On the digital learning platform from Blackwell’s
This is a guest post from Evie Prysor-Jones, Digital Publishing Executive, Blackwell’s Learning platform. (host of next month’s BookMachine London) Blackwell’s Beginning On New Year’s…
2014 Man Booker Prize goes to Richard Flanagan
This year’s Man Booker Prize has been awarded to Richard Flanagan for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North. The Australian author’s sixth…
5 Steps To Marketing Your Book Now
This is a guest post about book marketing from Justine Schofield, Development Director, at Pubslush In reality, if you’re still in the process of writing…
Kim Gordon memoir gets release date, cover
Little over a year ago we reported that Kim Gordon – co-founder of Sonic Youth, visual artist, feminist hero – was to release a memoir…
Patrick Modiano wins Nobel Prize for Literature
This year’s Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Patrick Modiano. The 69 year old Frenchman was recognised ‘for the art of memory with…
5 questions for author Emlyn Rees [INTERVIEW]
Host of November’s BookMachine Brighton, Sarah Juckes, talks to speaker on the night Emlyn Rees, a fiction and non-fiction author, editor and director of the…
Women lead the field in 2014 Saltire Award shortlists
The shortlists for this year’s Saltire Literary Awards – widely held to be among the most prestigious literary prizes in Scotland – were revealed this…
Social Media at Getty Images
This is a guest post from Toby Hopkins, Senior Account Manager at Getty Images (sponsor of next month’s BookMachine London). “Does Getty Images have a…
2014 Forward Prizes awarded
Ahead of this year’s National Poetry Day (happening this Thursday, 2 October), the Forward Arts Foundation has awarded its annual prizes for poetry. Regarded, in…
Faber launching Modern Classics line in 2015
Early next year Faber will reissue several titles from throughout its 85 year history as part of its new Modern Classics line. Focusing on work…
On-screen proofing comes of age
This is a guest post from John Pettigrew, CEO of FutureProofs. At Futureproofs we’ve spent the past year creating a solution to a problem that…
Amazon brings Kindle Unlimited to UK
In what’s turning out to be quite the week for internet-based publishing innovations, Amazon has brought its Kindle Unlimited service to British shores. The subscription…
Advance Editions puts final draft in readers’ hands
This week sees the launch of Advance Editions, a platform for crowdsourced editing allowing readers early access to soon-to-be-published books in the hope that they’ll…
Tips on Interviews Using Video and Web Conferencing
More and more, interview via web or video conferencing is becoming commonplace for publishing managers to screen applicants for positions their companies have openings for.…
Independent Publishing: Scottish Literature and the Referendum [ESSAY]
In this essay, BookMachine contributor, Glasgow native and holder of two hitherto useless degrees in Scottish Literature Chris Ward attempts to explain some of the…
