Fears for black publisher X Press.

The article focuses on X Press, the largest independent publisher of black interest books in Great Britain, and the fact that it has filed legal documents to stop trading under its name. Kate Pool, the deputy secretary for the Society of Authors, comments on the situation and the fact that one auth...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Bookseller no. 5321; p. 3
Format:	Article
Published:	Bookseller Media Ltd 2/29/2008
Subjects:	X Press (Company) Publishing & economics Black people as consumers Pool, Kate Pope, Steve Abedayo, Dotun
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article focuses on X Press, the largest independent publisher of black interest books in Great Britain, and the fact that it has filed legal documents to stop trading under its name. Kate Pool, the deputy secretary for the Society of Authors, comments on the situation and the fact that one author contacted the society about non-payment. The company was founded in 1992 by the "Voice" newspaper editor Steve Pope and broadcaster Dotun Abedayo. Its most noted book is "Yardie," by Victor Hedley.