Thirty-seven per cent of UK-authored research articles were made freely available to the world immediately on publication last year, via Open Access, according to a report from Universities UK's Open Access Co-ordination Group. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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It's one thing to run a few conferences, but another for a publisher to establish its own dedicated events space. Condé Nast U.K. has invested millions in a multipurpose venue which houses its fashion college and outside events. Hearst U.K. has public kitchens and product testing facilities for... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury, Hardie Grant and Quadrille have launched Cooked, a subscription site featuring full cookbooks from the publishers' lists, in the UK. The site, originally launched in Australia, goes live today (26th February) in the UK, and features 22,000 recipes, alongside additional content such... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The London Book Fair (LBF), The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) and The Publishers Association (The PA) are launching a new Scholarly and Research forum at LBF. The Research & Scholarly Publishing Forum, called “Access All Areas: Global Trends in Research... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The clamor for native advertising budgets has led to many of the top news publishers rebranding and up-skilling. Here's how their solutions stack up. The post Inside 4 UK news publishers’ content studios appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S UK has seen a "challenging year" which has not been helped by a number of staffing changes, its c.e.o Ian Chapman has told The Bookseller. The c.e.o and publisher of S&S UK and International was speaking following the release of S&S's global results by its parent company CBS on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code follow-up Inferno was the most-borrowed book in UK libraries last year, while James Paterson was the most popular author. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK finished 2014 with a net sales decline of 10% in the final quarter, compared to the same period in 2013 which saw Sir Alex Ferguson claim the Christmas number one, according to annual results released by French parent company Lagardere. Across 2014 as a whole, Hachette UK saw a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK is to become the sole distributor for Faber & Faber, after signing a deal to provide distribution services for Faber Factory Plus. PRH UK’s Grantham Book Services (GBS) will serve all the publishers that are part of Faber Factory Plus, Faber & Faber’s sales... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of an appearance at this year’s Changing Media Summit, Anna Jones talks to the Guardian about the future of magazines, Hearst’s role in the run-up to the 2015 general election and why the portrayal of women in Esquire is changingChanging Media Summit 2015 programmeIf a 169-year-old,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In five short years mobile readership has grown from below 20 percent of the U.K. total digital publishing audience to nearly 50 percent for many publishers today, as several of them reported to Digiday last year. As ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers are being called on to join in the #mynextread campaign – designed to galvanise readers across Europe. The campaign, which launched to the public today (21st January) is spearheaded by the European International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) and encourages booksellers and readers to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harlequin UK (HUK) is to become a division of HarperCollins UK, with staff moving into the publisher’s new premises at London Bridge. HarperCollins’ parent company News Corp bought Harlequin Enterprises in May last year, with Harlequin becoming a division of HarperCollins worldwide. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers need to standardise their Open Access publishing policies to reduce confusion among authors, while steps such as aggregated billing for Article Processing Charges could help with the administrative burden, according to a newly released report from the Copyright Clearance Centre. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Comedian David Walliams led the sales of children's books in the UK last year, generating more than £7m in 2014. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elsevier is launching a new open access journal which will accept articles across all disciplines. The as-yet-unnamed journal, which is due to begin this year, is designed to have a "streamlined, simple and intuitive article submission and publication process,", with authors able to track... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone's William Heinemann imprint has confirmed that its plan to publish Michel Houellebecq's new novel Submission this autumn is "unaltered". The controversial novel, newly released in France by Flammarion, imagines a future France with a Muslim president, and has come into sharpened... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Guardian looks back on 2014 from the perspective of a long list of British publishers, asking, what books made their year? The post UK Publishers Discuss Favorite Books of 2014 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK is to allow libraries to lend its full catalogue of nearly 14,000 ebook titles, effective immediately. Following what the publisher said was a "successful" pilot scheme, it is expanding access to its full catalogue of ebooks to libraries nationwide in the UK. A similar... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins UK saw huge growth in profits for the year ended June 30th 2014, despite a fall in turnover for the company. The company's annual results have also revealed that former c.e.o. Victoria Barnsley received £1.39m when she left the company. Turnover at the publisher fell on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Swets Information Services Ltd, the British wing of bankrupt Dutch subscriptions company Swets Information Services BV, has unsecured debts of £7.5m, according to administrator Baker Tilly. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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