Category: UK
LBF and the Tyranny of the Square Metre – why “that” NYT article was mostly spot on
by Mark Williams | Apr 4, 2024 | Book Fairs, UK | 0 |
What happens at LBF stays at LBF. Why are most industry book fairs in the mid-2020s still partying like its 1999?
Read MoreIs the Buchmesse feeling the heat from other book fairs?
by Mark Williams | Feb 4, 2024 | Book Fairs, Germany, UK | 0 |
Both events were, from conception, fatally flawed – book fairs run for profit by outsiders, for an industry the organisers never fully understood or cared about.
Read MoreDavid Shelley and Hachette face new upheaval as Vivendi prepares to play the stock market game
by Mark Williams | Feb 4, 2024 | France, UK, USA | 0 |
Whatever name the new group is given, Hachette publishing will be run to please the stock market’s fickle whims.
Read MoreGen Z vs Generation One Foot In The Grave. AI dominates the annual “predictions” rounds
by Mark Williams | Jan 7, 2024 | AI, UK | 0 |
“Not only does AI liberate time, it also replaces an old equation—that wisdom flows from...
Read MoreSupporting Minority and Indigenous Languages
by Mark Williams | Jan 3, 2024 | Indigenous Languages, UK | 0 |
“This is symptomatic of a wider problem in literature, one in which languages, and...
Read MoreHow news publishers are using AI chatbots to boost engagement.
by Mark Williams | Dec 22, 2023 | AI, UK | 0 |
This particular report is focussed on news publishers, but any book publisher with an ounce of...
Read MorePhonics – A ticking time-bomb for English-language publishers
by Mark Williams | Dec 21, 2023 | Publishing Controversies, UK, USA | 0 |
In 2019 one in four children were leaving primary school unable to read properly. In England, the...
Read MoreUK – Faber reports “an excellent year”. Somehow managed to ride out the “longer term challenges” and “increasing cost pressures” that so troubled PRH UK
by Mark Williams | Dec 21, 2023 | UK | 0 |
Interesting to contrast news from PRH UK and its “role” eliminations, with news from...
Read MoreUK – Mills & Boon launches new “spicy”’ Afterglow imprint to attract BookTok romance readers
by Mark Williams | Dec 20, 2023 | Europe, UK | 0 |
Mills & Boon sells a romance fiction book in the UK every ten seconds, but has yet to get...
Read More“PRH UK confirms 38 roles to go.” Memo to PRH employees: You’d be better off at Simon & Schuster
by Mark Williams | Dec 16, 2023 | UK | 0 |
I wonder how many job losses – no, sorry, role eliminations – it will take in total to...
Read MorePRH UK had a “good year, boosted by a great bestseller performance.” BTW, you’re fired!
by Mark Williams | Nov 4, 2023 | UK, Uncategorized | 0 |
But supposing those 38 jobs had been lost due to AI… What a different story that would be....
Read More“If I’m guilty of copying and pasting, then I’m really proud of that.” UK Shadow Chancellor says plagiarism is just fine
by Mark Williams | Oct 30, 2023 | UK | 0 |
No need to bother with publisher due diligence at the time of publication. Let’s just chuck...
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