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We celebrated Bloomsbury's historic distribution move with a fantastic event at one of Hachette UK Distribution's state of the art warehouses last week. Find out more about "the biggest distribution move in UK publishing history": https://lnkd.in/ed9cg5bc 📽️ Credit: Dominick Soar & Fernando Diaz

The nominations for the Independent Publishing Awards have been announced and a huge range of Bloomsbury divisions, teams and colleagues have been recognised. On top of our 16 British Book Award nominations (announced last month) this is further evidence of Bloomsbury's prevailing position as one of the UK’s leading independent publishers. The nominees are… Trade Publisher of the Year - Bloomsbury Adult Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year - Bloomsbury Academic Specialist Consumer Publisher of the Year - Bloomsbury Special Interest International Award Impact Award - Want by Gillian Anderson Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award Audio Award - Want by Gillian Anderson Metadata Award Fingers crossed for the ceremony at the end of the month! #IPGAwards #IndependentPublishingAwards #PublishingNews

We have completed moving our UK distribution to Hachette UK Distribution, possibly the biggest distribution move in UK publishing history. "A change of this size and scale can only be delivered with huge commitment, support and expertise from the teams across both companies” - Simon Robson, Director of Global Operations Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ed9cg5bc #CompanyNews #PublishingNews #BookDistribution

MPs are overwhelmingly in favour of greater transparency and fair compensation from AI developers using copyright materials to train their large language models (LLMs). New research from the Publishers Association, conducted by Savanta, reveals that: - 9 in 10 (92%) MPs believe AI developers should be required to be transparent with authors and publishers about the works used to train their models - 86% agree that compensation ensures the creative efforts of rightsholders are valued and protected - Only a quarter (26%) of MPs felt that transparency requirements could hinder developments in technology Publishers Association CEO Dan Conway said: “We’re at the generationally critical moment in the UK’s development of a fair and sustainable approach to AI. This polling shows the overwhelming cross-party political support for transparency requirements and compensation for rightsholders. We ask that the government listens to MPs and brings forward transparency mechanisms without delay, pausing for breath on the more polarising copyright proposals floated in the consultation. Transparency will support a commercial market for AI deployment which truly works for society, contributes to national security, supports both British tech and creative content businesses to thrive, and fundamentally help drive UK growth.” Find out more about the polling and the results: https://lnkd.in/eyu7F24v Read The Times article: https://lnkd.in/ewmeNUDc

Are you a writer of fiction and/or script looking to develop your craft? Join us for this one-off, in-person conference this weekend and get tips from the best!   Writers in attendance will take creative inspiration and expert practical guidance from Sarvat Hasin (The Giant Dark), Sabrina Mahfouz (A History of Water in the Middle East), and Angela Clarke (On My Life), while there will also be plenty of industry insight on the publishing and production processes in the form of discussions with agents and editors. Click on the link to reserve your place >>> https://lnkd.in/e_cDUnha #writingcommunity #fiction #amwriting #screenwriting #stageplay #playwright #tvwriting

Children's author Sufiya Ahmed visited 10 schools in the London borough of Camden last week, as part of Bloomsbury's LitUp outreach programme. Sufiya spoke to hundreds of kids about her book The Very Best Eid, teaching them about Ramadan and Eid and how to draw henna designs. It was wonderful to see the children sharing and being excited about their mix of cultures - plus getting their very own signed copy of the book! Find out more about the LitUp programme: https://lnkd.in/e29vdkNg #LitUp #LitUpCamden #OutreachWork #SchoolOutreach #ReadingForPleasure

We love this interview with Bloomsbury USA's Director of Scholarly and Student Publishing, Haaris Naqvi, about Marvel Age of Comics and the origins of the series for Comics Beat! https://lnkd.in/eFnDaTBd #Marvel #MarvelComics #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing

Bloomsbury UK will be moving our distribution to Hachette UK Distribution from Tuesday 1st April 2025. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eET5Q98T

Are you a writer of fiction and/or script, looking to develop your craft? Writers & Artists are partnering with The Open University to offer a full day of in-person advice to help you take your writing to the next level. You will get the chance to hear from fiction authors, playwrights and screenwriters who will each share their top writing tips, as well as agents and editors who will be shedding light on the process of getting your work out into the world. Join them on 29th March: https://lnkd.in/e_cDUnha #FictionWriting #ScriptWriting #ScreenWriting #WritingAdvice

Meet the speakers for our Careers in #Publishing event, #literaryagent Katie Greenstreet (Paper Literary), the Founder and Director of Héloïse Press Aina Marti-Balcells & Commissioning #Editor at Bloomsbury Publishing Jonathan Eyers! Join on 26th March: https://lnkd.in/ezk-h-pC