Using technology to grow the size of the book market
When you reach the end of a good book, you want to read another. This is a sentiment we hear readers express time and again.…
Tag: Reading
Enjoying reading when you’re a professional reader
I love reading, it’s my favourite activity and has led directly to working in publishing and bookselling. Like everyone else, though, real life has a…
How technology can make reading fun: Sven Huber interview
Ahead of How technology can make reading fun, an event in London, we decided to interview the expert speakers. Sven Huber is founder & CEO of…
KU Big Read 2017 shortlist announced
Since 2015, Kingston University has given a book to every undergraduate and postgraduate student about to join the univeristy as part of the KU Big Read…
10 most popular BookMachine posts ever
We’re working out what to publish next here at BookMachine HQ and thought, as we were delving into the analytics, that you might appreciate a…
Research shows only 49.3% of young people enjoy writing
New research by the National Literacy Trust shows that children and young people enjoy writing significantly less than reading. The report, Children’s and Young People’s…
Let’s make books live forever [OPINION]
This is a guest blog from Titash Neogi on why we should take responsibility for keeping books popular. Titash has 10 years of experience in equal mixes of technical…
On launching Books On The Underground: Hollie Belton interview
You just finished that amazing book you’ve been reading, and you want to share it with the world? Well that’s what Hollie Belton wanted to…
50 Book Challenge for 2015?
This is a guest blog from Stacey Croft. Stacey blogs about books on Pretty Books (on WordPress & Tumblr) and works as a Marketing Executive…
BookMachine Brighton [REVIEW]
As the shadow cabinet were camped out in Brighton’s hotel’s trying to kickstart their policy campaign at the Labour party conference, I joined a small…