Publishing

Rare 500-year-old English Bible up for auction
A very rare 500-year-old copy of the Bible found by chance will go up for auction after being rescued from damp.

Mixam cooks up tasty opportunity with Pepper partnership
Online printing platform Mixam has teamed up with social cooking app Pepper to give home cooks an easy way to turn their recipes into physical cookbooks.

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.

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.

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.