A Life in the Funny Pages
This is a guest post by Robin Etherington. The Etherington Brothers will be part of the Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour Jamboree on Wednesday 6th…
Consumer 3.0 – Reading, crowd-sourcing and audience engagement in a digital age [EVENT REPORT]
Suzanne Kavanagh is a strategic market specialist and programme curator working with BookMachine Works and the BookMachine community. She presented on this research at the…
LoveAudio: time to shout loudly and proudly about audiobooks
Fionnuala Barrett is Senior Audio Editor at HarperCollins, where she creates audiobooks for authors as diverse as Gail Honeyman, Stuart MacBride, Dawn O’Porter, Joanna Cannon…
A publishing job that’s a rollercoaster of rewards: the literary agent
As a former author, publisher, publicist and marketer, Kate Nash has seen every side of publishing and set up her own literary agency so she…
Small independent presses: interview with John Mitchinson
In the latest blog post Norah Myers interviews John Mitchinson. John is a writer and publisher and the co-founder of Unbound, the award-winning crowdfunding platform for…
Overcoming the challenges of accessible publishing
Guy van der Kolk first got hooked on publishing while attending an international school in Ivory Coast, where he used Pagemaker, Photoshop and an Apple Quicktake…
It’s about seeing the future: The 3rd Future of Media and Publishing Meetup, Bibblio
Francesca Zunino Harper is a linguist, translator, and publishing professional. She worked in the British and international academia researching on comparative literatures, translation, and women’s and environmental…
Ecommerce Executive [JOB POSTING]
SPCK/IVP, winner of the IPG Specialist Consumer Publisher of the year for 2018 and 2017 and shortlisted for the recent Bookseller Independent Publisher of the…
Small presses: a vibrant sector with lessons for all of us
Abbie Headon runs Abbie Headon Publishing Services, and offers a range of skills including writing, editing and commissioning, alongside social media, website development and publishing management. She…
Call for entries to the British Book Design and Production Awards
The British Printing Industries Federation, Oxford Brookes University, The Publishers Association, The Bookseller and BookMachine are calling for entries to the British Book Design and…
4 tips to instantly refresh your social media game
Aimee Dewar (@AimeeDewar) is a freelancer in book design and social media. She works with multiple clients across different sectors, including Head & Heart Book…
Small independent presses: interview with Cécile Menon
Tomorrow evening (Wednesday 16th May), a group of BookMachine-goers will be joining the TLS in London for an event which focuses on small, independent presses…
Cities, Manholes and Typography: Exploring Culture Through Letters
This is an original interview by our friends at TypeThursday. Nikki Villagomez is a self-professed type geek and urban explorer cataloging urban typography and lettering…
The poetry boom, and how to tackle the fear factor
This is a guest post by Anne Nolan. Anne is a freelance publishing consultant, working with small independent and scholarly publishers. She is a board…
Marketing Executive [JOB POSTING]
Location: Woking, United Kingdom Reports To: Senior Marking Manager, Marketing and Communications – Nielsen Entertainment
