Earlier this week London Book Fair Director Jacks Thomas chaired a session on Freedom to Publish as part of the Publishers Conference held in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates ... Read more
Liverpool scores twice on anniversary. Liverpool University Press, which this month celebrated its 120th anniversary, has announced a new partnership with ScienceOpen which will integrate press collections in the humanities, social ... Read more
LBF’s Literary Translation Centre is the annual hub for all those involved in literature in translation Award-winning translator Katy Derbyshire will participate in The London Book Fair 2020 (10 – ... Read more
With so many angry words around on both sides of the Atlantic it was good to hear some positive sentiments expressed at the International Publishers Association (IPA) first ever Middle ... Read more
New COPE study explores challenges for HSS journal editors A new study undertaken by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), with support from Taylor and Francis imprint Routledge, has investigated ... Read more
It has been one of the book industry’s most extraordinary two weeks, certainly on a par with successive Harry Potter books (most particularly the final one), but also bringing to ... Read more
Figures for trade books in the US are healthy for the first six months of 2019 over the same period last year, according to figures gathered by the Association of ... Read more
Profits up at Cambridge Cambridge University Press has issued its annual report for the financial year 2018-19, revealing a 40% rise in profits from £17.2m to £24.4m. Revenues increased also, ... Read more
Turnover up, but profits down for Oxford Oxford University Press has released its annual report for the financial year 2018-19. Turnover has increased – up 2% to £840.5 million – ... Read more
New open access book project receives huge funding amidst flurry of reports Research England has awarded £2.2m of funding to a project aiming to improve and increase open access book ... Read more