From “Just One Book” to 
a longlisting for the Man Booker Prize, the past few years have been turbulent for Salt Publishing. Facing bankruptcy in 2009, the publisher launched its now infamous sales campaign, asking people to buy just one book in order to help turn its fortunes around. Run by husband-and-wife duo Chris and Jen...

Independent publisher Salt has seen the funds raised through its Just One Book campaign "wiped out" after a tough August and September.

The company published its results for the year to end-March 2009 this morning, showing a loss of £8,100. But publishing director Chris Hamilton-Emery, said it would be a "struggle...

Literary publisher Dedalus is planning a campaign to keep the company afloat titled "Dedalus is for Christmas" to encourage consumers to buy its books as presents.

The campaign starts in September with a special offer where customers can pre-purchase 12 books for £100—at a discount of £20—to give as...

I've had better years. Last April at our year end we'd enjoyed 70% growth for our tiny literature business. We were on target for a third of a million turnover by 2011. We weren't cocky, but we were confident we could make it. Then the recession hit, it came on slowly and ate away at our growth until, with the utter collapse of March's sales,...