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11th May 201819th October 2020

Snapshot for 11 May 2018

Industry News, Snapshot

Congratulations to Publisher of the Year HarperCollins. This isn’t a Nibbies leak – it’s HarperCollins Australia we’re talking about, named Publisher of the Year at the 2018 Australian Book Industry ... Read more

27th April 201819th October 2020

Snapshot for 27 April 2018

Industry News, Snapshot

Sharply contrasting news for book initiatives on either side of the Atlantic. At the time of writing the UK’s Quick Reads scheme, in which well-known authors write short, accessible books ... Read more

18th April 201819th October 2020

Snapshot for 13 April 2018

Industry News, Snapshot

From President Trump’s surprise appearance at The London Book Fair – all right, it was a lookalike (you can imagine the twitter response from the real President: ‘They think this ... Read more

3rd April 201819th October 2020

Snapshot for 30 March 2018

Industry News, Snapshot

Once again the shortlists for The London Book Fair’s International Excellence Awards (IEA) offer a tariff-free tour of the global book business from the Baltics to Brazil, with stops this ... Read more

16th March 201819th October 2020

Snapshot for 16 March, 2018

Industry News, Snapshot

Was the BBC’s media editor Amol Rajan right to suggest that people under 35 want to “read books, essays, long-form pieces” on their mobiles? Delivering the keynote address at the ... Read more

12th December 201719th October 2020

Academic Newsletter – December 2017

Academic Publishing Newsletter, Industry News

Jessica Kingsley acquired by Hachette after thirty years of independence Jessica Kingsley Publishers, specialists in social and behavioural sciences, has been acquired by Hachette UK, where it will become an ... Read more