• Thu, 12/05/2011 - 09:31

    Publishers should not overspend in the fight against piracy, and should use their authors to present a "human face" in the battle for hearts and minds, a panel discussion at the World e-Reading Congress declared.

    The industry should also come together to fund research into the overall impact of illegal digital copying....

  • Wed, 11/11/2009 - 13:15

    Ben Mason at Conville & Walsh has sold world English rights to a memoir by Aaron Eske, communications director for Angelina Jolie's orphan advocacy organisation in Washington, to Airie Stuart at Palgrave Macmillan.

    The Orphan Family Album is described as "a celebration of an unorthodox childhood," as Eske...

  • Tue, 11/11/2008 - 10:18

    Palgrave Macmillan is to launch its own e-book platform for libraries in January. Palgrave Connect will offer access to 4,000 e-books, organised by discipline and year of publication, and the list will be updated quarterly.

    The platform has been developed in association with sister company Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and is powered by...

  • Fri, 25/07/2008 - 07:46

    Egyptian government censors have banned a new Palgrave Macmillan book about corruption and allegations of torture in the country.

    The publisher was informed last week that Inside Egypt: The Land of the ­Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution by British investigative journalist John R Bradley can no longer be stocked by...

  • Wed, 08/08/2007 - 13:00

    Palgrave Macmillan has signed a partnership deal with the British Film Institute’s books arm BFI Publishing.

    Under the agreement, which comes into force in January 2008, Palgrave will manage all editorial, production, sales and marketing functions of BFI Publishing. BFI will retains ownership of the list and copyright in all titles...

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