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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Pinterest for publishers
Change is certainly the only thing that is constant among all social media networks. You can’t afford to grow comfortable with the way things are…
How to write an author bio they’ll remember
This is a guest post by Rachelle Gardner, an agent with Books and Such Literary Agency. Rachelle is also an experienced book editor, publishing coach and speaker. Here…
Publishers & Bloggers: A match made in heaven?
Like many areas of the media world, publishing is becoming ever more reliant on it’s online presence. No book launch goes by without a relevant…