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Interview with Francesca Main, Publishing Director at Picador
Francesca Main is Publishing Director at Picador, where her authors include Jessie Burton, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Emma Flint, Mark Watson and Adam Kay. She was named
Disruption of scholarly publishing ecosystem: Early bird ends tomorrow [EVENT]
“Scholarly Publishing: Crossing the Rubicon” is a new BookMachine event, taking place in Oxford on Thursday 7th September – early bird ticket sales end tomorrow
Editorial freelancers, know when to say no
We’re in the business of saying yes … but just as important can be knowing when to say no – some projects may just be
BookMachine July Wrap: Publishing stories from around the web
This month in publishing news, it’s been all about the publisher’s best friend: the indie bookshop! The 2017 Independent Bookshop Week got well underway towards
Talking Podcasts: 6 questions for The Riff Raff
Podcasts are becoming more and more popular, and it’s time we all started paying attention to them, as publishers and authors. In this first interview
The importance of covers in commercial fiction
Phoebe Morgan is an editor at HarperCollins specialising in commercial crime, thrillers and women’s fiction. She is also an author and her first book, The
Project Manager, Education [JOB POSTING]
Out of House Publishing Solutions is a fast-growing publishing services company based in Gloucestershire. We offer a comprehensive project management service for every kind of
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