When we look back at 2012, it will be seen as the year when we gained a little understanding of a big change, and began to figure out the patterns of tomorrow’s book business. As Dame Gail Rebuck told Random House staff in her end of year letter—“Change is coming; but we know and understand change and we have a clear vision...

There is an irony that as the rest of the (publishing) world looks forward into 2013, booksellers are busy in the trenches making sure that Christmas 2012 is a festive one for all.

The picture from the high street is mixed though. Print sales are down, as you would expect, but not uniformly, and those booksellers selling devices are...

Today at the FutureBook Conference we announced what I think is a unique and incredibly important collaboration with Foyles, the iconic London bookshop that next year celebrates its 110th anniversary. 

As many of you will know, Foyles is due to move locations, moving a few doors down the round into the building formerly inhabited...

Midas chief Jacks Thomas has been appointed senior exhibition director of the London Book Fair, and takes up her post in mid January. Thomas succeeds Alistair Burtenshaw, who left his role as director of the fair in September.

Thomas has been at PR company Midas for eight years, and is its current chief executive. She has been the PR...