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The economic impact of the potential new Open Access (OA) policy from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is detailed in a new report published today.

The latest findings of the Publishers Association’s UK publishing workforce survey show that while publishing continues to meet its target to employ at least 50% women in senior roles within five years, there has been little progress in its other target of increasing the ethnic diversity of employees.

The shortlist for the 2020 Parliamentary Book Awards, the only political book awards voted for by parliamentarians, has been unveiled today, including titles by David Lammy, broadcaster Iain Dale, former Sheffield Mayor Magid Magid, broadcaster and journalist Helen Lewis, and The Secret Barrister.

New figures for the UK’s publishing industry reveal that in the first six months of 2020, fiction sales income rose 13% to £285m, driven largely by digital formats – but also helped by hardback increases.

The Publishers Association’s Work in Publishing campaign returns from Monday 16 to Friday 20 November. Work in Publishing Week aims to encourage young people between the ages of 14 and 24 to pursue a career in publishing.

The Publishers Association, Pop Up Projects and House of Illustration have partnered to host five webinars which aim to support the professional development of aspiring and emerging illustrators from underrepresented and marginalised communities.

Publishers are invited to nominate books for this year’s Parliamentary Book Awards.

A new report from Frontier Economics highlights the huge importance that AI will have to the UK’s publishing industry.

#LoveAudio - a celebration of audiobooks - returns for a fourth year and will run from Monday 21 to Friday 25 September 2020.

Over half (53%) of teachers claim their students are not on track to get the exam results they are capable of.

On Thursday 8th October, experts from across government and research sectors will examine the impact of artificial intelligence on the publishing industry at a virtual event hosted by the Publishers Association.

In the third year of their ongoing partnership, the Northern Fiction Alliance and Publishers Association are joining forces for a series of online workshops designed to upskill and inspire small publishers. The three workshops will cover how to break into the audiobook market (23 September), maximise title visibility online (1 October), and hire a Publishing…

The invoiced value of UK publisher sales of books, journals and rights/coeditions combined rose to £6.3bn in 2019, 4% higher than in 2018 and 20% higher than in 2015. The Publishers Association’s new figures show growth in both print and digital sales income. Exports remain crucial to the success of the industry, with export sales…

The Publishers Association announced today that it will be refunding smaller members’ fees for the three-month period they were in lockdown in recognition of the huge difficulties many small businesses have faced.

7 in 10 children said that listening to audiobooks makes it easier to understand the content of a book, according to new National Literacy Trust research.

Annie Callanan, CEO of Taylor & Francis, has been elected as the new President of the Publishers Association. Annie succeeds Peter Phillips, CEO of Cambridge University Press, who remains an Officer of the Publishers Association.   The Presidency transferred at the Publishers Association’s Annual General Meeting, which was held virtually, yesterday (Thursday, 14 May 2020). David…

Following the announcement that plans to scrap VAT on digital books, journals and newspapers will brought forward to May 1 2020, a comment can be found below. Stephen Lotinga, CEO of the Publishers Association said: “We’re delighted that the government has taken this step to significantly fast-track the plans to scrap VAT on ebooks and…

Celebrate reading with #MyThreeBooks. From today join the #MyThreeBooks campaign by sharing a book you loved as a child, a book you love right now, and a book you can’t wait to read. We believe that publishers have an important role to play in keeping people entertained, educated and informed while they socially distance by…