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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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