CUP signs agreement with MPG Books
In the UK, Cambridge University Press (CUP) has announced an agreement with printer MPG Books, which will involve the publisher’s UK and European printing moving to MPG. Global production director...
Cambridge appoints dedicated trade sales rep
Cambridge University Press has announced it has appointed a dedicated trade sales representative. The publisher said it had ‘decided to service the trade channel directly’ following a recent review of...
Thames & Hudson announces price changes
Thames & Hudson Australia has announced this week that it will introduce 'significant changes to the pricing of all imported books'. The publisher said in a statement that 'the changes...
Hardie Grant Egmont announces price initiatives to support booksellers
Hardie Grant Egmont has announced a number of initiatives this week designed to support booksellers by addressing price concerns. The publisher said in a statement today that it has introduced...
Simon & Schuster revise prices
Simon & Schuster is the latest publishing house to announce a revision of its Australian pricing schedules. Simon & Schuster managing director Lou Johnson told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the publisher...
CUP drops prices
Cambridge University Press (CUP) has recently dropped the prices of more than 28,000 titles. The price drops follow a pricing review of more than 30,000 of the publisher's titles, with...
CUP records eighth year of successive growth; sales up 5% for Australia and NZ
Cambridge University Press (CUP) has recorded sales growth for the eighth successive year, announcing overall international sales growth of 11.5% in books and journals for the year to 30 April...
Around the World
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Amazon.co.uk introduces agency pricing with Hachette, HarperCollins and PenguinGerman bookseller launches own ereaderBond...
CUP to place thousands of ebooks online
Cambridge University Press (CUP) is placing thousands of ebooks online, available for Australian institutions in March. The Cambridge Books Online (CBO) system will initially hold around 6000 titles online, increasing...
CUP to publish Australian maths product worldwide
An Australian ‘online, interactive, full curriculum learning system' has been selected by Cambridge University Press as its global flagship ICT mathematics resource. Created over nine years, HOTmaths is a suit...
In brief
Australians chart well in UK for 2008Several Australian authors did well in the UK in 2008. The Bookseller reports that Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden (A&U) was number 11 in...
CUP Australia ‘ahead of expectations’
Cambridge University Press has reported organic sales growth of 9% for the financial year ended 30 April 2008. When the acquisition of the Japanese wholesaler United Publishers' Services Worldwide is...
Profit doubles at CUP
Unaudited results for Cambridge University Press (CUP) for the year to 30 April show the business has experienced a doubling of profit for the second year in a row. Sandra...
CUP acquires Indian distribution arm
Cambridge University Press (CUP) has agreed to acquire a 51% stake in the Delhi-based distributor and publisher Foundation Books, which will be renamed CUP India, reports the Bookseller.Foundation has been...