Trade

The inaugural cohort of "driven, enthusiastic" publishing assistant apprentices have completed their training, with 15 out of the 16 continuing to work in the publishing industry on graduating.

Elsevier has committed to producing net zero carbon emissions by 2040, after signing the Climate Pledge with its parent company RELX. 

The University of East Anglia's publishing imprint, Boiler House Press, will be publishing the first two titles in its new Recovered Books series in November this year.

Oxford University Press recorded turnover of £754.5m in the 12 months to the end of March 2021, a 10.7% decrease on the previous year (£844.9m) and a decline of 8.6% at constant exchange rates. 

International sales agency Gunnar Lie & Associates Ltd (GLA) is being acquired by Compass Independent Book Sales Ltd (CIPS).

YA book Blackout (Electric Monkey) has been picked up in a nine-way auction by Netflix with Michelle and Barack Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and Temple Hill Entertainment.

Author Struan Murray and his editor Ben Horslen have won the 2021 Branford Boase Award for Outstanding Debut Novel for children. 

Seven German book publishers—'competitors in real life,' says Klett-Cotta publisher Tom Kraushaar—look forward to the next gathering. The post German Independents: Klett-Cotta’s Tom Kraushaar and ‘Publisher Days’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Seven German book publishers—'competitors in real life,' says Klett-Cotta publisher Tom Kraushaar—look forward to the next gathering. The post German Independents: Klett-Cotta’s Tom Kraushaar and ‘Publisher Days’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The illustrated debut novel 'Orphans of the Tide' wins the 2021 Branford Boase Award, which honors both authors and their editors. The post Struan Murray, Ben Horslen Win the UK’s Branford Boase Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.