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PA Comment on ACE Report "The Library of the Future"

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23 May 2013
Posted in PA press releases and comments

London, 23 May 2013– Commenting on The Arts Council England report “The Library of the Future”, Richard Mollet, Chief Executive, The Publishers Association, said:

“The Arts Council England report "The Library of the Future" is a timely articulation of the direction libraries need to take if they are to continue fulfilling their role for their communities. 

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PA Phones down

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21 May 2013
Posted in General News

Due to a fault in the area the PA phone lines are down and we are unable to make outgoing or receive incoming calls. Please contact as by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Virgin are working to fix the problem.  Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre – Government Needs to U-turn on Copyright

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21 May 2013
Posted in PA press releases and comments

Press Release London

--Publishers Priorities Remain Unchanged in Digital Landscape --

London, 21 May 2013 – Speaking at today's Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar: Publishing 2013 - consolidation, eLending and adding value to eBooks, The Publishers Association CEO Richard Mollet called on the government to make a u-turn on IP policy and change its stance of looking to weaken copyright at EU level.

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Positive Messages and Strong Partnerships have been key to the work of The Publishers Association in 2012

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08 May 2013
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Press Release London

London, 8 May 2013 – The Publishers Association (The PA) today held its Annual General Meeting at Bloomsbury House, London. The meeting illustrated the varied work undertaken by The PA, including nearly 100 political meetings with officials and MPs both in London and in Brussels, countless media briefings and attendance at events in over 14 countries.

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Publishing Industry Continues to Grow with Sales of Consumer ebooks rising by 134%

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01 May 2013
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London, 1 May 2013 – The Publishers Association (The PA) Statistics Yearbook 2012 shows that total consumer ebook sales have continued to rise in 2012, by 134%, reaching £216 million.Total digital sales have risen by 66%, reaching £411 million, and total fiction digital sales went up by 149%, to £172 million.

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PA releases PA statistics yearbook 2012

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01 May 2013
Posted in Statistics News

The PA released the PA statistics yearbook 2012 today. This yearbook covers UK publishers’ sales (home and export) by broad sector from 2008 to 2012 inclusive as well as estimates for the UK book market size for this period. To see the press release click here.

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Aid Projects Alert April 2013

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29 April 2013
Posted in AID Project Alerts

In this month's issue there are seven new projects, four approvals and one tender.

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The People's Book Prize Awards: 29 May 2013

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24 April 2013
Posted in General News

The People's Book Prize Awards Ceremony 2012/2013, to celebrate writers’ talent voted by the public, will take place on the 29th May in the presence of Patron Frederick Forsyth CBE.

Please click here to download the invitation. 

 

 


The PA Launches New Site on Workforce Development

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16 April 2013
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Press Release London

From Paleontology to Publishing

London, 16 April – The Publishers Association (The PA) has today launched a new section of its website entitled ‘Working in Publishing’ www.publishers.org.uk/workinginpublishing. The announcement was made at The PA’s ‘What People do Publishers Need?’ seminar, which took place this morning at The London Book Fair.

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The Publishers Association Response to the Independent Review of E-Lending in Public Libraries

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08 April 2013
Posted in PA press releases and comments

William Sieghart’s Review into e-lending presents a pragmatic and well considered set of recommended actions to take forward the lending of e-books by public libraries. 

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PA welcomes new Regulations on Non-print Legal Deposit

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05 April 2013
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The PA welcomes implementation of the new 2013 Regulations on 6 April, as the culmination of many years’ negotiation between publishers, legal deposit libraries and the government, following the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003, which extended for the first time the right of deposit libraries to claim deposit of electronic (“non-print”) publications, published in the UK.

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