Submissions for the 2019 Parliamentary Book Awards are now closed. Publishers are invited to nominate books and authors for this year’s awards under the following categories: Best Memoir or Biography by a Parliamentarian Best Non-Biographical Book by a Parliamentarian Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian Booksellers will then be invited to select a shortlist in…
An urgent programme of work to support the publishing industry with the core legal and logistical challenges of a No Deal Brexit has been convened by the Publishers Association, with a free industry-wide event being held on Thursday 10th October at the Barbican Centre in London. The Brexit Forum for Publishers will focus on three core…
Claire Culliford was interested in going to China, but as an author, it didn’t make sense for her to exhibit. She contacted our international book fairs manager Gloria Bailey and, with Gloria’s help, was able to travel to Shanghai Children’s Book Fair. Gloria helped her secure funding for travel from the Department of International Trade’s Export…
Dan Conway is Director of External Affairs at the Publishers Association. Today, the Publishers Association is marking the publication of Quality Control: Reading, publishing and the modern attention economy, a report by cross-party think-tank Demos. We supported Demos in its work looking at how the digital reading and content environments impact readers of the future.…
Demos report Quality Control finds that the majority of UK adults (59%) believe social media content should be edited by moderators (based on a nationally representative poll of 2,000 adults in the UK). The public thinks moderation would most help combat disinformation or ‘fake news’ (48%), followed by self-harm or suicide (41%) and terrorism (35%).…
From crime to cookery, politics to picture books, there’s something for everyone. The Publishers Association are delighted to present its 2019 Summer Recess Reading List for Parliamentarians. All the following titles have been nominated by a selection of our members, including big and small publishing houses across the country, as their recommended reading for the…
Supadu builds websites and online shops for publishers of all sizes, worldwide. They work with university presses, trade publishers, academic and educational publishers. Supadu is offering Publishers Association members an offer of a £500 gift voucher which can be used against any of their products or services. Our first question – can you tell us…
UK publishing industry income was £6bn in 2018, with digital growth in some areas offsetting print decreases in others, according to new figures released today by the Publishers Association. Overall, there was a 3% increase in digital sales income (to £2.6bn) and a 5% drop in physical sales (to £3.4bn). Global exports remain crucial to…
Illustrator and author Nicola Kent has been awarded the inaugural Independent Booksellers’ Best New Illustrator Award, which celebrates new talent in children’s illustration, as voted for by independent booksellers across the country. As part of her prize, Nicola has designed the cover for The Best New Kids Books 2019, an annual supplement published in The…
The Publishing Assistant apprenticeship standard, the first of its kind to cater specifically to the publishing industry, is now available to employers. Confirmed publishers who will be taking on Publishing Assistant apprentices in the first cohort, starting in September 2019, include: Bloomsbury, Cambridge University Press, DK, Pearson, Penguin Random House and Springer Nature. The training…
Convenience is key for audiobook listeners as the format becomes a ready alternative to print, according to Kantar. The survey by Kantar, commissioned by the PA, has investigated the reading habits of UK book buyers. These findings have been released for Love Audio Week, the third annual celebration of audiobooks, which takes place from 10th…
Founded in 1949, the Society of Young Publishers is a volunteer-run organisation that supports junior and aspiring publishing professionals across the UK and Ireland. We caught up with them for a quick chat. Let’s start with an easy one – what exactly is the Society of Young Publishers? The SYP is a volunteer-run organisation that…
We travelled to Manchester with the bks agency for a full day conference on how to get a job in publishing with the Northern Fiction Alliance. The packed programme included special guest speakers from across publishing who offer their top tip for publishing job-seekers in this short video.
Wednesday 22nd May 2019. An interview with Peter Phillips, President of the Publishers Association and Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press. What do you hope to achieve as President? In talking to a wide range of publishers about the Publishers Association before I took up my post, three priorities emerged consistently. People wanted us to…
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to the Mental Health Foundation, 1 in 7 people experiences mental health problems in the workplace with women twice as likely to suffer from mental health problems as men (20% vs 11%). In the publishing industry, mental illness is the most common form of disability or impairment…
New research supports Axe the Reading Tax campaign to remove VAT on digital publications. Read the full report. Young people who are the most engaged with reading are more likely to read both on paper and on screen than their peers who have low engagement with reading, finds new research by the National Literacy Trust.…
Written by the Publishers Association. Today, we are celebrating World Intellectual Property Day and the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity. Here are ten things you might not know about intellectual property: World IP Day is a celebration coordinated by the World Intellectual Property Office. WIPO is the global…
Transcribed from Peter Phillips‘ inaugural address as Publishers Association President at the Publishers Association’s Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 10th April 2019 at Science Gallery London. Good afternoon everyone. I’m really honoured to be here as the new President of the Publishers Association. I’ve been lucky to have had two great predecessors in Charlie Redmayne…