11 questions to boost your video content marketing
In content marketing, we want to create value. The magic happens when we start to publish pieces of content that do more than simply propagate…
Here’s a better model for book search and discovery
How are you helping consumers find the perfect book for their needs or interests? If you’re like most publishers, you offer a search function on…
Getting to the top of your profession: Interview with Sam Humphreys
Sam Humphreys is Associate Publisher at Mantle, an imprint of Pan Macmillan. She has previously worked at Picador, Profile Books and Penguin, and before that,…
Making publishing more diverse: Interview with Josie Dobrin
Josie Dobrin is Chief Executive and co-founder of Creative Access. Creative Access works to tackle the absence of diversity in creative industries by providing young BAME…
Getting to the top of your profession: Interview with Georgina Morley
Georgina Morley is Non-Fiction Editorial Director at Macmillan. She acquires history, historical biography, memoir and the occasional book that might surprise you. Norah Myers interviews…
The membership economy
Meet Millennia. Millennia doesn’t take a taxi to the airport, she books an Uber ride. She doesn’t buy a novel at WHSmith while she waits…
OWN IT! snaps up rights to debut novel by exciting new British voice JJ Bola
Crystal Mahey-Morgan at OWN IT! has won a keenly and closely contested auction to the very special debut novel ‘No Place to Call Home’ by…
Get ready to get published: Resources for authors
Lisa Poisso is a fiction editor and book writing coach working with independent authors and new authors seeking representation. Lisa helps emerging authors tune their…
Publishing for children: a thought-piece [winning blog idea October]
Each month BookMachine offers a community member, with great ideas, the chance to write on the site. This month Barb Kuntova, a publishing student at University…
A day in the life of a Sales Analyst
Naomi Peel moved from department store retail management to a MA Publishing degree at Kingston University where she developed an interest in data and the…
A day in the life of a Publisher Account Manager at Nielsen Book Research
Jaclyn Swope is a Publisher Account Manager on the Book Research team at Nielsen BookScan, where she assists a variety of publishers with understanding and utilising…
Ten things we learnt at the InDesign Conference
The InDesign Conference 2016 took place last week in Washington D.C. A three day conference for over 450 InDesign users, experts, consultants, speakers and trainers.…
Wanted: Key Skills for the Book Publishing Industry
One the main lessons I’ve had in the last few years has been on recruitment as we hired for various positions across different businesses. Sometimes…
British Book Design and Production Awards Winners
The British Book Design and Production Awards were held on 10 November at the dazzling Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge, central London. Baroness Floella…
5 fun ways to use Snapchat for writers
We all live in the digital age and for us writers, that’s mostly a good thing. After all, it gives us more opportunities to tell…
