25 May 2016 The PA is relaunching its Publishers Green Network (PCN) on Thursday 26th May 2016. The Network aims to help those in the book industry increase sustainability and reduce their overall environmental impact. The PCN looks at the complete process/supply chain for physical and ebooks by providing a networking/information sharing forum to facilitate…
Friday 13 May 2016 New figures released today by The Publishers Association shows that the UK publishing industry is in good health with total sales or book and journal publishing up to £4.4bn in 2015. The figures also revealedthe UK’s love affair with the printed book is far from over as for the first time…
Stephen Lotinga, 11 April 2016 Approaching my 100th day at The Publishers Association offers an opportune moment to share my first impressions of the job and to set out some priorities for the future. In politics, where I’ve spent much of my working life, the 100-day milestone is often seen as a bellwether for future…
8th April 2016 New figures released today by The Publishers Association show the international demand of UK published material and how educational publishing remains the powerhouse of the UK publishing industry’s export business. Total export revenues were £1.42 billion in 2015 but a combination of education, academic and ELT (English Language Training) accounted for…
15th March 2016 Ahead of the Budget, new research released today from The Publishers Association exposes the tough financial choices head teachers are facing. An independent survey revealed that up to a fifth of primary (18%) and almost a quarter (23%) of secondary headteachers in England anticipate significant funding shortfalls over the next three years.…
10th March 2016 Commenting on the announcement that Baroness Rebuck is to receive this year’s London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award, PA Chief Executive, Stephen Lotinga, said: “I am delighted to see Gail Rebuck’s lifetime commitment to the book and publishing industry recognised in this way. She has been, and I am pleased to…
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…