The Booksellers Association has readily admitted that its new report comparing the UK trade to other markets might not necessarily reveal anything the industry did not already know or suspect.

Even so, the report, Bookselling: International Market Comparisons, A Benchmark Study of Profitability which was released on 21st November, makes...

The UK Booksellers Association has slammed Google's provisional deal with US publishers to allow users to browse and buy millions of books online. The trade body warned that the arrangement could create "a de facto monopoly" and "have a hugely damaging effect on the publishing and bookselling industry" if adopted in the...

More than 75 bookseller delegates will attend the Booksellers Association’s Independent Booksellers Forum event this weekend at the University of Warwick.

The two-day forum will feature a trade show by Gardners and a presentation from American independent bookseller Joel Sheldon, who owns Vromans Bookstore in Pasadena. He will...

Publishers are being urged to adopt the epub format for digital files, following a recommendation made at the latest meeting of the BA/PA Liaison Group.

The group described the file format as "a flexible consumer e-book file compatible across different devices". The BA and PA councils have been asked to back the recommendation...