BookMachine Briefing: Keeping costs low with innovative tools
In these tough times of tight consumer budgets, print and paper costs, and supply chain interruptions, what can publishers do to alleviate some of these…
BookMachine Briefing: Embracing your squiggly career path
During this quick-fire online discussion with Louise Dickens, Digital Marketing Strategist at BookMachine, we learn more about building and applying unique skills in publishing. We cover embracing squiggly…
Changing Priorities: From Marketing to Editorial (BookMachine Unplugged Live! 2023)
Access the recording of the BookMachine Unplugged Changing Priorities Live! event from February 2023 (members only)
‘New Year, New Me’: The Consumers Driving the Self-help Book Boom
One of the strongest performing areas of the UK book market in recent years has been personal development. The sector has expanded at a rapid rate, wi…
Book Editors: How to Refresh and Revitalise Your Career
CPD for book editors can bring exciting career routes forward. Here are four considerations to reinvigorate your work.
Bookish Influencer Marketing: A Strategy for Publishers
We are officially in the age of influence! It’s cited that 61% of consumers trust influencer recommendations, while only 38% trust branded social media content.…
Publishing Lessons from the Long History of the PDF
This is a sponsored post paid for by Typefi The Portable Document Format (PDF) has come a long way since it was launched by Adobe…
Getting a book noticed in 2023: Tips from a digital marketer
If a book is published and no one is around to read it, does it actually exist? Okay, perhaps that’s in poor taste. But you…
BookTok: Insider Secrets from a TikTok Marketing Agency
‘The reason TikTok is a great place for book promotion is due to a simple formula: algorithm + community + trends. The algorithm brings your…
Talking Design (BookMachine Unplugged Online 2022)
Whose cover is it anyway? Cultural appropriation and the ethics of cover design Catch up with the recording of BookMachine Unplugged: Talking Design 2022! To…
A Passion for Books isn’t Enough: The SYP Autumn Conference
Oriel Square works alongside publishers to continually improve the industry, and so we were proud to sponsor the Society of Young Publishers (SYP) Autumn Conference…
Wednesday Wisdom: Discovering high quality SMEs
Catch up with the recording of our Wednesday Wisdom Q&A with Breanna Sneeringer, Director of SME Services, and Debra Cruce, Director of SME Recruitment Services…
Systems security: 5 things to look for
In an age when publishers have so much content and data at their fingertips, digital security is a top priority. As high-profile breaches have shown,…
Creating a new book fair: BolognaBookPlus – trading for general trade publishers in springtime Bologna
What is BolognaBookPlus, I hear you ask… and it’s a simple one to answer… BolognaBookPlus is the brand extension for general publishing to the acclaimed…
