Savvy business snapshot: Nordisk Books
Duncan James Lewis founded Nordisk Books in February 2016. The first book (Havoc by Tom Kristensen) to be released on October 6th, with two more…
10 Things you need to know before you start to publish
Do you ever think that you know SO much about publishing, but have missed the memo on how to set up a bar code or…
Seth Godin’s three charges against publishers
“As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers, so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.” – Cyril Connolly Publisher-bashing is…
How to share advance copies of ebooks to those without a suitable device
I was talking to a customer about their ebook publishing programme last week and heard that they are looking for a simple way to send…
Startup snapshot: Read Dog
Kate Cygan and Michael Wray are an entrepreneurial minded couple with insatiable reading habits. They recently moved to Denver, CO and are working on visiting…
Why small publishers sell more books with Nielsen Book2Look
Small independent publishers and self-published authors need to maximize the impact of their books and ensure they are easily found on the Internet. Ralph Möllers,…
10 tips for authors to up their book marketing skills
Rachel Thompson is a bestselling author, and a social media and author marketing/branding consultant (BadRedheadMedia). Here she shares her top 10 tips for author self-marketing. Many authors are…
What can publishers learn from Pokemon Go?
Long considered nothing more than a gimmicky fad, it turns out that augmented reality (AR) is actually alive and well. At least that’s the case…
Editorial Director vs Publisher: The differences
Venetia Gosling is Publisher of the 6+ division at Macmillan Children’s Books, overseeing a list which combines YA, fiction, non fiction and poetry, for readers…
Trends in children’s publishing: Interview with Charlotte Eyre
Charlotte Eyre is Children’s Editor at The Bookseller, covering the UK children’s and YA book market. She is also chair of the @YABookPrize, and programmes the annual Bookseller…
Pub’n’Pub publishing events: Interview with Leander Wattig
Leander Wattig is developing event concepts for the publishing industry and is an event organiser at Orbanism. Here Norah Myers interviews him about Pub’n’Pub, the…
6 tips for growing an indie press
Bloodhound Books was founded in August 2014 by author, Betsy Reavley and sales & marketing man Fred Freeman. They saw a gap in the market…
Kingston University’s Big Read goes digital with the Pigeonhole
Global book club and digital reading platform The Pigeonhole has teamed up with Kingston University to digitally serialise this year’s Kingston University Big Read choice, Matt Haig’s…
Startup Snapshot: Scriggler
Dmitry Selemir was once a physicist and hedge fund rocket scientist PM, and is now the founder and CEO of Scriggler.com, ‘the Soundcloud of writing platforms‘.…
Why publishers should be like Bond (James Bond)
Last week I gave a talk at the CoreSource user group on success and agility. Ingram Content Group itself exemplifies both: over the last 20…
