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.
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.
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.
The Publishers Association’s annual Work in Publishing campaign returns from Monday 20 to Friday 24 November 2023, aiming to inspire people to pursue a career in publishing.
An updated industry statement on professional values and behaviours has been launched today by the Publishers Association, Society of Authors, Booksellers Association and Association of Authors’ Agents.
The Publishers Association has today achieved its 150th signature on the Publishing Declares pledge. Launched in 2021, Publishing Declares was created to raise awareness of the sustainability issues most relevant to the UK book and journal publishing industry; to aid the discovery of existing tools and resources and to inspire action that results in sustained behaviour change.
New polling released today by the Publishers Association has found that people are turning to books and reading as a form as escapism this summer. Second only to watching TV (54%), 33% of respondents say that books offer them the best form of escapism when they are having a bad day. This is ahead of streaming TV (32%), looking at social media (27%), listening to radio (24%), going to the pub (21%), going to the cinema (16%) and listening to a podcast (14%).
Antonia Seymour, CEO of IOP Publishing, has been elected to the position of President of the Publishers Association. Antonia succeeds Nigel Newton, CEO and Founder of Bloomsbury, who remains an Officer of the Publishers Association.
The Publishers Association has today released its new ‘A Year in Publishing’ summary statistics. These once again show growth for the sector, with total sales for the UK’s publishing industry reaching £6.9 billion- up 4% from 2021. 669 million physical books were also sold last year. This is the highest overall level ever recorded.
The Fall of Boris Johnson, What Are You Doing Here? And In The Shadows Named Best Political Books of the Year
Perminder Mann, Dan Conway and Stephen Page have today been appointed as members of the Creative Industries Council.
OpenBooks – the new virtual initiative to connect young people with potential careers within the books industry, is to launch to the public on 22 and 23 February 2023.
The Publishers Association has today launched the newest iteration of its ‘Inclusivity Action Plan’ to promote equality, diversity and inclusion within the industry’s workforce. Created alongside leading diversity and inclusion social enterprise Creative Access, the plan sets out ten commitments for publishing businesses to undertake over the period 2023 to 2026.