The business of publishing: on writing a book live
You’d think that publishers would be in the perfect position to turn their hand to writing a book, wouldn’t you? Especially one who actually began…
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6 mistakes to avoid when diversifying published content
The theory of diversifying published content is well-established among publishers in the modern industry. We all know that stories can be told in many different…
10 most popular BookMachine posts ever
We’re working out what to publish next here at BookMachine HQ and thought, as we were delving into the analytics, that you might appreciate a…
On serialising content
The Pigeonhole is a made-for-mobile digital book club, serialising their books in instalments delivered straight to a reader’s virtual bookshelf on the iOS app or…
Women in Comics: are we failing to recognise female creators?
One of the world’s biggest comic-book festivals, Angoulême, made the headlines earlier this year when it failed to include any women in their 30-strong shortlist for the…
On crowdsourcing and crowdfunding: 10 things we learned from #LBF16
Jan Kasprzycki-Rosikon (Managing Director, MillionYou), John Mitchinson (Co-founder, Unbound) and Enrique Parrilla (Chief Executive, Pentian) spoke on crowdfunding and crowdsourcing at this year’s The London…
Matt Haig gets the winning vote at Kingston University Big Read 2016
Kingston University has chosen The Humans by Matt Haig as this year’s novel for its annual initiative offering all new students the chance to read…
10 things we learned about omnichannel selling at #Quantum16
Matthew Walsh (Retail Membership Manager, IMRG), Kieron Smith (Digital Director, Blackwells) and Matt Haslum (Consumer Marketing Director, Faber and Faber) formed the panel discussing omnichannel…
Leadership in creative industries: 10 things we learned at #Quantum16
Tracey Armstrong (President and CEO, Copyright Clearance Center), Harriet Minter (Editor, the Guardian’s Women in Leadership section), Shereen Kreideih (Publisher, Asala Publishers) and Robbie Steinhouse…
#LBF16: Britain’s Got Publishing Talent
This is a guest post from Tom Chalmers, Managing Director at IPR License, on The London Book Fair 2016. Spring is in the air and…
10 lessons from Non Fiction: Following the Money at #Quantum16
At the Quantum Conference on Monday, Roger Domingo (Planeta Hipermedia), Elizabeth Baldwin (Harvard Business Review) and Richard Sullivan (Osprey Publishing) shared their insights into how…
10 realities of virtual reality from #Quantum16
David Ingham, Director of Digital Media at Cognizant, and Phil Harper, Director at Alchemy VR before recently founding IMRGE, took to the stage at the Quantum…
10 pieces of sound advice on audio publishing from #Quantum16
Videl Bar Kar (Penguin Random House, UK Audio), Claire Powell (audioBoom) and Adam Martin (Acast) formed the panel on Audio Publishing at the Quantum conference…
All about BookTube: Sanne Vliegenthart interview
Sanne Vliegenthart has been making videos on her YouTube channel, booksandquills, for the last 8 years, documenting everything from studying English in the Netherlands, to moving…
Keeping it simple: 5 tips for designing beautiful book covers
Rachel Lawston is the founder of Lawston Design, and is freelance designer and illustrator for publishing and digital media. Rachel’s worked with the likes of Penguin…
