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SUMMARY:Wednesday Wisdom: Live Interview with Rik Ubhi (Bonnier Books UK)
DESCRIPTION:Tune into an inspiring\, 30-minute virtual Q&A session on Wednesday 19th January from 1-1:30pm GMT with Rik Ubhi\, Editorial Director for Business & Smart-Thinking at Bonnier Books UK. Rik is also leading on brand-new imprint Heligo Books. \n  \nDuring our chat with Rik\, we’ll be asking all about the process of setting up Heligo Books\, the goals of the imprint – as well as how it will sit within the wider aims of Bonnier Books in the business and smart-thinking arenas – and just some of the big lessons learned throughout the whole experience. \n  \nIn the final 10 minutes of the session\, we’ll open up the floor to questions from the audience\, so be sure to pop a question in the chat box and stick around until the end! \n  \nRegistration is required\, so please sign up above to receive the Zoom link to tune in live. \n  \n*This session will have live closed captioning available for viewers to toggle on or off as needed* \n  \n  \nAbout Wednesday Wisdom\nThe Wednesday Wisdom series is designed to give you a brief\, inspiring insight into the working lives and projects of publishing experts\, and the help you learn more about the services that can take you to the next level. On selected Wednesdays throughout the year\, take a break and join us on Zoom for live these Q&As to top up your motivation and learn something new. \nBookMachine members can browse 40+ Wednesday Wisdom replays in the archives and catch up with the recording of this session afterwards. \n  \nWant to take advantage of this member perk? Sign up to be part of the community. \n  \n\n  \n  \nAbout Rik\nRik Ubhi FRSA is Editorial Director for business & smart-thinking at Bonnier Books UK. He has over a decade’s experience of building bestsellers\, growing brands andpromoting agenda-setting voices. He has worked at Tindal Street Press\, Simon & Schuster and was most recently co-owner and Director at Zed Books. @Rik_Hi \n  \n  \nAbout Heligo Books\nAn original and inclusive publisher of business books\, Heligo Books aspires to rethink the business and smart-thinking market\, energising readers and listeners\, and delivering fresh approaches for purpose-driven careers and lives lived with impact. @heligobooks
URL:https://bookmachine.org/event/wednesday-wisdom-live-interview-with-rik-ubhi-bonnier-books-uk/
CATEGORIES:Online,Wednesday Wisdom
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SUMMARY:Mastering SEO to make your books more discoverable (BookMachine CAMPUS)
DESCRIPTION:**DATE CHANGE**\nDue to illness we have changed the dates of this course. Please see below for the updates dates. \n  \n\n  \nDates: 2 sessions on Wednesday 26th January and Wednesday 2nd February\, 2022 \nTime: 9.30am – 11.00am GMT \nWhere: On Zoom \nFees: £150 +VAT (or £100 +VAT for BookMachine members – please log into your account and visit your member discounts area to find your code to apply at checkout). \nFurther discounts are available directly from Publishing Scotland for their members. \n  \n\n  \nThis BookMachine CAMPUS course will help you understand the basics of SEO and how you can use SEO techniques to make your books and your business stand out online. \n  \nLearn how to boost your ranking\, website traffic and online credibility. The course will cover the following core topics within SEO: \n  \n\nKeywords – what are they\, how can I find them and how do I use them?\nYour website– how to make your website and product pages SEO-friendly\nLinks – how do they influence SEO?\nPlus lots of examples from the publishing industry you can learn from and easily put your ideas into practice after the course\n\n  \nThis course is led by Abby Coften and we’ll use Zoom meeting so that you can learn new things\, whilst interacting with other course attendees in small groups. \n  \n  \nAbout your tutor\n \nAbby is Head of Marketing at BookMachine. She is a CIM-qualified digital marketer and trainer with over 19 years’ experience leading and implementing successful campaigns for trade and educational publishers with specialist expertise and professional qualifications in social media marketing\, paid ads\, SEO\, email marketing and copywriting. Before joining BookMachine she worked with a number of leading organisations including Octopus\, Macmillan\, Pearson\, Hodder and Kogan Page and has trained thousands of individuals on improving their digital marketing.
