Startup Snapshot: Shelfie (A.K.A. Shazam for bookworms…)
Peter Hudson is the co-founder of Shelfie. The idea for Shelfie came out of an argument Peter was having with his friend Dan in a…
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Hometown Tales: open for submissions
Weidenfeld & Nicolson is opening submissions in a bid to find new voices from across the UK. Jennifer Kerslake, editor at W&N, tells us more…
Book Designer [JOB POSTING]
Grub Street is looking for a startlingly original, gifted and experienced full-time designer to look after all their jacket and book designs for both the…
Direct Sales & Marketing Executive [JOB POSTING]
About the Job DIRECT SALES & MARKETING EXECUTIVE, SPCK & IVP, LONDON 9 month contract in the first instance SPCK/IVP is looking for a highly…
The editing and revision process for self-publishers
Lisa Poisso is an editor and works directly with authors, whether you plan to publish independently or submit to an agent or publisher. Lisa is a fiction…
Metadata expert insights: Jane Rowland
Jane Rowland is the Operations Director of Troubador Publishing. Jane has worked in a variety of roles within the company, including Director of Academic Publishing,…
Startup snapshot: One Third Stories
Alex Somervell is a foreign language aficionado and co-founder of One Third Stories. He grew up in Paraguay speaking English and Spanish, before moving to…
PRH #TheScheme16: Alex Harrison interview
Alex Harrison is a writer and editor with a keen interest in change and disruption in publishing and an insatiable passion for speculative fiction of…
Screw Work Break Free
John Williams is an inspirational career guru. We all need one of those every now and then, right? In his new book, Screw Work Break…
Inclusivity and diversity in publishing [EVENT]
A new conference is being launched in November, programmed by The Publishers Association with event management by The London Book Fair (LBF), to address the…
It’s summer – quick, grab a book
You are what you read. Barack Obama is a voracious reader, who releases his own summer reading list every year (you can see last year’s…
New children’s book publisher: Richard Carman interview
Fourth Wall is a brand new children’s book publishing company based in the Wirral. They pride themselves on standing out from most other publishers as…
A life in travel: An evening with Jonathan Dimbleby
Library development charity Book Aid International is delighted to announce a very special event to celebrate the publishing industry’s support of its work: A life…
Metadata expert insights: Azar Hussain
Azar Hussain is Head of Data at Faber & Faber. His key responsibilities include managing the internal and external flow of data and developing and…
2016 British Book Design and Production Awards finalists announced
The BPIF, Oxford Brookes University and The Publishers Association have just announced the shortlist for the British Book Design and Production Awards 2016. The awards…
