Blogs

Crunching the numbers

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

Philip Jones analyses the findings of the recently-released Publishers Association Publishing Yearbook 2017. Read more

Reflecting Realities: why so surprised? An open letter from a small press

By Katrina Gutierrez

Director of projects and communications at Lantana Publishing

In light of the Reflecting Realities report, Katrina Gutierrez explains how the industry can better support small presses working to increase representation in children's books.... Read more

Libraries: talking stock

By Tim Coates

Campaigner at Libraries

Publishers need to speak up and champion reading in the face of the erosion of the book stock in England’s public libraries, says Tim Coates.... Read more

The general publisher of tomorrow

By Pete Duncan

Publisher at Prelude Books

Pete Duncan on the challenges he faced launching new print-facing publisher Prelude Books. Read more

A return to bookselling

By Noel Murphy

After 20 years in publishing, Noel Murphy has gone back to the bookshop floor. Read more

Capital concerns

By Kevin Duffy

Publisher at Bluemoose Books

After its recent Walter Scott Prize win, indie list Bluemoose Books expected the media to be beating a path to its door. Its co-founders were... Read more

Can books net World Cup euphoria?

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

Philip Jones calls on the industry to make books part of the national conversation. Read more

Access all publishers

By William Bowes

Director of policy and general counsel at Publishers Association

Those in the trade who believe current policy-making on Open Access only matters to the academic market are mistaken, argues William Bowes. Read more

Open letter on author earnings

By Nicola Solomon

Chief executive at Society of Authors

The Society of Authors' Nicola Solomon and The Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society's Owen Atkinson pen a letter to the PA's Stephen Lotinga on author... Read more

Fact, friction and author pay

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

Philip Jones breaks down the debate around author earnings and publishers' profits. Read more

Tilted Axis on utilising community-based publishing to increase diversity

By Tilted Axis

Publisher at Titled Axis Press

Tilted Axis talks about crowdfunding for a project highlighting the importance of translation in feminism and using community-based methods of publishing to support it.... Read more

The story behind the ALCS author earnings survey numbers

By Richard Combes

Head of Rights and Licensing at Authors Licensing and Collecting Society

Richard Combes examines the findings of the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society's author earnings survey. Read more

Invisible classics

By Boyd Tonkin

Writer, journalist and critic at Various

Readers in the UK are poorly served by literature in translation, notably from the subcontinent, despite recent successes showing its commercial potential says Boyd Tonkin.... Read more