Publishing
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.
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.
Magazine Printing Company in pre-pack three months after ill-fated sale
Enfield-based The Magazine Printing Company (MPC) has been sold in a pre-pack administration to former owner Anthony Stokes.
Egmont awarded three major publishing deals
Egmont has been awarded three major publishing deals for books based on mobile games Doodle Jump and Temple Run and a magazine based on children's picture book Dinosaur Roar!
Dot Gradations ceases trading following handover
Repro firm Dot Gradations has ceased trading following a handover of its archives and order book to Tag Publishing.
CPI follows digital spend with new hardback book line
CPI UK has boosted its trade hardback book capacity by 50% with the installation of a new Kolbus casing-in line at its CPI Mackays site in Chatham, Kent.
CPI ramps up digital book production with third Quantum
CPI UK is to boost its high-speed inkjet web book printing firepower by more than 60% with the installation of a third ‘Quantum’ line this summer – its largest to date.
Wyndeham reorganises for life after IPC
Wyndeham Group will keep Southernprint open, despite the loss of the IPC Media contract, thanks to a new working time agreement with staff.
Clays bolsters short-run capabilities with Timson and Kolbus kit
St Ives Clays has taken its digital investment to £2.5m over the past six months with the purchase of new Timson finishing equipment for its wide-web Timson T-Press and a Kolbus short-run hardback...
Henry Ling expands inkjet firepower with Canon spend
Henry Ling, the Dorchester-based printer of academic books and journals, has completed a £1m-plus investment in inkjet with Canon following the installation of an Océ VarioPrint 6250 for short-run...
UKIP Media and Events ups the ante on print
Fulfilment bureau Air Business has signed a contract worth over 10m with publishing and exhibition business UKIP Media and Events to focus on printed marketing material.
Frankfurt Book Fair: 'Print will always be important'
The chief executive of the world's largest trade book publisher has stressed the ongoing importance of print whilst taking part in a panel discussion at the Frankfurt Book Fair last week (9-13...