Publishers in the United Kingdom have another difficulty to face in the coming months and years as it appears that the lucrative business of co-editions is on the wane.

Co-editions constitute separate publications of the same edition of a piece of work. A good example of a co-edition would be a foreign language translation – a publisher in France, for instance, could publish a French book and a separate English publication could be released with an English translation of the same book.

These used to contribute to publishers’ income, but 2008 figures show that co-edition income fell a massive 29% from 2006 figures.