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ACADEMIC, EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR
OVERVIEW As Covid pushed schools and universities into new patterns of hybrid education, these eight publishers excelled in their support of learners, teachers, libraries and professionals. They delivered outstanding digital resources while showing there is plenty of life left in print too—and they were also notable for their concerted efforts to improve both diversity and sustainability across these areas of publishing.
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING Bloomsbury has been short- listed in 10 of this award’s 11 years, and won it three times. It had another year of growth, not just through acquisi- tions (Red Globe Press and ABC-CLIO) but organically too, with the Bloomsbury Digital Resources division becoming ever more powerful. A new YouTube channel brought it closer to its end users.
COLLINS HarperCollins’ education division grew revenue and profits sharply in 2021 and was particularly strong in the primary schools market. It set up partnerships with educa- tors on new literacy and maths resources, and developed the new Collins Adapt platform for adaptive learning. In the Big Cat phonics programme, it now has one of the most dominant brands in primary publishing.
HODDER EDUCATION GROUP The winner of this award in 2015 and 2016, Hodder excelled in supporting schools’ work on assessment, interven- tion and catch-up learning after months of disruption. It also launched online curricu- lum service
eduu.school, while the acquisitions of Illuminate Publishing and John Catt Educational strengthened other aspects of the business.
KOGAN PAGE Kogan Page is shortlisted for this award for the fifth year in a row. Now well into its second half-century, it remains proudly independent and sharply focused on its special- ism of business books. Fuelled by excellent digital marketing, Kogan Page’s print and e-book revenue were both in strong growth as it put together its most commercially successful year yet.
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS Manchester University Press makes this shortlist for the first time. It showed how rela- tively small presses can adapt fastest to crises like Covid, accelerating its migration to digital and starting a popular online events strand. Timely commissioning helped raise its profile in trade and academic channels, and it piloted a new audiobook programme too.
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EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS Scotland’s leading university press turned over £4m for the first time in its 70-plus year history in 2021. Growth was powered by e-book sales, and a new partnership with German giant De Gruyter is further raising the global profile of EUP’s digital content. As at many academic publishers, overseas trading was buoyant despite the absence of travel.
EMERALD PUBLISHING Bingley-based Emerald won this award in 2019, and sales and output were both target- beating last year. Emerald has always been a mission-driven publisher, but a restructuring of its publishing team around four key UN Sustainable Development Goals, alongside more good work on diversity, has given its commissioning and marketing an even greater sense of purpose.
JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS Jessica Kingsley had a record year of global sales in 2021. Digital and online retail chan- nels flourished, as did its rich backlist, which provided many of the year’s biggest sellers. Four years on from its acquisi- tion by Hachette, JKP’s inde- pendent spirit is firmly intact, and its passion for supporting children’s wellbeing feels stronger than ever.
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