Joanna Prior, President of the Publishers Association 02/02/2016 UK publishing is in rude health. It is currently worth £4.3bn to the UK economy, of which well over a third is now coming from digital sales – proof that our industry has adapted and embraced the digital disruption of the last decade. Encouragingly, the physical book…
18th January 2016 Students with sight loss or dyslexia can now access a wider range of titles from the free online Load2Learn service thanks to publishers Elsevier. Elsevier has teamed up with Load2Learn, a web-based service delivered by RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People), to offer access to its titles in accessible formats. Load2Learn…
7th January 2016 Responding to an open letter written by The Society of Authors ,regarding author contracts, the Publishers Association chief executive, Richard Mollet, commented: “Publishers share the frustration of the author community that it is increasingly difficult for authors to make a decent living from their writing. However, we locate the principal source of…
London, Monday 4 th January 2016 The Publishers Association has appointed Stephen Lotinga as its new Chief Executive. Lotinga is a communications specialist with experience in government, business and the public sector and replaces Richard Mollet, who leaves the Association to take up a role within the Relx Group. He joins The PA from the…
Commenting on the Communication ‘Towards a modern, more European copyright framework‘ issued today by the European Commission, Richard Mollet, Chief Executive of The Publishers Association, said: “Given the central importance copyright plays in the remuneration of authors and publishers, it is a relief to see that the Commission is beginning to appreciate the need to…
26th November 2015 In response to the latest spending review, the PA’s Chief Executive, Richard Mollet, said: “With the highly pessimistic trailing of this spending review it was perhaps inevitable that the Chancellor would end up producing a less troubling picture than feared. But as ever the devil will be in the detail which we…
25th November 2015 The Publishers Association is delighted to have signed up to the National Literacy Forum’s Vision for Literacy Business Pledge 2016; joining forces with some of the UK’s leading businesses to tackle the challenge of poor literacy. The Pledge provides a framework for businesses to help improve literacy levels across the UK. 41…
20 November 2015 The Publishers Association has launched a new campaign to raise awareness and change perceptions about publishing as a career option for 16+ students, especially those from under-represented backgrounds. Publishers are very conscious that the industry needs to attract a wider range of people. To achieve this, young people need to know about…
17th November 2015 Minister of State for Schools, Nick Gibb MP, has given his clearest support to date for the use of textbooks in schools. Mr Gibb was addressing the annual PA/BESA Education Conference in Central London a year on from his controversial appearance at the same event when he challenged publishers to raise the…
London, 12th November 2015. Book lovers have the chance to win special prizes, enjoy special offers at bookshops up and down the country and online, and access free-to-view eBooks, all as part of Academic Book Week this week. Booksellers and publishers are hosting a wide range of competitions and special offers to mark the inaugural…
Results of public vote revealed during world’s first Academic Book Week On the Origin of Species is overwhelming favourite with 26% of vote London, 10th November 2015. Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species has been voted as the most influential academic book of all time, with over a quarter of the public voting for…
Seonaid MacLeod, 21st October 2015 At the end of September, The Publishers Association and EQUIP, in association with Creative Skillset and Creative Access held a slightly out-of-the-ordinary diversity event. We wanted to hear from the experts, discuss with a panel and highlight issues. So far, so diversity event. The event then moved on to workshop…
The Publishers Association Chief Executive Richard Mollet will be leaving the trade association in 2016 having accepted a role as Head of European Government Affairs at RELX Group where he will be part of the global government affairs team working across their publishing, business information and exhibitions businesses. Commenting Joanna Prior, President of The PA,…
10th September 2015 On Friday 16th October 2015 at Frankfurt Bok Fair; the Publishers Association, the Association of American Publishers and International Publishers Association will host this year’s Anti-Piracy Breakfast. The event will take place from 08:00 – 10:00 in room “Kontakt” on C1 of the Congress Centre, during which a light…
Joanna Prior , 8th September 2015 President of The Publishers Association, Trustee of the NLT and MD of Penguin General Books, Joanna Prior, discusses the importance of supporting International Literacy Day. While it may seem that every campaign and initiative now has a ‘Day’, for me, today, International Literacy Day, is one which deserves extra…
14th August 2015 The BPIF, together with Oxford Brookes University, The Publishers Association and The Booksellers are proud to announce the shortlist for the British Book Design and Production Awards 2015. With 17 categories, and a record number of entries, the annual awards remains the UK’s premiere event for book design and production. A…
16th July 2015 Blackwells, The British Library, Palgrave Macmillan and The University of Nottingham among the first to announce events to tie in with #AcBookWeek All academic publishers, booksellers, researchers, libraries and institutions urged to sign up and host events Academic Book Week (#AcBookWeek) is seeking academic booksellers, publishers, libraries and researchers to host…
Charlie Redmayne, 2nd July 2015 HarperCollins UK CEO Charlie Redmayne provides a valuable insight into what publishers are looking for when recruiting. This is a golden age for book publishing, with more people reading than ever before across an unprecedented range of platforms and devices. As publishers we bring our authors and their stories to as…