4 quick Questions for Greg Ioannou of Iguana Books [INTERVIEW]
In the run up to BookMachine Toronto we caught up with Greg Ioannou who is a busy Publishing bod. Between all the various roles he…
Three Tips to Preparing for the Bookpocalypse
Last week’s IPG conference unearthed some strong criticisms of high street booksellers from Iain Dale. He slated WH Smith for their “marketing fee”, hit out…
Fond of history? A visual person? [KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN]
There’s a lot of hype in the press at the moment about Kickstarter, and how it can be used to raise money for authors looking…
World Book Day is happening RIGHT NOW
Today, as most people reading this will be aware, is World Book Day, the self-explanatory global celebration of reading with a particular focus on encouraging…
5 Questions for Ricardo Redisch of Grupo Editorial Nacional [INTERVIEW]
Ricardo Redisch kindly gave up some time to talk to me before the first BookMachine Toronto. Working as Executive Publisher at Grupo Editorial Nacional, one…
Questlove publishing memoir this summer
In perhaps the most welcome news of a musician having written a memoir since R. Kelly unleashed Soula Coasta: The Diary of Me upon the…
5 questions for Richard Sullivan, MD of Osprey Publishing [INTERVIEW]
In the run up to BookMachine Oxford, we’re compiling some interviews with publishing-type folk who will be going to the event. Richard Sullivan (who is…
5 questions for Kelvin Kong [INTERVIEW]
In the run up to the very first ever BookMachine Toronto we’re compiling some interviews with publishing-type folk who will be going to the event.…
5 questions for Tahira Rahemtulla, host of BookMachine Toronto [INTERVIEW]
On March 14th BookMachine is coming to Toronto! If you work in publishing and live in or around Toronto, we’re pleased to say that Tahira…
Amazingly, Barnes & Noble has a hip-hop bio section for kids
A massive tip of the hat to the A.V. Club for the wonderful discovery that the online store of American bookseller Barnes & Noble has…
Should We Publish New Adult Fiction for LGBT Readers?
This is a guest post from Margaret Eckel, who is Prizes & Awards Officer at Booktrust. You can find her on Linkedin and Twitter. If…
Independent bookshops continue to disappear from high street
The Booksellers Association last week released its annual membership figures, and they made for grim reading for lovers of independent bookshops: for the sixth year…
Blackfriars First Digital Literary Imprint in the UK
I do love a good first. The first t-shirt day of the summer; the first beer on a night out; the first time you wear…
Foyles BookShop Workshops [REPORT]
Gin palaces, children’s hidey holes, book delivery chutes and outdoor touchscreens were just some of the ideas that sprung from last week’s Foyles Bookshop Workshops.…
Neil Gaiman crowdsources new short story collection
Author and icon of the cool internet nerds movement Neil Gaiman has released a new, part-crowdsourced, online-only short story collection. The thirty-one pages of A…
