Sales among the majority of illustrated publishers have dropped in 2010, although the sector has cited tie-ins, the Olympics and co-editions as reasons for optimism in 2011.

The 10 declining companies among the top 16 illustrated publishers have seen sales shrink by nearly £5m between them in the year to 2nd October 2010, an...

New Holland Publishing has made seven staff members redundant, and frozen one additional post, as the downturn bites UK publishing.

The redundancies, across the sales, marketing and editorial departments, represent 15% of its workforce. New Holland is an illustrated and non-fiction publisher, and a subsidiary of New Holland Publishing...