CMYK is not a colour
Ken Jones runs Circular Software. He was Technical Production Manager for Penguin and Dorling Kindersley for several years and has since advised publishers such as…
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Launch tips: How’s an author to stand out in a big crowd?
Alison Jones (@bookstothesky) is a publishing partner for businesses and organizations writing world-changing books. She also provides executive coaching, consultancy and training services to publishers. www.alisonjones.com
What You Need to Know About Variable Fonts
This is an Interview with Tim Brown and Bram Stein of Adobe Typekit with Ulrik Hogrebe. Ulrik designs stuff at frog design, CIID alumni and former…
Your 300dpi images may be wrong for two reasons
This is post by Ken Jones – member of the BookMachine Editorial Board. Ken specialises in writing workflow applications and offering training and consultancy for publishers…
5 Ways to Capitalize on Content Revenue
This is a guest post by Helen Elmsley. Helen is the Marketing Manager at Virtusales Publishing Solutions, creator of the industry leading Biblio3 suite of…
Small press case study: Influx Press – an interview with Sanya Semakula and Kit Caless
Thanks to Francesca Zunino Harper for setting up this interview. After being awarded the Republic of Consciousness Prize last week for Attrib. And Other Stories by Eley…
How to choose colours that match
This is a guest post by Annette Peppis. Annette leads a virtual team at Annette Peppis & Associates, a creative hub of established publishing industry…
Ready/ing to judge: The first 2018 BookMachine event with the TLS
Francesca Zunino Harper is a linguist, translator, and publishing professional. She worked in the British and international academia researching on comparative literatures, translation, and women’s and environmental…
The three key skills needed to work in publishing [HEATHER O’CONNELL INTERVIEW]
Heather O’Connell has more than 20 years experience in the publishing industry working her way up from controller to senior management positions at Penguin and…
Software Developer [JOB POSTING]
Job Title: Software Developer Salary: Dependent on experience Location: Chigwell, Essex
Members’ Update – February 2018
LONDON BOOK FAIR – YOUR FREE TICKET We’re delighted to once again provide you with a free ticket to LBF, just follow this link to…
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…
Accessibility matters: how we developed an app to make audiobooks more accessible
After 30 years in academic publishing (the final 13 years at board level) Jo Burges now co-runs i-Publishing Consultants. The team specialises in working with publishers, cultural…
Members’ Update – January 2018
Hello First of all – Happy New Year to all our lovely members! Apologies if that’s the 235,078th time you’ve heard those fateful words, but…
Only connect: The publisher’s role in helping ideas spread
Nigel Wilcockson, head of Random House Business Books, recognizes three categories of business books: ‘There is the management strategy book, which is what people think…
