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Consent or Coercion – shape your fate in an age of change [REPORT]
Yesterday evening, members and friends of BookMachine and Unite gathered at St Bride Foundation for a panel discussion on the subject of change. There’s perhaps
Amazon’s Whole Foods acquisition is about so much more than groceries
Yes, the grocery business is huge. And while it’s one of several industries Amazon hasn’t yet dominated, there’s something way more significant about their acquisition
Book Publishing has a reputation for being notoriously underpaid, but how do we even know what people are being paid?
Back in 1995, Suzanne Collier ran her first Salary Survey, causing uproar within the industry. No one ever talked about pay and publishers were highly
Alchemy: Why poetry publishers need to get it together
In May this year, three wrestling matches were held in a library. Two small poetry publishers, Sidekick Books and The Emma Press, nominated their champions
Why we should be publishing more children’s books in translation
Lisa Davis is the Book Purchasing Manager at BookTrust, the UK’s largest reading charity that gifts books to over two million children, and works on the
Junior Designer [JOB POSTING]
Job Title: Junior Designer Job Location: London, UK Quarto Publishing – the original co-edition list in The Quarto Group – produces illustrated books with a
Production Controller, maternity cover [JOB POSTING]
Job Title: Production Controller, maternity cover Job Location: London, UK We’re looking for an enthusiastic Production person looking to take the next step in their
Interview with WriteNow participant Nelson Abbey
WriteNow, Penguin Random House UK’s programme to find, mentor and publish new writers currently under-represented on the nation’s bookshelves, is back for 2017. The world’s
What Cory Doctorow taught me about DRM
Cory Doctorow is one of my nominations for Hero of the Internet. He’s an author, activist, journalist, and blogger – he’s co-editor of Boing Boing,
Scottish Friendly Book Tour: an inspiring idea
Poet Theresa Munoz visited 10 secondary schools in Teesside last week as part of the Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour. The Scottish Friendly Children’s Book
5 reasons for the return of the novella
Jon Watt of indie publisher Type & Tell hails the return of the novella and the part authors have played in it. The novella has
Managing communication in outsourcing: What tools are available to publishers?
As outsourcing becomes the norm in publishing there is a demand for tools to help manage the communication between in-house staff and their freelancers. This
Production Controller [JOB POSTING]
Job Title: Production Controller, full time Job Location: London, UK We’re looking for an enthusiastic Production person looking to take the next step in their
Interview with WriteNow mentor Lydia Yadi
WriteNow, Penguin Random House UK’s programme to find, mentor and publish new writers currently under-represented on the nation’s bookshelves, is back for 2017. The world’s number-one
Tips for how and when to use paid social media advertising
William Horsnell joined Jessica Kingsley Publishers in April 2016 and is the marketing executive responsible for their Education, Special Education, Early Years and Adoption and