Publications

Welcome to our first Publishing eBulletin for the year where we will update you on the news and events of the last few months of 2011 and forecast some important issues for the industry in 2012.

Caroline Turner and Nicolas Murfett question the rights for publishers and authors as more books are produced digitally.

It has been another unusual year, and although many clients continued to face difficult markets, an increasingly large proportion have been thriving. Has a corner been turned? We don't think so yet - but the signs are encouraging, and we have begun 2011 with great optimism.

Read the Annual Review of our work and achievements from 2010.

Head of Publishing, Caroline Turner, looks at the result of the Google Book Settlement in New York, and the Court's decision that the ASA did not pass the relevant test of being "fair, adequate and reasonable".

There are simple steps publishers can take to close the loophole that let the Stig free to publish.

Although the agency model can be entirely legal, publishers must avoid potential pitfalls.