Dan Conway is to succeed Stephen Lotinga at the United Kingdom’s Publishers Association, and Nigel Newton becomes president.
Going Up: UK Publishers Say 2021 Book Sales Rose 5 Percent
The biggest format jump in the UK’s 2021 report was downloaded audio, up 14 percent to £151 million. Fiction and kids’ books rose 7 percent.
London Book Fair: Minister of London Visits UK Publishers Association
A seven-year member of parliament, the minister of London Paul Scully, tours LBF, the guest of the Publishers Association.
London Book Fair: IPA Focuses on Sustainability
The International Publishers Association’s programming for London Book Fair centers on the SDG Publishers Compact.
Heading to London Book Fair: Diversity in UK Publishing
As the UK publishing industry prepares for its annual encounter with many colleagues from other markets, a look at UK book business diversity.
London Book Fair: Ukraine’s Presence at the Trade Show
Two programming events at London Book Fair will have particular bearing on Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.
Awards: Mitchell, Mordaunt, Lewis, and Carney Win Parliamentary Awards
The Parliamentary Awards, the only book award known to be voted on by parliamentarians, has its newest trio of winning titles in the UK.
Awards: The UK’s Parliamentary Book Awards’ Shortlist: Purposefully Political
The Parliamentary Book Awards, in which political writing is the point, have issued a new and timely shortlist in London.
Cautious Optimism: The UK’s Copyright Exhaustion Decision — for Now
The UK’s Intellectual Property Office announces it won’t change copyright now, but ‘remains committed to exploring opportunities.’
Spain’s Women in Publishing: ‘A Major Role in Defining Literary Trends’
The Guest of Honor Spain program at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2022 will reflect the strong position of women in Spanish publishing. (Sponsored)