EUP shortlisted for British Book Awards 2023

We're delighted to be shortlisted for Academic, Educational and Professional Publisher of the Year at this year's British Book Awards Awards. We're looking forward to 15th May when all will be revealed.

Our nomination comes in another year of change and challenge in academic, educational and professional publishing. Budget pressures, Open Access and the after-shocks of Brexit and Covid-19 all kept publishers on their toes. We are on a shortlist dominated by independents, whose adaptability and responsiveness were key advantages in spotting and capitalising on opportunities in the UK and overseas.

It was a year when Edinburgh made record sales, despite trimming its publishing programme. Print revenues were resilient but e-books and journals had the strongest growth, especially in North America, where local commissioning and partnerships with De Gruyter and Ingram hit their stride. Internally, our investment in systems, discoverability and analytics, plus new diversity and inclusivity, sustainability and staff wellbeing projects, helped to keep us right up to date.