2015
Independent Academic, Educational & Professional Publisher of the Year
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Edinburgh University Press recorded its best ever sales in 2014—and published its biggest frontlist to date
Edward Elgar Publishing won this award in both 2013 and 2014; its cutting-edge digital services ensured it had another strong year
How2become greatly expanded its programme of career guides and sharpened up its direct-to-consumer sales operations
WINNER: LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE are the names most commonly associated with university publishing in the UK—but as Liverpool University Press shows, there is a lot to admire beyond the collegiate titans. It had the best year in its 115-year history in 2014, with turnover up by a double-digit percentage and net profit hitting record levels too. It was very active externally, acquiring the Dickens Companion series from Helm Information and establishing a partnership with Clemson University Press to work together on the US publisher’s output. It also secured funding from educational research body JISC for an innovative new project to trial Open Access e-textbooks for university courses. One of LUP’s most notable achievements has
been to develop a trade market for its books as well as an academic one. That strategy took another step forward in 2014 with the launch of Pavilion Poetry, a new contemporary poetry imprint to sit alongside its list of
KEY STRENGTHS
criticism. Poetry is a tough market, but this is a publisher that relishes a challenge. As critic and academic Jonathan Bate said in one of many warm endorsements of LUP’s nomination: “Liverpool University Press is one of the great success stories in the difficult climate of modern academic publishing.”
John Catt Educational is prospering in its niche in independent schools, but it also expanded into the state school sector last year
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LUP had the best year in its 115-year history, with turnover up by a double-digit percentage and net profit hitting record levels
Liverpool University Press adds this award to the Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year title it took home at this year’s IPG Independent Publishing Awards. “It has had a very impressive year in which a lot of its hard work paid off,” said The Bookseller judges.
Record sales and profits in its 115-year history
Widespread publishing partnerships in the UK and overseas Acquisition and integration of the Dickens Companion series Boldly moved into the challenging poetry market
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