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  • Arts Council England Diversity Award in Literature
    Arts Council England and the publishing industry have worked together for several years to promote diversity within the book trade. Among many successful initiatives have been the establishment of DipNet, the Diversity in Publishing Network, a Diversity Traineeships programme in partnership with publishers, a conference on Diversity and Children's Literature, and a retail promotion targeted at black and minority ethnic audiences. The Arts Council England Diversity Award in Literature celebrates an organisation or individual who has, in the past year, made an outstanding contribution to the promotion of diversity within the world of books and literature.
    Website: www.artscouncil.org.uk



  • Baker Tilly is an independent firm of chartered accountants and business advisers who provide a full range of services to help our clients achieve their ambitions and objectives in the short, medium and long term. Our media and entertainment team has a depth of industry expertise, with particular experience in the publishing industry. The firm has national coverage through its network of offices and is represented internationally through its independent membership of Baker Tilly International. For more news from Baker Tilly, visit their BBIA microsite here.
    Website: www.bakertilly.co.uk



  • BDS and its trade division West10 supply information-rich data on books, DVD, music and video games to libraries and the home entertainment industry. In combination with ehaus, its web services company, BDS offers flexible and cost-effective solutions to institutions, wholesalers, and retailers who require data supply and web-based presentation. Setting the standard for 14 years, BDS backs its products and services with the best support in the industry.
    Website: BDS


  • FOUNDED in 1896 by Alfred Harmsworth - later Viscount Northcliffe - the DAILY MAIL is the flagship national newspaper of Associated Newspapers.The company is the oldest newspaper publisher to remain in the hands of the founding family and includes in its stable The Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard, Metro and London Lite.
    Website: www.dailymail.co.uk


  • The Frankfurt Book Fair is the biggest book fair in the world - with more than 7,000 exhibitors from over 100 countries. It maintains the most visited website worldwide for the publishing industry at www.book-fair.com. It also organises the participation of German publishers at more than 25 international book fairs and is associated with the Cape Town Book Fair in South Africa and the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. The Frankfurt Book Fair is a subsidiary of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association.
    Website: www.book-fair.com


  • Harlequin Mills & Boon Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harlequin Enterprises Limited, publishing books in 26 languages and selling in over 109 international markets. With over one hundred years of publishing history, HMB is home to three imprints - Mills & Boon®, M&B and MIRA®. Harlequin Mills & Boon is proud to support UK booksellers by sponsoring The Direct Bookselling Company of the Year Award.
    Website: www.millsandboon.co.uk


  • The Independent Alliance is a global alliance of ten UK publishers and their international partners who share a common vision of editorial excellence, original, diverse publishing, innovation in marketing and commercial success.
    The founding publishers of the Independent Alliance were Faber and Faber, Atlantic Books, Canongate, Icon Books, Profile Books and Short Books who came to partnership in July 2005. Quercus Publishing joined in September 2005, Serpent's Tail - part of Profile Books - in January 2007, and Granta in September 2007. Faber and Faber provides the sales force and administrative team for Independent Alliance publishers and, in March 2008, The Book Service Ltd. (TBS) became sole distributor.
    In 2006 the Independent Alliance announced a range of exclusive benefits for its independent counterparts in bookselling, including increased terms, point of sale and dedicated promotions on titles from leading authors, aimed to help them promote their businesses and boost sales. Together, the publishers and booksellers are a unique umbrella organisation representing shared core values - Independence, Integrity, Quality and Range - in an increasingly centralised marketplace.
    Faber & Faber was awarded the IPG's inaugural Independent Publishing Awards Nielsen Innovation of the Year Award for its Independent Alliance of publishers.
    The Independent Alliance publishers are: Atlantic Books, Canongate Books, Faber and Faber, Granta Books, Icon Books, Portobello Books, Profile Books, Quercus Publishing, Serpent's Tail and Short Books.


  • HarperCollins is one of the top publishers in the UK. A hugely varied publishing list includes cutting-edge contemporary fiction and enduring classics; school text books and celebrity memoirs; maps, downloadable dictionaries and digital hymn books; and prize-winning literature. We endeavour to be at the forefront of innovation and technological advancement, being the first to digitize our content and create a global digital warehouse. Green issues remain important to us - in 2007, we took our operations carbon neutral and we publish a high proportion of our books on FSC and recycled paper.
    View the HarperCollins BBIA microsite here and read about their green initiatives.
    Website: www.harpercollins.co.uk


  • Lightning Source is the leading on-demand company in the world, offering the unique combination of quality, e-book, one-off book manufacturing and access to the most comprehensive distribution solutions in the publishing industry. We have built a solid reputation for being the fastest, most reliable and responsive partner for customers worldwide. We give customers certainty, by matching supply to demand. For more news from Lightning Source, visit their BBIA microsite here.
    Website: www.lightningsource.com



  • The Orion Publishing Group was established in 1991. It is made up of two divisions: Orion and Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Since 1998 it has been owned by the French company Hachette Livre. In 2005 Orion Publishing was voted Publisher of the Year at the British Book Industry Awards. In 2009 we are proud to sponsor the Literary Agent of the Year Award.
    Website: www.orionbooks.co.uk



  • For over fifty years the Publisher's Publicity Circle has enabled all book publicists from publishing houses and freelance pr agencies to gather and share information on a regular basis. Monthly meetings are held where representatives from the media are invited to speak to publicists about the ways in which they can feature authors and their books, and how book publicists can most effectively provide relevant information and material. The PPC also make quarterly and annual awards to the publicists responsible for the best PR campaigns of the year - these are judged according to the use of imagination, careful thought and effective planning.
    Go to the PPC BBIA microsite here.
    Website: Publishers Publicity Circle



  • Publishing Technology enables publishers to focus on their core business by outsourcing technology requirements and localised service to a single, trusted partner. We uniquely fuse online and offline publishing technologies to provide the industry's only end-to-end suite of software and services designed specifically to support the publishing process, from production and distribution to websites and marketing. Publishing Technology, incorporating PCG, recently integrated the VISTA and Ingenta divisions into the group.
    See the Publishing Technology BBIA microsite here and learn more about the services and products the company offers.
    Visit us on the web at www.publishingtechnology.com.



  • Stora Enso is an integrated paper, packaging and forest products company producing newsprint and book paper, magazine paper, fine paper, consumer board, industrial packaging and wood products.
    Stora Enso's sales totalled EUR 11.8 billion in 2007. The Group has some 36 000 employees in more than 40 countries on five continents. Stora Enso has an annual production capacity of 13.1 million tonnes of paper and board and 7.5 million cubic metres of sawn wood products, including 3.2 million cubic metres of value-added products. Stora Enso's shares are listed in Helsinki and Stockholm.
    Website: www.storaenso.com