We were delighted to hear that Bloomsbury won a Special Achievement Award for Exporting at the London Bookfair.  The special Nibbie was awarded by Activair as a result of the outstanding work they had done in exporting Harry Potter around the world.   They gave a special thank you to "MDL’s wonderful export team, in particular Kate Renwick".

Persephone Books recently announced they would be reissuing their most popular titles in partnership with PanMacmillan, and MDL will be distributing these titles.  Until now Persephone has sold its titles, reprinted classics by 20^th-century writers, entirely through its mail order business and its central London shop.  The Persephone Classics will be a paperback list, rejacketed from the publisher’s trademark grey design to a new full-colour look.  The books are also designed to lie flat when open: a unique feature for British paperbacks. 

Were you ready for E-day?  1 May 2008 was designated as E-day by the book industry. By this date it was hoped that all transactions between trading partners within the UK and Ireland would be carried out electronically.  Not only is this a more efficient way of trading, but it also has a major impact on our collective carbon footprint.  Electronic transactions are quicker, more accurate and often cheaper than traditional alternatives. The industry offers a number of ways for customers to trade electronically, many of which are free to the customer.  Read more information on how to join the e4books revolution, and how to streamline your own processes which provides all the alternatives currently available. Also see the e4books website.

We were joined on 1 March by CRW Publishing who specialise in classics, and who publish the Collector's Library and Essential Thinkers series.

On 8 February we formally opened the new high-bay unit at our Swansea warehouse.  Read the press release.

We were delighted to be reaccredited by e4books for 2008 with Commended status. e4books is pioneering e-commerce within the book industry supply chain.

We are pleased to announce that we started distribution of Revolver Books on 1 February.  Formed in 1997, Revolver recently was listed as the 15th largest film distributor and the 20th largest home entertainment publisher in the UK. Revolver frequently dominates the Special Interest Chart. Experts in exploiting niche markets, the company also publishes books under the Revolver name and music via the '357 Records' label.

The British Film Institute list has now moved to MDL for distribution.  Central Books, their previous distributor, will be accepting returns until 31 March 2008.  In August last year the BFI and Palgrave Macmillan announced their intention to work in partnership.

We are delighted to report that Pan Macmillan has acquired children's publisher Kingfisher Publishers.  Kingfisher will become an imprint under Macmillan Children's Books.  MDL already distribute Kingfisher who are well known for their informative and engaging children's reference and early learning books.  Read more.

Richard Charkin has taken up a new position as Executive Director of Bloomsbury after ten years with Macmillan as CEO.  Read more.  Following his departure Annette Thomas, formally MD of Nature Publishing Group, has been appointed CEO of Macmillan.  Read more.

We are pleased to announce that we now distribute the publisher IB Tauris who publish non-fiction titles, in particular new work in the humanities and social sciences.

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