A double life in publishing: Interview with Yasmin Kane, publisher and literary agent
A literary agent for 14 years, Yasmin Kane set up her own publishing house, Three Hares Publishing, in 2014. A firm believer that you need…
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Burning questions on literary prizes [INTERVIEW]
Do we need so many literary prizes? And how do they work? Well, on Wednesday 14th March we’re talking all things literary prizes with The…
Inclusive, collaborative and energising: Jeremy Trevathan talks about 2018
Jeremy Trevathan, Publisher, is responsible for the shape, direction and profitability of the adult publishing lists at Pan Macmillan in the UK. His authors have…
Creative collaboration & the future of publishing [EVENT]
Many of you know whitefox, a popular publishing services agency for publishers, agents, authors and brands. BookMachine and whitefox have been plotting ways to celebrate their 5th birthday…
Next week on BookMachine: your out-of-house workforce
Heads-up publishing people! Next week we have two insightful things happening for anyone who is tasked with managing, inspiring and evaluating their out-of-house workforce. The…
How important are ISBNs?
This is a guest post by Karina Luke. Karina was appointed as BIC’s Executive Director in February 2012 and has been instrumental in its restructure,…
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…
Head of Publisher Relations at The Reading Agency: Karen Brodie interview
Karen Brodie is Head of Publisher Relations at The Reading Agency and was recently picked as a BookSeller Rising Star. Here Stephanie Cox interviews Karen…
Where are the skills gaps in the publishing industry? [Part 2 – INTERVIEW]
Following on from Seonaid MacLeod’s popular post on ‘skills gaps in the publishing industry’, here we have an interview with, Stephanie Hall, Resourcing Manager at…
Imaginative Space: The role of the faceless model on fiction book covers
There is a growing tradition in book publishing to use faceless models on book covers. Tried and tested, models whose faces are hidden are good…
Monday musings: 3 things that make working in children’s publishing better
This is a guest post from Fiz Osborne. Fiz is Senior Editor on the Illustrated Publishing list at Bloomsbury Children’s Books, commissioning both authors and…
End of the book is nowhere near – New Year sees increase in sales
This is a guest post from Tom Chalmers, Managing Director at IPR License. Amazon is taking over the world, booksellers are going under, ebooks are…
3 lessons writers can learn from the music industry
This is a guest blog from Christopher Russell, author of Mockstars, a music novel inspired by his international tour diaries for rock/pop band The Lightyears.…
Making time for face-time
Helen Stevens, Marketing and PR Director for the Society for Editors and proofreaders (SfEP), talks about communication. Despite many of us being able to work…