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17th March 202117th March 2021

The Society of Young Publishers Sets Widening Access as Top Priority for 2021

In its 72nd year, the top priority for the Society of Young Publishers (SYP) is widening access to publishing across the UK and Ireland. Tanuja Shelar, academic and community marketing ... Read more

11th December 202011th December 2020

Snapshot for 11 December 2020

Industry News, Snapshot

No one could have known what we were heading into back in January. Yet the year that would have so much sadness in it began with sadness in the book ... Read more

13th November 202013th November 2020

Snapshot for 13 November 2020

Industry News, Snapshot

What a week. To paraphrase president-elect Joe Biden’s favourite poet, Seamus Heaney, it has been a week that opened two doors out of the darkness. First there is Biden’s victory ... Read more

12th June 202020th October 2020

Snapshot for 12 June 2020

Industry News, Snapshot

It has been an extraordinary fortnight. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in America have spread around the world and have put diversity in the publishing industry at the forefront ... Read more

14th May 202020th October 2020

Rights Essentials 2020 with Diane Spivey and Stephanie Purcell

Interviews, LBF Live, LBF Streamed

Join our one-hour Livestream packed with all the essentials for those starting off in rights and contracts within the publishing industry. The Introduction to Rights conference has been taking place ... Read more

5th May 202020th October 2020

Snapshot for 1 May 2020

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It is a time of bold, universal statements of purpose in response to the Covid-19 crisis. The pandemic is forcing many reassessments of fundamentals – of the importance of publishing ... Read more

7th April 202020th October 2020

Snapshot for 3 April 2020

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The whole industry, the whole world it seems, has now shifted online, making the digital space even more crowded than it was anyway. There has been a proliferation of online ... Read more

25th March 202020th October 2020

Snapshot for 20 March 2020

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In an extraordinary week in the publishing industry – indeed, an extraordinary week in the world – the announcement that London Book Fair Director Jacks Thomas is to step down ... Read more

3rd May 201919th October 2020

Snapshot for 3 May 2019

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Two horses on opposite sides of the world made book industry appearances in recent days. Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates celebrated the start of its tenure as UNESCO World ... Read more

25th July 201719th October 2020

Snapshot of the Week – 25 July 2017

Industry News, Snapshot

The industry has seen some fine rows in recent years. As long as one isn’t directly involved, they can be darkly entertaining. Hachette v Amazon was compelling; United States of ... Read more