6 questions for Katie Nicholls – Scout at Badcock & Rozycki Literary Agents [INTERVIEW]
If you were to job swap for a week; could you do what your colleagues do – and do it well? Could you manage a…
6 questions for Camilla Prince, host of BookMachine Oxford on 6th Sept [INTERVIEW]
@Miss_PrinceyC (AKA Camilla Prince) graduated in 2010 after studying English and Classical Studies at the University of Reading. She now works in the digital team…
Barnes & Noble bringing NOOK to the UK
Following Microsoft’s investment of $300 million earlier this year, leading American book retailer Barnes & Noble has revealed plans to expand outside of North America…
5 Questions for Andy Brown, Founder of The Underground Book Club [Interview]
What I am about to tell you may both both shock and amaze, but I swear it is 100% true. There is a magazine featuring…
BookMachine Weekly BookWrap: publishing stories from around the web
First up, if you find yourself in or around Auld Reekie this evening, BookMachine Edinburgh is the place to be (from 6pm in Carters Bar), closely…
Bookaboo looking for submissions for new series
Unless you’ve had regular contact with very small people over the past three years, you may be unaware of the existence of CITV’s pro-literacy kids…
6 questions for Wendy Toole of the SfEP [INTERVIEW]
The SfEP (Society for Editors and Proofreaders) was founded in 1988 and since then has nurtured and encouraged copy-editors and proofreaders both in and new to…
6 Questions for Russell Kerridge of Imagewrite [INTERVIEW]
This week the History of Humanity app was released; a collection of 52 full colour books including more than 7,000 illustrations in both English and…
Five questions for Sophia Blackwell [INTERVIEW]
Sophia Blackwell is an author, performance poet and cabaret performer. In her spare time, she’s also a marketer at Bloomsbury. Having released her debut collection…
Beck To Release Most Backward Book Ever
It seems the publishing and music industry parallels that we all love to hate (and apparently can’t help but point out at every possible opportunity)…
6 Questions for Nikesh Shukla [INTERVIEW]
Nikesh Shukla is the author of the Costa First Novel Award-shortlisted novel, ‘Coconut Unlimited’ (‘…a riot of cringeworthy moments made real by Shukla’s beautifully observed…
Would you sell advertising space in your book, app, or e-book?
Publishers generally don’t sell advertising space. There’s an underlying fear that this will have a negative impact on readers. What is this fear based on…
This week in Fifty Shades: sales records, music records, Bret Easton Ellis
It continues to dominate (ohoho) seemingly every news story to come out of the publishing world, so let’s get all of this week’s Fifty Shades…
Are e-readers teaching us to read again? [INFOGRAPHIC]
A team of designers and researchers over at OnlineTeachingDegree.com have designed an infographic highlighting how they believe e-readers are inspiring us (or folks in the…
5 questions for Sarah Benton of Hot Key Books [INTERVIEW]
In the last 12 months Bonnier’s newest enterprise, Hot Key Books, has gone from boardroom idea to fully fledged business, currently supporting 17 people and…
