Censored “Night Before Christmas” lights up debate
Parents, lock up your kids: The Guardian brings news of the latest apparent threat to their wellbeing, and this one hasn’t been dead and buried…
At Halloween Stand Up For Books [EVENT]
This is a guest post from Helen Joanna Youngs. She is currently working for an independent niche genre publisher. Alongside her day job Helen is…
5 Questions for John Bond [INTERVIEW]
John Bond has spent over twenty years in UK trade publishing, encompassing roles such as Marketing Director at Penguin and Group Sales and Marketing Director…
Nominees for ‘Best of Best’ James Tait Black Prize Announced
Following on the heels of some ostensibly more low-key prize announcements, Britian’s oldest literary award has revealed the shortlist for its ‘best of the best’ award. The…
Lower Ebook Prices Does Not Equal More Readers
Last week saw the declaration by Amazon that the dissolution of agency pricing in the US was a “big win for customer” and that they look…
9 questions for Dean Johnson [INTERVIEW]
In the run up to BookMachine Unplugged we interviewed Dean Johnson of Brandwidth. Dean will be talking at Unplugged about Brandwidth’s latest project The Numinous…
Johnny Depp Launches Imprint Exactly As You’d Expect
Seemingly confirming that the tyrannical hold of Tim Burton over Johnny Depp works on some kind of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari close-proximity hypnosis basis (Burton’s…
5 Questions for Ruth Warburton [INTERVIEW]
Ruth Warburton is a job-sharing publicity manager for the Vintage imprints Chatto & Windus and Square Peg at Random House. Having won PPC awards for…
Storm in a crap mug: Ewan Morrison wins Not The Booker
Yeah, so Mo Yan won the Nobel, and it’s a big deal because he’s the first Chinese citizen to be made a laureate, and it’s…
Fifty Shades film finds writer, still isn’t finished
As the leaves fall from the trees, autumn descends and the turn of the seasons rolls relentlessly onward, it’s nice to be reminded that some…
6 questions for Jane Bradley of For Books’ Sake [INTERVIEW]
BookMachine is helping For Books’ Sake, a UK based webzine and community promoting and celebrating writing by women, to celebrate its second birthday. If you’re in…
Honest Publishing recruit Alan Moore for Vorrh launch
In a coup that bests the makers of any films based on his work to date, Twickenham based indie Honest Publishing have somehow managed to…
Christmas Crackers: (Auto)Biographies of 2012
The first Christmas trees are starting to spring horridly in corners of supermarkets everywhere; turkeys all over the world are being fattened for the kill;…
9 Questions for Eric Huang, Penguin Books [INTERVIEW]
A few weeks ago Eric Huang kindly answered some questions about his role at Penguin and how they are working and collaborating with new companies…
