Proposing an alternate meaning for Brexit as the negotiations furor rises, Richard Chardin suggests: ‘Books Really (are) Entertaining, eXciting, Informative, and Transformational.’
London Book Fair Names Its 2019 ‘Author of the Day’ Lineup
Recognizing the Brexit deadline that follows March’s London Book Fair, the Author of the Day events include three writers from the Continent.
Brexit Watch: Authors Join Calls for the UK’s Creative Industries’ Protection
‘The UK government must ensure that the national policy framework is favorable toward writers and other creative practitioners,’ says the Society of Authors in its new policy statement on Brexit.
The FutureBook’s Breath-Holding Conference in London: Waiting for Clarity
Brexit is set to take place at the end of March 2019. Will the UK’s FutureBook Live be able to call itself Europe’s largest publishing innovation conference next year?
European Publishing Welcomes ECOFIN’s Decision on Taxation for Ebooks
A new decision allows EU member states to align VAT rates on print books and ebooks if they choose to, instead of a 15% minimum for electronic services.
Publishers Association: How Rights Sales Factor Into the UK’s Book Industry Revenues
‘The share of income from rights has steadily increased from 72 percent in 2013 to 80 percent in 2016,’ says the UK’s Publishers Association, in a report released this summer.
Visa Challenges for Authors and Artists Roil the UK Festival Community
In the UK, literary festivals report that invited authors from the Middle East and Africa are increasingly seeing their visa applications denied.
Flexing Export Muscle Ahead of Brexit: The UK’s Publishers Association Releases Its 2017 ‘Yearbook’
The Publishers Association released 2017 statistics on the UK book market, emphasizing strong export sales and the book industry’s economic contribution ahead of Brexit.
New Report: Publishers Association Says the Best of Film, TV, and Theater Begins With a Book
Taking on the critics who say that TV and film are eroding publishing, the Publishers Association’s report asserts that the best—and top-earning—productions ‘begin with a book.’
Brexit Gets Personal: An Illustrator Draws a Picture of Publishing’s Dilemma
The text of acclaimed Illustrator of the Year Axel Scheffler’s comments at the British Book Awards this week makes Brexit more personal for many, as an intensely valued and celebrated publishing artist tells London: ‘It hurts and makes me angry every day.’