London mayor Sadiq Khan pitches his book to the publishing industry, a potential ally in the UK’s response to the climate crisis. Most apparent, of course, is the fact that Khan has a book, Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency, set for a May 25 release (Penguin Random House UK/Hutchison Heinemann). And Conway has been able this week to share with London Book Fair’s trade visitors the news of the United Kingdom’s record-breaking performance in 2022. Total sales for the UK publishing industry reached £6.9 billion (US$8.6 billion), up 4-percent from 2021 and with a total 669 million physical books were sold last year. “If we were speaking 20 or 30 years ago,” Khan told his audience—so savvy to a book promotion and yet seriously shaken by the climate crisis—some people would be denying climate change.

Source: CNN April 20, 2023 07:58 UTC