A day in the life of a commissioning editor
Among other things, Emily has worked as a picture researcher, a freelance copy editor, proofreader and indexer, and has also contributed to several books on…
A day in the life of a Director of Publishing Operations
James Carey is Director of Publishing Operations, UK for The Quarto Group. Having worked in Production, Sales and Operations roles at Dorling Kindersley, Penguin and…
A day in the life of a programmer
Emma Barnes taught herself to code after founding her own independent publisher, Snowbooks. She went on to build Bibliocloud, the next-generation publishing system. Now she’s…
A day in the life of a book designer
Hello! We’re Abi and Katie from emc design and we’d like to tell you about a typical day here at work! Abi has been at emc for…
Seven excellent Snapchat tips for authors
This is a guest post by Julie Proudfoot. Julie is an Australian writer and blogger and award-winning author of The Neighbour. Julie writes from her home…
A day in the life of a publicist
Claire Maxwell works at Icon Books as their Publicity Manager. She has previously worked in journalism and bookselling, and she blogs at www.ithinkijustbloggedmyself.com. Claire is also…
Hometown Tales diversity initiative seeks submissions
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (part of Orion Books) is opening submissions in a bid to find new voices from across the UK. Jennifer Kerslake, editor at…
The X factor. Adding the X to PDF/X
We all know PDFs. Here we are over a decade and a half into the 21st century and chances are you have probably already read…
Diverge! How thinking differently could boost your career
In an industry that outsources most of its physical tasks and processes, what’s the one thing that can set you and your organisation apart from…
Marketing vs Design: Photo/Twitter blog
If you work in book marketing, your focus is on running campaigns to sell more books. If you are a designer you know that no…
10 tips for anyone starting out as a proofreader
This is a guest blog post from Rebecca Raimondo. Rebecca is a freelance proofreader specialising in the arts. Before becoming a proofreader, Rebecca worked at Sotheby’s…
Becoming the Editor You Already Are: Hitting Control–Option–Shift on Your Career
This is guest post by Virginia Durksen. Virginia provides training and editing services through her company, Visible Ink. She offers two-day workshops—Writing @ Work and…
How to write a business book readers will come back to again and again
This is a guest post by Ginny Carter. Ginny is a business book ghostwriter, book writing coach, and author. She’s on a mission to transform…
The truth about business books
I recently collaborated with an MBA student writing her dissertation. It was a fascinating experience, and a great opportunity for me to commission some top-class…
Sarah Crossan in conversation with Tanya Landman [EVENT]
A little something for BookMachine Members today. As you know, Bloomsbury Book Club are BookMachine-friendly and offer you 20% off their events. This one is…
