Publishing

Carlena Davis, one of the creators whose books are now also available via TikTok and Amazon

Found offers major new outlets for online creators

Online creators who have signed up with publishing company Found will now be able to sell their books through both Amazon and TikTok shop.

National World shares soar on takeover approach

National World’s biggest shareholder has launched a £56.2m takeover bid for the publisher – but claims it has had “no substantive engagement” from the PLC since making its approach at the end of last...

Pureprint snaps up Ashford Colour Press

Pureprint has acquired the Ashford Colour Press digital business out of administration – dramatically increasing its book printing capacity and adding a big chunk of inkjet printing to the group’s...

Shock as Ashford Colour Press files NOI

Ashford Colour Press has filed a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators, with the news sending a shockwave around the book printing and publishing world amid hopes of a rescue deal.

8th Note Publishing is aiming to capture the expanding millennial and Gen Z book market

TikTok parent ByteDance moves into print

Chinese tech giant and TikTok owner ByteDance has entered the print publishing market, taking advantage of its advanced market trend data to try to find the next best-sellers.

60 seconds with Acorn Web Offset

Acorn started business in 1979 initially producing coldset newspapers and general print.

Killer app: Vale Press makes Intermission its mission

It’s rare to see a printed magazine launch these days – but at retro film TV channel Talking Pictures TV, nostalgia is stock in trade.

Narayan: craft skills built up over 40 years

Bensons Bookbinding seeks new location

Craft bookbinder and box maker Chris Narayan is searching for new premises and hopes to find a printing company or related business with some suitable spare space.

CB Printforce UK shuttered

On-demand book and journal printer CB Printforce UK has gone into administration.

Topic Heroes allows children to write their book digitally, then prints it for them for free

Literacy charity calls on print sector to help children read

Topic Heroes, a children’s literacy charity that allows children to write and create their own professionally printed books, has launched a crowd funder to help it reach more children.