenson will work closely with the CEO to drive forward the Publishers Association strategy and take on a deputising role for overall organisational leadership. She will maintain her…
The Publishers Association and Booksellers Association are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2023 Parliamentary Book Awards. Now in its eighth year, the awards recognise excellent political writing across three categories: Best Non-Fiction/Fiction by a Parliamentarian, Best Memoir/Autobiography by a Parliamentarian and Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian.
Members of the Independent Publishers Guild are to get more support for their sustainability work via the Publishers Association’s Carbon Calculator, a powerful tool that helps publishers measure and reduce their environmental impacts.
Working in publishing with Anna Howarth, Production Controller at Profile Books.
Dan Conway, CEO of the Publishers Association joined the culture secretary, Lucy Frazer, and key figures from the creative industries today at a roundtable to discuss the impact of AI on the sector.
Publishing people connect creators and consumers everywhere, bringing stories and ideas to life. The ‘People of Publishing’ campaign was created to celebrate some of the individuals who are at the heart of this process. Kim Eggleton, Head of Research Integrity and Peer Review at IOP Publishing, is one of the eight selected ‘People of Publishing’ within the first cohort.