E-book sales could exceed 8% of trade publishers' sales in 2011, and could reach 15% next year, Random House UK's deputy chairman Ian Hudson told delegates at the World e-Reading Congress this morning (10th May).

Hudson also rejected headlines about the death of the app or enhanced e-book, arguing publishers needed to explore...

The recession has hit some publishers' autumn release schedules, the outgoing president of the Publishers Association has claimed.

Ian Hudson, deputy c.e.o. at Random House, told delegates at the Book Industry Conference that funding short-term working capital requirements was a "major challenge" for many publishers. He...

Victoria Barnsley, chief executive of HarperCollins, is to become president of the UK Publishers Association in 2010, having been elected vice-president at the PA a.g.m. held in London today (29th April). Barnsley will become only the second woman to be president of the PA, the first being Philippa Harrison, who was president in 1998.

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The UK publishing industry is "some way away from a tipping point" in terms of digital sales, according to Ian Huson, deputy chief executive, Random House Group, and president of The Publishers Association. Publishers' sales of digital product rose by 27% in 2008, according to figures published today (27th April) by the Publishers...