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    Tag: publicity

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    Best of both worlds: Creating a combination career as a publicist and writer

    The first steps in a career as a publicist I like control – in all areas of my life – but especially when it comes…

    Claire Maxwell December 14, 2020
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    How to promote a children’s book: a primer

    Promoting children’s books can be challenging. Whilst they are one of the best-selling genres of books, there are so many out there that it can…

    Chantelle Wadsworth December 7, 2020
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    Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Millie Seaward (Dialogue Books)

    Catch up with our inspiring discussion with Millie Seaward, Senior Publicity Manager at Dialogue Books (Little, Brown). Tune into the session to learn…
    BookMachine Staff November 27, 2020
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    Publicists: A few things your authors would like you to know

    I have been working as a publicist for… well, let’s just say that it turned out to be a rather horrifying number of years when…

    BookMachine Staff January 30, 2019

    A publicist’s tips for nurturing contacts

    Publicists and marketers are working in a digital and trad media world where contacts are easy to find but perhaps harder to reach. Nurturing and…

    Zoë Hood November 28, 2017

    How to start using hashtags effectively right now

    In our recent #BookMarketingChat, our guest, the very patient Ben Sailer from CoSchedule (a site I LOVE — their blog is the bomb), reviewed the proper use of hashtags across all…

    Rachel Thompson October 31, 2017
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    Tips for making your book a genuine success

    Last month Claire Morrison, Senior Marketing Manager at DK, felt passionate enough about our feature Amazon: How to Get Your Book To Appear Alongside the…

    Claire Morrison September 9, 2017
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    5 ways to perfect your pre-launch publicity campaign

    Digital reading platform The Pigeonhole have launched a competition with Pan Macmillan, giving 500 winners early access to a serialized exclusive of Ken Follett’s latest…

    Laurence Kilpatrick August 17, 2017

    How to secure publicity for potentially divisive books

    January this year saw the launch of our new series of books on gender diversity. From first-person memoirs to children’s storybooks, many of these books…

    Lily Bowden July 4, 2017

    The past, present and future of publicity: Interview with Georgina Moore

    Georgina Moore is Communications Director at Headline and Tinder Press, and runs the Press Office. Her recent campaigns include Bryony Gordon’s Mad Girl and Sarah…

    Sam Perkins June 9, 2017

    Tips for running a bookshop event

    Sheila O’Reilly is the Events Manager Village Bookshop in Dulwich Village. She is a bookseller with over 18 years’ experience of running bookshops and author…

    Sheila O'Reilly May 24, 2017

    5 tips for getting yourself PR-ready

    Congratulations, you’re writing a book. You’re probably thinking, ‘I just need to get this finished and then I’ll begin to think about how to promote…

    Emma Finnigan March 20, 2017

    The relationship between author and publicist

    Carys Bray is the author of a collection of short stories, Sweet Home, and two novels, A Song for Issy Bradley, which was shortlisted for…

    Carys Bray February 18, 2017
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    Publicist [JOB POSTING]

    Polity, a leading independent publisher, is looking for an experienced publicist to join its friendly marketing team in Oxford.  Excellent communication skills are essential; applicants…

    BookMachine October 20, 2016
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    Top PR and marketing tips for an international audience

    Kathrin Grün is the PR Manager for the Anglo team at the Frankfurt Book Fair and is in charge of all media relations with the…

    Kathrin Grün April 5, 2016
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