What can publishers learn from Pokemon Go?
Long considered nothing more than a gimmicky fad, it turns out that augmented reality (AR) is actually alive and well. At least that’s the case…
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Trends in children’s publishing: Interview with Charlotte Eyre
Charlotte Eyre is Children’s Editor at The Bookseller, covering the UK children’s and YA book market. She is also chair of the @YABookPrize, and programmes the annual Bookseller…
Pub’n’Pub publishing events: Interview with Leander Wattig
Leander Wattig is developing event concepts for the publishing industry and is an event organiser at Orbanism. Here Norah Myers interviews him about Pub’n’Pub, the…
6 tips for growing an indie press
Bloodhound Books was founded in August 2014 by author, Betsy Reavley and sales & marketing man Fred Freeman. They saw a gap in the market…
Kingston University’s Big Read goes digital with the Pigeonhole
Global book club and digital reading platform The Pigeonhole has teamed up with Kingston University to digitally serialise this year’s Kingston University Big Read choice, Matt Haig’s…
Startup Snapshot: Scriggler
Dmitry Selemir was once a physicist and hedge fund rocket scientist PM, and is now the founder and CEO of Scriggler.com, ‘the Soundcloud of writing platforms‘.…
Why publishers should be like Bond (James Bond)
Last week I gave a talk at the CoreSource user group on success and agility. Ingram Content Group itself exemplifies both: over the last 20…
Startup snapshot: Bookcoverpedia
Alexander von Ness is a book cover designer with over 20 years of professional experience in graphic design, including over a decade as Art Director…
iAuthor launches book sampling tool
iAuthor, the book discovery platform, launches LitSampler 2.0 today. Here iAuthor’s founder, Adam Kolczynski, tells us more. What is LitSampler 2.0? LitSampler 2.0 is iAuthor’s…
Junior Designer – Brighton, UK [JOB POSTING]
Job Title: Junior Designer Job Location: Brighton, UK RotoVision publishes highly illustrated co-edition books on art, photography, craft, fashion and beauty. We currently have a…
The Man Booker Prize at Frankfurt Book Fair
The leading literary award in the English speaking world, The Man Booker Prize, will be in the spotlight at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (19-23…
Frankfurt Book Fair: A survival guide
It’s that time of year again. The Frankfurt Book Fair is upon us in all its quirky and miraculous Germanic splendour. The largest international book…
The short form content resurgence
I remember the first time I heard the phrase “info snacking” back in 2007. It was when the Kindle launched and Jeff Bezos said his…
Marketing Executive – Jessica Kingsley Publishers [JOB POSTING]
Jessica Kingsley Publishers is an award-winning independent publisher committed to social change, publishing over 220 books a year. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic…
UK acquisition for leading Spanish children’s book platform
Boolino, the leading online platform for children’s books in Spain, has just acquired the award-winning interactive e-book resource for schools in the UK, Fiction Express.…
