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Audiobooks and Fiction Drive Modest Growth in U.K. Publishing Market
The U.K. publishing industry recorded overall revenue of £7.2 billion ($9.1 billion) in 2024, up 1% from 2023. Overall sales were nearly equal between print and digital formats, while audiobook revenue hit a record high. Fiction sales posted an 18% gain.
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Trade Shows
Beijing International Book Fair Expands Amid a Buoyant Book Market
This year’s BIBF, which begins its five-day run today, takes place against a backdrop of rising book sales and an increase in exhibitors. Several conferences ahead of the official start of the fair have already drawn large crowds.
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U.K. Aerospace Execs Launch Sci-Fi Publisher
Factorial Books, a London-based science fiction publishing house founded by three space technology entrepreneurs, promises to answer submissions within five days and will offer a 50/50 revenue split with authors.
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China Showcase
The Global Xuanzang
Xuanzang (602–664 AD), an illustrious monk in the Tang Dynasty, was one of the most important translators of Chinese Buddhism. His lifelong goal was to transmit the entirety of Indian knowledge to the Chinese world through translation. (Sponsored)
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U.K. Publishing in 2025: Three Indie Presses Find Success in Translation
Publishing houses And Other Stories, Pushkin, and Charco have leveraged trends and attention from book awards to attract readers in the U.S.
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U.K. Publishing in 2025: How Folio Editions Expanded Its Audience
The direct-to-consumer publisher has refashioned itself as hip by focusing on contemporary, popular titles, in addition to august editions of classics.
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U.K. Publishing in 2025: The U.K. and U.S. Publishing Industries Are Growing Closer
For U.K. publishers and service providers, North America is an increasingly important market and source of talent and IP.
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U.K. Publishing in 2025: World of Books Crosses the Pond
The U.K.’s largest online retailer of used books is moving in new directions stateside, opening a distribution center in a Chicago suburb and working with Ingram to source the new books for the U.S. market.
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Selling Stateside: PW Talks with Meredith Greenhouse
The VP and general manager of Ingram Publisher Services explains how U.K. publishers are penetrating the U.S.
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DK Flips the Script: PW Talks with Paul Kelly
The publisher discusses the company’s first fiction imprint, DK Flip, which has launched in the U.S.