The Publishers Association

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The Publishers Association Limited
Formation1896;128 years ago (1896)
Type Trade organisation
PurposeAssociation of publishers
Location
Region served
United Kingdom
CEO
Dan Conway [1]
President
Antonia Seymour [2]
Vice-president
 Perminder Mann [2]
Website www.publishers.org.uk/our-work/

The Publishers Association (PA) is the trade organisation serving book, journal and electronic publishers in the United Kingdom, established in 1896. [3] Its mission is "to strengthen the trading environment for UK publishers, by providing a strong voice for the industry in government, within society and with other stakeholders in the UK, in Europe and internationally." [4] It seeks to provide a forum for the exchange of non‑competitive information between publishers and to offer support and guidance to the industry through technological and other changes. [5] [6] [7]

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Governance

The Publishers Association’s board, known as the PA Council, consists of 20 representatives elected from the membership, together with the chairs of the Consumer Publishers Council, the Academic Publishing Council, the Educational Publishers Council and the Higher and Further Education Publishers Council; and the chief executive. [2] It meets approximately six times a year. A member of Council may serve up to two three-year terms.

As of 2023, the President was Antonia Seymour, and the Vice-president was Perminder Mann, CEO of Bonnier Books UK. [2] As of 2022, the President of the Publishers Association was Nigel Newton, Chief Executive of Bloomsbury Publishing, and the Vice-president was Antonia Seymour, Chief Executive of IOP Publishing. [1] Previous presidents include Stephen Barr, Joanna Prior, [8] and Richard Charkin. [9]

The senior management team includes:

The previous CEO was Stephen Lotinga. [1] who held the position from 2016 to 2022. [14]

Membership

Membership of the Publishers Association is open to bona fide publishers that carry on the business of publishing in the UK and satisfy the membership criteria. There are two categories of membership, depending on whether a publisher has an annual turnover greater than £9 million or, for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), less than £9 million. [15]

Divisions

The Publishers Association has four sector councils which report to the main Publishers Association, which report to the main Council, and whose officers and chairs serve on the association's 20-representative executive board. These are: [16]

Research

The Publishers Association has worked with Continuum to publish the Directory of Publishing for the United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland. [17]

The Publishers Association carries out research on the demand for both print and ebooks in the UK. [18] It has worked with the Society of Chief Librarians, the Society of Authors, the Booksellers Association and the Association of Authors Agents to examine the impact of library ebook borrowing. The Association found that eBook borrowers bought more eBooks than other library users, suggesting that "libraries enhance discoverability and engagement of published materials". [19] [20]

The Publishers Association has also carried out research into representation and equity in the UK publishing industry. After releasing a 10-point “Inclusivity Action Plan" in September 2017, it has documented representation through yearly diversity reports. These show improvements in the representation of women in leadership, with women achieving gender parity in leadership positions by 2019, two years ahead of the target date set in 2017. [21] [22] Results from 2020 indicated that twice as many employees reported identifying as LGBT+; however, an increasing percentage also reported that they were not "out" at work. LGBT+ representation decreased at higher levels of seniority. Increasing percentages of employees reported that they experienced disability or mental health problems: the impact of the pandemic on this was unclear. The percentage of those experiencing disabilities was lower at higher levels of seniority. [23] Progress in the employment of Black, Asian, and minority ethnicity employees remained low. [24]

The Publishers Association is a signatory of the SDG Publishers Compact, [25] [26] and has taken steps to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the publishing industry. These include launching the "Publishing Declares" initiative [27] [28] and working with RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden) and Solstice Associates to commission a carbon calculator specific to enable UK book and journal publishers to monitor their carbon outputs. [10] [29]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Governance". The Publishers Association. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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  16. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sector Councils". The Publishers Association.
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