Canongate's Kate Gibb appointed to BookSource Board

BookSource, Scotland’s leading independent book distributor, has announced the appointment of a new non-executive director to its Board.

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The company, which is the trading arm of Scottish book trade charity Publishing Scotland, this week formally announced the appointment of Kate Gibb as non-executive director.

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Gibb, who is Chief Operating Officer at Edinburgh-based Canongate Books and current Chair of Publishing Scotland, will take her seat on the Board immediately.

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This news follows significant acquisition of new business by the Glasgow-based company in the early part of this year, which has spearheaded major investment and development plans for the business.

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Davinder Bedi, BookSource CEO, commented; “I am delighted to be working with yet another professional who has such a firm grasp on publishing. I am confident that Kate’s background will provide BookSource with the additional thought-led capacity to continue to expand our well-established and new services across the UK publishing sector.  Her extensive experience in books is wholly complementary to what we do at BookSource and I look forward to working with her in delivering on our ambitious growth plans.”

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Kate Gibb added “BookSource is an organisation I have admired for some time and I am delighted to be joining the board to support Dav and his team going forward at a time when the industry needs service to be at the top of the agenda. It is great to see an organisation like BookSource supporting the sector, especially in assisting start-ups and small presses to flourish through their impressive scale and abilities.  BookSource is on a journey and I very much look forward to being part of that as we continue to find new ways of helping publishers do business.”

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About BookSource. BookSource is the trading arm of Publishing Scotland. Set-up in 1995 the company now distributes for over 120 client publishers and send books to all corners of the world. It specialises in supporting smaller presses and start-ups, helping them navigate their way through publishing. 

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About Kate Gibb. Kate Gibb joined award winning Canongate in 2014 as Finance and Operations Director. She was appointed as Chief Operating Officer in 2017 having played a pivotal role in Canongate’s acquisition of Severn House Publishers.
 

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