Bloomsbury is reorganizing itself again (the last time was in 2011), simplifying its structure to Consumer (trade) and Non-Consumer division, while declaring its intention “to become primarily a non-consumer publisher in the B2B academic and professional information market.” Driven in part by a new digital publishing plan, the company “aims to become the go-to scholarly partner for copyright holders looking to reach Higher Education institutions around the world, but who lack the expertise and infrastructure to do so effectively.” That means a “repositioning in the market from a primarily consumer publisher to a digital B2B publisher” by 2020. Richard Charkin will step […]
