The United Kingdom’s audiobook sales show an eye-catching 71-percent jump, January to June this year over the same period in 2019.
Industry Notes: A Digital Charles Clark Memorial Lecture: September 29
Artificial intelligence and copyright, legal consideration and ethics, are in play in a dual-speaker Charles Clark Lecture this year.
UK’s Publishers Association: 64 Percent of Book Revenue at Stake in Copyright Question
As much as £2.2 billion (US$3.1 billion) in revenue, the Publishers Association says, is imperiled in the UK’s copyright consultation.
Authors, Illustrators Pressure the UK Government on Copyright
A total 2,661 authors, illustrators, and translators question London’s consultation on post-Brexit copyright.
Children’s Publisher Lee & Low Buys the Bilingual Cinco Puntos Press
The multicultural publisher of children’s books Lee & Low buys the 130-book list of El Paso’s bilingual Cinco Puntos Press.
UK Book Publishing Industry Raises Copyright Alarm: ‘Save Our Books’
‘The biggest threat to our industry post-Brexit,’ says the Publishers Association, is an ‘international copyright exhaustion framework.’
London Book Fair’s 2021 International Excellence Awards Winners
The winners of the honors are to discuss their work in some of London Book Fair’s all-digital programming on June 29.
London Book Fair: The 2021 International Excellence Awards Shortlists
These awards include recognition for rights professionals, audiobook publishers, bookstores, educational learning resources, and more.
The UK’s Publishers Association 2020 Report: A 2-Percent Rise
Amid the challenges of the pandemic year 2020, the United Kingdom’s overall publishing market rose 2 percent.
UK: Publishers and Booksellers Name the 2020 Parliamentary Book Winners
The fifth annual Parliamentary Book Awards from the UK’s booksellers’ and publishers’ associations again name three political titles of note.