Smart phones: Changing the rules of the game
Jacob Cockcroft is Co-Founder and CEO of The Pigeonhole, a made-for-mobile digital book club, serialising their books in installments delivered straight to a reader’s virtual bookshelf on the…
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Curation: Interview with Michael Bhaskar
Michael Bhaskar is a writer, researcher, digital publisher and Co-Founder of Canelo. Here we interviewed him on his new book, Curation: The Power of Selection in a World…
Startup snapshot: Leanpub
Len Epp is a Co-Founder of Leanpub. He wrote a doctorate in English Literature before working as an investment banker in London, so enjoys wearing…
Free Nielsen key findings report: The UK Children’s & YA Book Consumer
Since 2012, Nielsen Book UK has undertaken a Children’s Deep-Dive Study each summer to investigate children’s book reading and buying habits in the context of…
It pays to work in independent publishing
Ahead of BookMachine’s event on pay and working conditions in publishing, the Independent Publishers Guild’s chief executive Bridget Shine looks at working life in the…
Why publishers must love and understand their customer
Tom Chalmers is the Managing Director of Legend Times, a group of five publishing companies he has founded. He has been shortlisted and longlisted for…
The world of words: 5 copyediting tips
Laura Kemmerer is an Editorial Consultant with a passion for publishing. Under her business, Laura Cat Copyediting, Laura works with companies such as Limitless Publishing…
Typographic trends: Discover which fonts creatives love, and hate…
“I love fonts!” We hear it all the time. It’s common for creative professionals to obsess over their tools, and fonts are critical to any…
Book Awards Call for Entries – deadline 15 July
The 2016 British Book Design and Production Awards have extended their deadline for entries until the 15th July. That gives you a total of 10…
Book fair survey results are in
This month BookMachine and Frankfurt Book Fair ran a survey to find out more about your behaviour and opinions about book fairs. The winner received…
Blue Peter Book Awards 2017 Calls For Submissions
BookTrust, Britain’s largest reading charity, invites entries from publishers for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2017. The 2017 Awards will celebrate great children’s books published…
BookMachine Connect to retire
BookMachine Connect (AKA BookMachine.me) is retiring on Friday 15th July. It’s had a good innings, but a new, shinier model is up-and-running and we are…
Startup snapshot: Books & Magic
Mark Folkenberg is the Founder and CEO of Books & Magic. After years as a professional game developer, Mark and his team have spent the…
The KU Big Read special edition has now landed
Including content specially written for the newest members of the Kingston University family, our KU Big Read for 2016 has now arrived, fresh from the…
Quarto Director wins Frankfurt Book Fair pass
Carolina Connor is the winner of a Frankfurt Business Club pass. The Quarto Business Development Director was randomly picked as the lucky winner after completing…
