Adaptability: the key to success in design
The role of an editorial designer has gone though considerable changes in recent years, particularly in-house positions. And now, more than ever, is it important…
How we developed a user-centred interface for our publishing start-up
Where Is The Bird? – a story of augmenting reality At VIKA we make extraordinary books that blur the boundaries between real and virtual formats.…
How to help your team beat procrastination while we’re working from home
Those of us who are lucky enough to be able to work from home during this pandemic, to actually have the opportunity to keep earning…
Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Mark Ecob (Mecob Design)
Get comfy and catch up with our Wednesday Wisdom interview with Mark Ecob, Art Director Mecob Design. As part of the Q&A with Mark, you…
Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Donna Payne (Faber & Faber)
Tune into the replay of our live Wednesday Wisdom interview with Donna Payne, Creative Director at Faber & Faber. During the session, you can learn…
The best leaders in publishing (and how to join them)
If you thought you were going to read about top leaders in our industry, think again! Firstly, ‘best’ is way too subjective a term, and…
Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Laurence Koster and Emma Hamilton Payton (Cambridge University Press & LDN Apprenticeships)
Catch up with our chat with Laurence Koster, Commissioning Editor at Cambridge University Press, and Emma Payton, an Assistant Editor apprentice working with Laurence and…
Black History Month UK: An interview with Abiola Bello and Helen Lewis
To mark Black History Month in October here in the UK, we chatted to publishing and entrepreneur extraordinaries Abiola Bello and Helen Lewis, founders of Hashtag…
Build the foundations, reduce the risk: Putting good royalty management at the heart of a publishing business
What makes a great publishing business? Bestselling books is one obvious answer. But what truly set the best publishers apart are their foundations: the robust…
How to keep your remote publishing teams motivated
Unprecedented times. Zoom fatigue. A longing to go back to the office. Sound familiar? This year is the year that everything changed and BookMachine has…
BookMachine Unplugged 2020: Talking Marcomms
Creativity and imagination are key to great marketing and publicity. But in a time of ever-diminishing budgets and a proliferation of channels and techniques, which…
Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Sarah Benton (Orion Publishing Group)
Settle in and check out the recording of our super-inspiring live interview for all about management with Sarah Benton, Deputy MD at The Orion Publishing…
Lessons from Netflix: How data-driven Marketing can help develop blockbuster books
Looking back from this era of lockdown binge-watching and couchification, it is easy to forget that there existed a time when streaming behemoth Netflix didn’t…
Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Darren Ryan (Deanta Global)
Learn more about managing international publishing teams in the replay of our live interview with Darren Ryan, Founder and CEO of Deanta Global. During the…
Desperately Seeking Susan: How marketing’s pursuit of the ‘ideal consumer’ is bad for diversity and worse for business
The Ideal Consumer Profile (ICP) has been a persistent and useful marketing mechanism: winnowing down the potential buyer into habits, demographics and needs that the…
