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MPs, peers, publishers and leading figures in the UK’s books industry celebrated the power of books at the Publishers Association’s Summer Reception in Parliament yesterday.

The Publishers Association has appointed Louis Coiffait-Gunn as Director of Policy and Public Affairs and promoted Ruth Howells to the role of Director of Communications.

Nigel Newton, Chief Executive of Bloomsbury Publishing, has used his inaugural speech as President of the Publishers Association to call for greater regulation of tech platforms.

Stephen Lotinga, CEO of the Publishers Association, will be leaving the membership organisation later this year, with Dan Conway, current Director of External Affairs, to be appointed his successor.

UK publisher sales rose 5% to £6.7 billion in 2021, a new high for the industry.

The Publishers Association’s industry survey shows there has been an increase in the diversity of the workforce but there are still areas which need to be improved.

Mark Carney, Andrew Mitchell MP, Penny Mordaunt MP, and Chris Lewis have been announced as the winners of the 2021 Parliamentary Book Awards.

A new video aiming to showcase the value of the publishing industry has been launched today by the Publishers Association.

The shortlist for the 2021 Parliamentary Book Awards, the only political book awards voted for by parliamentarians, has been announced today.

Today (Tuesday 18 January, 2022) the government has announced that it will maintain the UK’s current laws on exhaustion of intellectual property rights.

Audiobook sales income for the first six months of 2021 is up 71% on the same period in 2019.

The Work in Publishing campaign returns from Monday 15 to Friday 19 November.

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

Publishing Declares, a sustainability pledge with 39 founding signatories has been launched today by the Publishers Association.

Guidance for publishing companies seeking to collect data about the protected characteristics of authors, illustrators and translators has been released today by the Publishers Association. The toolkit, prepared by independent researchers following consultation with publishers, aims to help publishers navigate this area. It includes guidance on creating and sending out an author questionnaire, along with…

Today the Publishers Association releases their complete 2020 Yearbook which includes detailed information about how publishers fared during the Covid-19 pandemic.

New research has found that up to 64% of publisher book revenue is estimated to be at risk if the government changes the current copyright laws.

To mark the Publishers Association's 125th anniversary, parliamentarians have provided recommendations for a Summer Reading List.