Publishing and Positioning: What thought leadership means for authors
My mum received a Christmas card from an old friend a few years back with a brief update on family news, including this plaintive summary:…
Instagram Brand Building for Writers
Carly Watters is a VP and Senior Literary Agent at P.S. Literary. Here she shares her top tips on Instagram brand-building for us to share…
Here’s how to turn book samples into a powerful B2C tool
Book samples are one of the most under-utilized tools in a publisher or author’s marketing arsenal. Most consumers will not buy a book without at least…
Interview with Windham-Campbell Prize winner Ashleigh Young
The Windham-Campbell Prizes were recently awarded to lucky novelists, playwrights, and poets. Norah Myers interviews one winner, Ashleigh Young, here. 1) Huge congratulations on winning…
BookTube 101 with Sanne Vliegenthart
This is a review of last night’s BookTube event by Abbie Headon. Abbie is Commissioning and Digital Development Editor at Summersdale Publishers. Her book Literary…
BookMachine March Wrap: Publishing stories from around the web
The big news from March in UK publishing is obviously the London Book Fair (LBF). Poland shone at this year’s Market Focus, and the Fair…
First National Indexing Day announced
The Society of Indexers is celebrating its diamond anniversary in 2017 and has designated 30 March as the first National Indexing Day to raise awareness…
Interview with award-winning author, Kate Hamer, on Curtis Brown Creative
Curtis Brown Creative offers six-month novel writing courses based in their London offices. Norah interviews CB alum Kate Hamer here. 1) What motivated you to…
Interview with Pageturner Prize winner Leaf Arbuthnot
Leaf Arbuthnot is a feature writer at the London-based Sunday Times. She also writes poetry reviews for the Times Literary Supplement and draws cartoons as…
Nibbies shortlisted What Belongs to You: Interview with author Garth Greenwell
Norah Myers interviews Garth Greenwell about his debut novel, shortlisted for a Nibbies (or The British Book Award), What Belongs to You. 1) Huge congratulations…
The author platform: Why it matters for publishers
Adrian Zackheim, founder of Portfolio, Penguin’s prestigious business book list, knows a thing or two about acquiring and marketing business books. So when I spoke…
Curtis Brown Creative: An award-winning author’s perspective
Curtis Brown Creative offers in-person courses and online courses for students interested in writing fiction and nonfiction. Norah Myers wanted to know more from a…
5 tips for getting yourself PR-ready
Congratulations, you’re writing a book. You’re probably thinking, ‘I just need to get this finished and then I’ll begin to think about how to promote…
Winner of #BookMachineWorks competition
Last week, amidst the buzz of face-to-face connections at The London Book Fair, a bunch of publishing people were snapping away on their phones, trying…
Business imagery that’s anything but cheesy
Getty Images offer 5 fresh ways to find non stocky images for business themes in publishing. Read it on the blog here.
