A self-published title is among the 25 books shortlisted for the £5,000 CMI Management Book of the Year, sponsored by the Henley Business School in association with the British Library.

The Psychological Manager: Improve Your Performance Conversations by Peter Storr, published via lulu.com, features in the New Manager...

Pearson has announced it is trading ahead of expectations so far this year, with its interim results showing a 25% increase in adjusted operating profit year-on-year for the first half of 2009.

Although Penguin and the FT Group have both been "trading in line with expectations", against the wider economic gloom, the company...

Lynette Owen, copyright director of Pearson Education, has awarded an OBE for services to the publishing industry and to international trade. Owen has previously worked for Longman developing co-publishing and rights business for UK and European publishers in Russia and more recently China.

Wendy Cooling, co-founder of the Bookstart...

Dozens of jobs are at risk as part of a shake up at educational publisher Pearson in Oxford, reports the Oxford Mail. Consultation over 39 redundancies has started in the customer services department, following the sale of Harcourt Education at Jordan Hill to Pearson last year.

Anna Wagstaffe, Oxford branch secretary of the National...