Category: UK
Reading Between the Lines: The UK PA’s Agenda-Driven Response to the Curriculum Review
Analysis of the UK PA’s response to the curriculum review, arguing it cherry-picks findings to lobby against Oak National Academy.
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Amazon is an AI Tech Company. Why Does it Get a Free Pass from the UK’s Publishers Association and the Society of Authors?
Amazon now has nailed its publishing industry AI colours to the mast. We cannot have one rule for Amazon and another for every other AI company.
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Two Roads Diverged in the AI Woods: American Pragmatism vs. British Bluster
So the AAP presented the court with a series of existing (AI publishing) deals – over 65 examples, collectively valued at $2.5 billion, with projections soaring to $30 billion over the next decade.
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Horror Fiction Evolves: Sporror, Body Horror, Escapism and the Commodification of Breast Milk
I’ve managed the to exist blissfully unaware there was such a thing as the “commodification of breast milk”, let alone that it might feature in a horror movie scenario.
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Voxblock Stories for Schools: Unlocking the Power of Audiobooks – UK Reading Initiative
So they did want any parent would do when spotting a market opportunity, a social need and a daughter eager for more audiobooks: they created Voxblock.
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The Bookseller’s UK Publishing Salaries Survey makes for fascinating reading, even though its numbers and conclusions can only be considered indicative at best
We’d been told that 11 respondents in total claimed to be paid £18k or less, but how many of those were part time, and performing what role? What qualifications, experience and expertise do they bring to the table?
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A Record Number Of Submissions For The British Book Awards 2025 Independent Bookshop of the Year
The shops will compete first to win their regional titles (the regional and country winners of the award will be announced on 11 March) before vying for the overall prize, which will be announced at The British Book Awards ceremony on 12 May.
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The Unwin Award: Celebrating Emerging Non-Fiction Talent
Professor Shahidha Bari, Chair of The Unwin Award 2025 Judging Panel, highlighted the power of books and publishing in shaping public awareness, influencing policy, and sparking conversations on national identity, the natural world, freedom of speech, and gender politics.
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Winners Announced for the 2024 British Book Design and Production Awards
The event featured a shortlist of 95 books across 18 categories.
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HarperCollins Says 23% of Consumer Revenues from Digital as Print Sales Decline. Mostly sound numbers, but are the strategies sound?
CEO Brian Murray admits to an over-reliance on non-fiction (by which he means celebrity and politician books). Brian, you seriously have only just come to that conclusion?
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The Guardian is at it again. No, writers do not need financial support. This victim mentality does us no favours
Writers don’t need victim support and government handouts as The Guardian seems to think. They need positive thinking and a willingness to adapt. Success is earned, not handed out.
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Squandered Opportunities – AI is not the publishing industry’s enemy. Rather, engaged with properly, it can be one of our greatest assets
We need to move forward in 2025, not try turn the clock back to 1995, and that means making and accepting compromises along the way, and at the same time being willing to experiment, innovate and seize new opportunities.
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