Pearson has reported a first quarter in line with their expectations, with Penguin seeing “a good start to the year”.

The education company saw sales, including Penguin, rising by 3% for the three months ended March 31st 2013, to £1.2bn, a headline increase of 4%, with an underlying decline of 1%.

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Puffin title But Excuse Me That is My Book by Lauren Child, and Tom's Mad Mop by Celia Warren and Bill Ledger (Pearson UK) have been selected as this year's free Booktime books.

One and a half million free books are gifted through the scheme operated by charity Booktrust in partnership with Pearson, with 730,...

The Society of Authors has criticised a decision by Pearson to change the way it pays some of its authors for their publications.

Instead of receiving royalties based on how many books they sell, Pearson will now pay some authors upfront fees instead, meaning they would lose out on a share of the profit if their title becomes a...

Pearson is to make a number of employees in its English language teaching and language testing departments redundant as it seeks to adapt to a changing market.

The entire ELT sales team at Pearson is understood to have been told their roles are under threat, among others in the department. Staff were given news of the reorganisation...