Top 5 skills you need in marketing
Rosie Henry works as a Marketing Executive at Singing Dragon, an imprint of Jessica Kingsley Publishers. She has previously interned for the editorial department at…
Strong year for UK publishing industry as it grows to £4.4bn
New figures released on Friday by the Publishers Association shows that the UK publishing industry is in good health with total sales of book and journal…
Max Porter wins International Dylan Thomas Prize 2016
Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter is today, Saturday 14 May, named as the winner of the 10th International Dylan Thomas Prize,…
Startup snapshot: Tekstum
Lauren Romeo is the Lead Scientist at Tekstum Solutions. Here we interviewed her on their sentiment and emotion analysis technology. 1) What exactly is Tekstum? Tekstum…
10 things I’ve learned from my MA Publishing degree
I have almost come to the end of my Masters degree in Publishing, and in seven months I have gained a great insight not only…
5 tips for attracting an agent
Louise Buckley is an agent at Zeno Agency. She became an agent after spending six years working at Pan Macmillan and Dorling Kindersley publishers. Here are her…
Snapshots III, the launch [EVENT]
Today, a new must-attend free publishing event is announced. Snapshots III – the launch is an informal evening in 4 UK cities, in celebration of…
The business of books: 3 publishing trends
This week’s guest on The Extraordinary Business Book Club podcast was Rachel Bridge, journalist, speaker and author of Ambition: Why It’s Good to Want More…
Publishers Green Network Open Meeting and Relaunch [EVENT]
Thursday 26th May 2016 Pearson, 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL 16.00 – 17.00 Open Meeting 17.30 – 19.00 Keynote from David Nussbaum, WWF UK, followed…
Series redesign: Building on a Quite Interesting brand
Like the various stakeholders in a brand, designers are custodians. We’re tasked with giving it the right face, and every so often giving it a…
Get with the program: Why and how to start coding
You work in publishing, right? You think you’re creative? What do you spend most of your time at work doing? If you’re in a low-level…
When it comes to supporting authors in marketing efforts, no publisher has it right yet
It is my firm conviction that the biggest shortcoming of traditional publishers these days is their failure to help authors help themselves with digital marketing.…
Startup snapshot: Freebooksy and Bargain Booksy
Ferol Vernon is the COO of Written Word Media and has built technology for everyone from doctors and combat medics to musicians and now authors. Ferol’s focus…
Why is text-to-speech only an afterthought?
I spend a lot of time commuting to and from work in my car and I try to use the time wisely. I cycle through…
Imposter syndrome: 5 steps to kill the monster
If there’s one thing that raises its ugly head from time to time, and threatens to undermine all freelancers, it’s imposter syndrome. I don’t know…
