Academic, Educational & Professional Publisher of the Year WINNER EMERALD PUBLISHING
The market town of Bingley in west Yorkshire is not where many might expect to find the UK’s most impressive academic publisher of 2018. But it is where Emerald Publishing has been quietly thriving for more than half a century now, demonstrating the often forgotten strength of independent publishing beyond London and other big academic cities. With a social sciences list that now encompasses more than 3,000
books and 300 journals, Emerald had one of its best ever years in 2018, notching up double-digit book sales growth and pushing determinedly into translation rights. As the academic sector grapples with the issue of Open Access,
perhaps the standout achievement was the launch of the Emerald Open Research platform, providing an open peer review process and free access to all. The British Book Awards judges applauded Emerald’s PR and
marketing activity, which achieved some impressive coverage for its books in mainstream as well as academic channels; and the launch of its new Library Advisory Network, through which it is using academic librarians to shape its future content and services. The judges also admired Emerald’s care of people—authors and
staff alike. “This is obviously a great place to be published—a real go-to place for academics,” they said. They saw concerted efforts to support diversity too, both in its output by appointing its first Gender and Diversity Publisher, and in-house by launching a STRIDE initiative and tackling issues around family-friendly working and the gender pay divide. “There’s a refreshing difference about Emerald—not just in where it’s publishing from, but from how it goes about it,” concluded the judges.
Strong growth in profitability and the scale and sales of book publishing
Engagement with Open Access through a new publishing platform
Creative and determined approach to marketing, publicity and events
Commitment to diversity, both in-house and through output
SHORTLIST
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING Marked its 10th year in the academic sector with sharp digital and print sales growth and new partnerships
COLLINS LEARNING Responded well to another tough year in the schools sector, with Collins Big Cat and Collins Dictionaries among its big brands
HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND In just its fourth year of publishing, the public body produced some ambitious frontlist publishing
JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS Now part of the Hachette group, it proved itself no less passionate about
THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS WINNERS 2019 the social sciences niches it serves
KOGAN PAGE Continued to reimagine its business and management publishing with new audio and trade lists as it entered its sixth decade
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD INTERNATIONAL Widely respected just six years after its UK launch, it had a big publishing event with Peter Hain’s Mandela
SAGE PUBLISHING Shortlisted for the seventh year in a row, it evolved the tech side of its business through acquisition and took on its thousandth journal
WITH THANKS TO: WESTCHESTER
Westchester provides editorial, design, typesetting, digital
production and project management services to more than 150 trade, academic, educational and children’s publishers in the US and UK. Our UK office is in Stratford-upon-Avon and our head
office is in Connecticut, US. We’re employee-owned and we’ve been trading for 50 years. We deliver exceptional, affordable
service from a highly experienced team, with the scalability of a global company.
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