Valentine’s Day is Over: Celebrating the Literary Spinster
This is a guest post from Gayle Lazda. Gayle is a bookseller and visual merchandiser at the London Review Bookshop in Bloomsbury. You can follow…
Questions raised – and rebutted – about new Harper Lee novel
As you’ve no doubt heard about, got tired of, called 2 Kill 2 Mockingbirds along with the rest of the internet then got tired of…
One Big Book Launch opens for submissions from emerging authors
Collaborative book launch initiative is back for another year It’s an important day today as submissions are now open to find outstanding authors for One Big…
Killer Reads reveals titles acquired from open submission
Last summer we reported that HarperCollins was to relaunch its Killer Reads online community as a digital-first crime and thriller list, and that its initial…
BookMachine meets Google Campus folks
BookMachine have been invited to join a discussion at Google Campus (London) on 9th February on disruption in the book publishing industry. The event is…
Something happenin’ at The London Book Fair
If you’ve been following BookMachine for a while, you’ll know there’s an annual BookMachine event at The London Book Fair each year. Last year over…
Branding: 5 Ways to Publicize with Purpose
This is a guest blog post from Danielle Barthell. Following her completion of the Denver Publishing Institute after graduation, Danielle began interning at Writers House.…
What Can I Do With This Content? [INTERVIEW]
In the digital age, what steps can publishers take to protect their online content and future-proof their businesses? The proliferation of ‘free’ digital content has…
A publisher’s guide to APIs
This is a guest post from Emma Barnes. Emma is co-founder of General Products, and indie publisher Snowbooks. General Products is the company behind FutureBook-award-winning…
Costa Book of the Year Award goes to Helen Macdonald
The 2014 Costa Book of the Year award has gone to Helen Macdonald for her work of non-fiction, H is for Hawk. Macdonald’s book took…
Sam Husain to retire as CEO of Foyles
Sam Husain joined Foyles as Chief Executive back in 2007, and today it’s been announced that he will be retiring in April. Husain achieved great…
5 Tips from the Secret World of Editing
This is a guest post by Abbie Headon. Abbie joined Summersdale Publishers in 2010. In her role as Managing and Commissioning Editor she writes, edits…
Digital publishing platform Readership launches
Today sees Readership – a new digital publishing platform – open for submissions. Writers seeking publication can upload extracts of their work to the site,…
Is a royalty-only system the way forward for author payment?
Jasmin Kirkbride is BookMachine’s new blogger. Jasmin is the Editorial Intern at Tenebris Books. She is a freelance editor and published author. You can find…
Foyles to open in Grand Central Birmingham
Foyles, the award-winning independent bookshop chain, is to open a new branch at Grand Central Birmingham, the city’s new £150 million premium retail destination, in…
