Salt to focus on anthologies rather than individual poets
In what will no doubt be distressing news for poets and readers alike, The Guardian reports that the independent publisher Salt will no longer be…
Amazon to sell officially licensed fan fiction
Realising there’s a part of the internet that’s been around even longer than it has that still hasn’t been monetised to full effect, Amazon has…
News Flash! Valobox: wins Constable & Robinson Social and Recommendation Challenge
Valobox, the pay-as-you-go browser-based ebook service, has won an award from IC Tomorrow to develop a solution for lending, gifting or giving short term access…
Stephen King bypasses digital with pulpy new novel
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Stephen King has revealed that his latest project – no, not the TV adaptation of 11/22/63, the…
These Pages Fall Like Ash [REVIEW II]
Earlier this month, we travelled to Bristol in order to try out a new kind of reading experience – a project that intends to fully…
My book’s been gazumped by Dan Brown!
This is a guest post from Laura Palmer, the extremely talented Editorial Director and co-founder of Head of Zeus. When I tell people I work…
Howard Jacobson wins second Wodehouse Prize
Having taken the inaugural award in 2000, Howard Jacobson has this week won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for the second time, garnering top honours…
5 Questions for Suzanne Kavanagh [INTERVIEW]
Suzanne Kavanagh (@sashers) is Director of Marketing and Membership Services at the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). She is a passionate advocate…
XML basics … and I do mean basics!
This is a very basic introduction to XML (extensible markup language). If you think that XML is exclusively for techie people or you don’t really…
5 Questions for Timo Boezeman [INTERVIEW]
Timo Boezeman is the Digital Publisher for De Arbeiderspers, one of the largest publishers in The Netherlands. He is involved in creating enhanced e-books, apps…
Hey girl, let Dan Brown sing to you about phone sex
In what is either one of the more leftfield viral marketing ploys in recent memory or a typically shameless Buzzfeed attempt to ride the zeitgeist…
International Collaboration In Publishing: Why Being Old is a Good Thing
Note from the editor: If you’re free on Thursday 23rd May, please do join us at BookMachine Unplugged, as our top speakers discuss collaboration and…
The advent of online global platforms
Tom Chalmers is Managing Director at IPR License. Believe it or not it is 40 years, give or take a week, since the first mobile…
Haruki Murakami emerges to speak at public event in Japan
In what is proving to be quite the week for spotting otherwise reclusive authors in the wild, the cultishly adored Japanese writer Haruki Murakami has…
5 Questions for Paul Rhodes [INTERVIEW]
Paul Rhodes is one of our top speakers at BookMachine Unplugged. He currently runs Orb Entertainment, and previously spent around 15 years across HarperCollins and…
