Phonics – A ticking time-bomb for English-language publishers
In 2019 one in four children were leaving primary school unable to read properly. In England, the...
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Tag: UK book market
UK – Mills & Boon launches new “spicy”’ Afterglow imprint to attract BookTok romance readers
Mills & Boon sells a romance fiction book in the UK every ten seconds, but has yet to get...
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“PRH UK confirms 38 roles to go.” Memo to PRH employees: You’d be better off at Simon & Schuster
I wonder how many job losses – no, sorry, role eliminations – it will take in total to...
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“If I’m guilty of copying and pasting, then I’m really proud of that.” UK Shadow Chancellor says plagiarism is just fine
No need to bother with publisher due diligence at the time of publication. Let’s just chuck...
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BookBeat Finland hits 300,000 subscribers as new opportunities open up for BookBeat UK
Good luck with that, Niclas, given that the UK Society of Authors has already launched an attack...
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UK -Spiralling costs and the impact of Brexit hit indie publishers as Sandstone collapses
An overall bleak picture of the UK independent publishing scene. “Independent publishers in...
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UK sees “best-ever” half-year print revenues, but don’t get too excited. Actual sales were down
Maybe it wasn’t such a good six months after all. UK sees “best-ever” half-year...
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British publishers hailing ‘excellent growth’ of English language exports to Europe thanks to BookTok are sleepwalking into disaster
It’s not too late for publishers to redeem something from the short-term cash-grab and...
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Britain has a new vision – a Creative Industries Sector Vision. Books and publishing aren’t really part of it
A lone quote from Stephen King, that well known British cultural icon, was another acknowledgement...
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“We are not a computer algorithm.” UK Booksellers protest publishers linking to Amazon during almost-over IBW
The letter is being emailed to publishers today, June 23 – one day before Independent...
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James Daunt needs to stop playing ebook games and spin off Nook
But this is James Daunt, who had made inconsistency an art form (and lousy grammar too- the...
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UK publishing’s “record year”. But whatever you do, don’t mention the e-word
Shhhh! Don’t say the e-word! The e-word is the PA’s very own Voldemort, its very own...
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