Owen Jones to discuss publishing pay and conditions at next event
On 14th July BookMachine is back, this time in collaboration with Unite and with Guardian columnist and political activist Owen Jones as keynote speaker. (Owen…
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What makes a bestseller?
Jonny Geller is a literary agent and joint CEO of Curtis Brown. Here he follows up with some thoughts following a recent Tedx talk he…
What’s your flavour?: Selecting the right XML for your content
This is a guest post from Emily Gibson and Nic Gibson. They are both directors of Corbas Consulting Ltd and each have over 20 years’ publishing experience,…
Inside freelancing: Louise Le Bas, Editorial
Louise Le Bas is a Senior Associate at Just Content, with experience across the broad range of formats, media and sectors spanning academic (books and journals), professional…
The business of books: Defying classification
This week’s guest in The Extraordinary Business Book Club house was Patrick McGinnis, author of The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Dream Without Quitting Your Day…
4 steps for building an author brand
This is a guest post from Ricardo Fayet. Ricardo is an avid reader and startup enthusiast who has been studying the publishing industry with interest…
Alison Jones and Aimee Coveney win book marketing competition
Congratulations to Alison Jones and Aimee Coveney for winning Marketing the latest book: a competition for publishing people. The idea behind the competition was to…
The next 5 years of publishing: Alison Jones interview
On the 8th June we’re launching the third title in the Snapshots series, BookMachine on publishing: the next 5 years, with a free event in four cities.…
The next 5 years of publishing: Seonaid MacLeod interview
On the 8th June we’re launching the third title in the Snapshots series, BookMachine on publishing: the next 5 years, with a free event in four cities.…
Calling all publishing people! 2 minutes needed
We would like to draw your attention to this very short survey from the marketing team at Frankfurt Book Fair, which will take less than…
Your pay – your say: Tania Hummel interview
Tania Hummel is an executive coach and board-level HR professional. She has worked in HR for almost 20 years and was most recently Global HR…
The next 5 years of publishing: Jasmin Kirkbride interview
On the 8th June we’re launching the third title in the Snapshots series, BookMachine on publishing: the next 5 years, with a free event in four cities.…
Looking foreword: The next 5 years of publishing
Here’s George Walkley’s foreword to the latest BookMachine book (published Spring 2016) and a taster of what’s to come: Much of the debate about the…
Learning from Snapshots III: 8 project management tips for beginners
As part of our MA in Publishing course at Kingston University, we collaborate with various companies to produce a book in a rather short timeframe.…
Startup snapshot: Bookmetrix
Martijn Roelandse was a publishing editor at Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, a Dutch Springer subsidiary, and later for Springer. Since 2015 he has been working as Manager of…
