Books

New Fifty Shades book smashes sales record

Grey, the latest novel by Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James, has sold more copies in the UK in its first three days than any adult title has in its first week.

Konica Minolta to make KM-1 announcement at London Digital Printing Forum

Konica Minolta is set to reveal more details about its KM-1 B2 inkjet press at next month’s London Digital Printing Forum, which the company is also sponsoring.

Pureprint makes London Book Fair debut

Uckfield-based digital and litho printer Pureprint is exhibiting at the London Book Fair for the first time this week.

New structure for CPI UK

A restructure of CPI Group’s UK operations has resulted in the departure of two senior executives and two high-profile returnees to the book printer’s revamped management team.

Clays makes multimillion-pound ‘strategic’ HP investment

St Ives Clays has announced that it will purchase multiple HP Inkjet web presses in a multimillion-pound deal that marks the next major stage in its digital production print strategy for the UK book...

Printondemand-worldwide buys Hunkeler Book Block Line at Innovationdays

Digital book printer Printondemand-worldwide has invested in a custom-designed Hunkeler Book Block Line, which it first saw and made the decision to buy at the manufacturer’s Innovationdays event in...

Kolbus buys T-Fold know-how

The Timsons T-Fold is set to live on under the ownership of Kolbus.

Timsons leaves multimillion-pound shortfall

Timsons has left an estimated shortfall of almost £4m, with trade creditors and employees owed £1.7m of the total sum.

CPI to cut back after contract loss

CPI plans to shut one factory and cut around 10% of its UK workforce following the loss of its Penguin Random House contract.

Clays in major contract win

St Ives Clays is to become the sole UK supplier of monochrome books to publishing giant Penguin Random House and is poised to double its digital book production capability, in a move that has major...

Timsons digital wing enters voluntary liquidation

UK press manufacturer Timsons has been placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation, resulting in the loss of 25 jobs, after the firm was unable to attract orders for its digital presses.

Solid start to financial year for St Ives

St Ives has described its print operations as “performing well” in its latest trading update.