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…
1st July 2015 Copyright and the Digital Single Market: Busting the Myths, a paper released today by The PA, exposes the major myths and inaccuracies around copyright and the digital single market. With the European Commission and European Parliament actively considering proposals to develop the digital single market, this paper aims to highlight and rebut…
26th June 2015 The Publishers Association has created a new service for self-employed people, either currently working within publishing or taking a career break, who wish to stay connected to the industry. PA Professional builds on the former PA Consultant Affiliate service and provides access to a wide range of opportunities for people wishing to…
Hangzhou, China, June 24, 2015 Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) and The International Publishers Copyright Protection Coalition in China (“IPCC”) today announced they have strengthened their collaboration through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”). The MoU broadens the scope of an earlier agreement signed in August 2011. Under the new MoU, the parties will…
Mexico City, 23rd June 2015 The United Kingdom is Guest of Honour at the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL). As part of the 2015 Mexico/UK Dual Year, an extensive programme of activities has been prepared to bring to the Mexican public a selection of the diverse cultural, artistic, educational and commercial output of the territories…
13th May 2015 At The Publishers Association AGM today Joanna Prior, Managing Director of Penguin Books General, was elected as the association’s new President. On her appointment, Joanna paid thanks to her predecessor, Dominic Knight of Macmillan Science and Education, and acknowledged that due to his thoughtful leadership, she was stepping into the role with…
8th May 2015 – UK book and journal publishing a £4.3 billion sector – Digital revenues account for 35% – UK publishers performing strongly in export markets Figures released today by The Publishers Association reveal the UK publishing industry to be maintaining its strength, diversity and innovation. Overall book and academic journal sales remain steady…
6th May 2015 The Publishers Association’s Chief Executive, Richard Mollet, gave the following comment on the Digital Single Market White Paper published by today the EU Commission. “The digital single market is a reality for publishing and today’s White Paper from the Commission includes some sensible proposals for extending this. “It is right that the…
Alison Baverstock, 5th May 2015 Coalitions, the NHS and our place in Europe (or not) seem to be emerging as the political issues of the moment, but another issue around which all the parties tend to have firm opinions, if not policies, is the role and development of higher education. So when the call went…
20th April 2015 The publishing sector calls on the European institutions to support a robust copyright system to foster the European creativity that goes hand in hand with freedom of expression #copyrightforfreedom Authors and publishers; writers and journalists, artists, photographers and translators, booksellers, news agents, readers and consumers are invited to sign the petition launched…
16th April 2015 Commenting on the Writing the Future report released today PA Chief Executive Richard Mollet said: “This report highlights the urgent need to make the publishing industry more reflective of its writers and readers. The number of people from BAME backgrounds working in publishing has increased over the past few years. However, clearly…
9th April 2015 Members of The Publishers Association’s Trade Publishers Council (TPC) and the Association of Authors’ Agents (AAA) have agreed a set of good practice guidance for the process of agreeing contracts. Both parties had become concerned about the delays being caused in negotiating and concluding contracts which in turn was leading to a…
27th March 2015 The Publishers Association, members of the Read On. Get On. campaign, are calling on Oxford’s literature-lovers to take action to get children reading, as The PA’s Reading for Pleasure Roadshow hits the Oxford Literature Festival. Every year one in five children in England, including over a third of the poorest children, leave…
26th March 2015 The Publishers Association’s new Copyright Infringement Portal is now live. It has been updated to ensure publishers are better able to protect their works in the face of a huge amount of content being made available illegally on websites. The new service has been developed specifically for The PA and is faster,…
Richard Mollet, 19th March 2015 The appearance of a website is a pretty good indicator of its year of provenance, with the design cues and functionality of a site acting like annular rings on a tree stump. It was obvious that our old site was showing its age, the colour palette and layout were decidedly…
Richard Mollet, 23rd February Those people eagerly advocating reform of copyright need to raise their game in terms of getting evidence to back up their opinions. Those who maintain that urgent reform is not required should hold their nerve and wait to see what proposals are actually made. Stand in the middle of Brussels and…
13 January 2015 Commenting on figures published today by the Government which show that the UK creative industries contribute £8.8million per hour to the UK economy, Richard Mollet, Chief Executive of The Publishers Association, said: “These figures show the UK publishing industry, and the whole UK creative sector, is going from strength to strength, both…
12th January 2015 The Publishers Association (“The PA”) is calling on people working in publishing to give careers talks in schools, colleges and universities, and share the exciting job opportunities available in the industry. Publishers are conscious of the need to attract a wider range of people so that its workforce remains innovative, dynamic and successful. In order to do this, young people need to know…