URL:https://bookmachine.org/event/mastering-seo-to-make-your-books-more-discoverable-bookmachine-campus/
CATEGORIES:BookMachine CAMPUS Live,Online
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Wisdom: Live Interview with Pozotron and Scribe Media
DESCRIPTION:Tune in live to an exciting\, 30-minute virtual Q&A session on Wednesday 26th January from 4:30 – 5:00pm GMT (8:30 – 9:00am PST) with Adam Fritz\, COO of Pozotron\, and Jeff Guillot\, Head of Audiobooks at Scribe Media. \n  \nWe will be finding out how the two organisations have been working together\, the benefits Scribe Media have seen since simplifying their audiobook production and how you can tap into Pozotron’s services. \n  \nBe sure to stick around for the last 10 minutes of the session\, as you will be able to ask your own audio-focused questions to our panellists then. \n  \nAdam and Jeff will be speaking to us from the United States\, so please note that the session will take place at a different time to other Wednesday Wisdom sessions. \n  \nRegistration is required\, so please sign up above to receive the Zoom link to tune in live. \n  \n*This session will have live closed captioning available for viewers to toggle on or off as needed* \n  \n  \nAbout Wednesday Wisdom\nThe Wednesday Wisdom series is designed to give you a brief\, inspiring insight into the working lives and projects of publishing experts\, and the help you learn more about the services that can take you to the next level. On selected Wednesdays throughout the year\, take a break and join us on Zoom for live these Q&As to top up your motivation and learn something new. \nBookMachine members can browse 40+ Wednesday Wisdom replays in the archives and catch up with the recording of this session afterwards. \n  \nWant to take advantage of this member perk? Sign up to be part of the community. \n  \n\n  \n  \nAbout Adam\nAdam Fritz is the CEO of Pozotron\, Pozotron Inc. is a growth-stage start up that has built an AI-powered audio production software platform designed to help narrators\, proofers\, and publishersproduce more accurate\, efficient\, and profitable audiobooks. Prior to Pozotron\, Adam spent nearly a decade in the professional sports and gaming industries. Adam lives in Vancouver\, Canada with his wife and two sons (who love audiobooks!)! \nFollow Adam on Twitter @adammfritz \nConnect with Adam on LinkedIn \n  \nAbout Jeff\nJeff Guillot is Head of Audiobooks at Scribe Media\, where he has been responsible for launching and leading the entire audiobooks department for the full service publishing company. Prior to Scribe\, Jeff spent more than 12 years in various roles with Deyan Audio Services in California. Jeff is a vegan and lives with his wife and their 15-year-old\, 4.5 pound chihuahua\, Gizmo\, in Austin\, TX. \nConnect with Jeff on LinkedIn \n  \n  \nAbout Pozotron\nPozotron Inc. is a growth-stage startup that has built an AI-powered audio proofing software platform designed to help narrators\, proofers\, and publishers produce more accurate\, efficient\, and profitable audiobooks. Pozotron eliminates many of the inefficient tasks involved in audiobook production to allow narrators\, editors\, and producers to focus on maximizing the creative and performance elements of their audiobooks. pozotron.com
URL:https://bookmachine.org/event/wednesday-wisdom-live-interview-with-pozotron-and-scribe-media/
CATEGORIES:Online,Wednesday Wisdom
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SUMMARY:Meet and Mingle Online: BookMachine & Publishers Without Borders
DESCRIPTION:Join BookMachine and Publishers Without Borders at a unique\, international mixer event for publishing people\nOn Thursday 27th January (6-7pm GMT / 1-2pm EST)\, publishing professionals from both the BookMachine and PWB communities can meet\, mingle and chat like never before. \nCome together on virtual networking platform\, Wonder\, for a super sociable and chatty cameras-on mixer event. Join from wherever you are – whether at home or in the office. \nWe will provide plenty of conversation starters to help you to get to know even more professionals in publishing – from swapping tips and advice to discovering what you have in common. \n  \nAccessing the mixer\nAn RSVP is required\, so please drop your name and details to us by signing up above. We will share the private Wonder link to join the session via email to everyone on the attendee list a day or two ahead of the event. \nPlease contact Aimee on aimee@bookmachine.co.uk if you are having difficulties receiving the link or accessing the session. \n  \nAbout Wonder\nWonder allows you to ‘move’ around the virtual room to meet different people and take part in lots of conversations – just as you might at an in-person event or conference. Guests move their avatars around with their mouse\, joining a conversation by moving closer\, and leaving it by moving away. Simple as that! \nWonder is not available on mobile devices or tablets just yet\, so please join the session using your desktop or laptop internet browsers. Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge browsers are supported. \nTo find out more about how to use Wonder\, please check out Wonder’s FAQs here. \n  \nWhy should you join us?\n\nCatch up with friendly faces – Reconnect with publishing people. Whether you’re craving real-life connections\, it’s been a while since you last attended an event or you’re working remotely or solo within the industry.\nMeet new people – Virtually ‘bump into’ interesting professionals who you might not have met otherwise.\nDip into different areas of publishing – Learn how people across various departments\, publishers and nations are currently working and what is driving them day-to-day\nDiscuss big industry topics\, or leave work behind – If you want to talk big industry news\, there’s space for those conversations. However\, if you want to leave business at the door and make human connections\, you can join us for that too.\n\n  \nWhat publishing people say:\n“I really loved Wonder. Excellent piece of software that makes conferences more interactive and personal. Being able to see that people are “Wonder”ing around is great – it gives you confidence to approach them and the idea of themed rooms is really nice. Having a good conversation starter was nice\, too.” – Dan Fridd\, UK Retail Success Manager at Edelweiss+ by Above the Treeline \n  \n“Flexible and fun. It was great to meet and get a chance to have conversations with so many people.” – Helen Lloyd\, Audiobook Narrator \n  \n“Wonder was so interesting. It’s good to be able to move between groups\, and great to have conversation starters!” – Rene Nel\, Freelance Proofreader \n  \nAbout Publishers Without Borders\n \n  \nPublishers Without Borders is a Facebook Group where publishing professionals can share ideas\, problems and issues that concern our industry. As publishers\, we can support each other in our endeavour to make it through this crazy times we are living. This is a space to do just that.
URL:https://bookmachine.org/event/meet-and-mingle-online-bookmachine-publishers-without-borders/
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