The top 5 skills a literary agent needs
This is a guest post by Rory Scarfe. Rory spent several years as a non-fiction publisher before becoming a literary agent, where he has worked with a…
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Auto-tagging for publishers: taxonomies don’t have to be taxing
This is a guest post by Tom Morris, Chief Technology Officer at publishing and content specialist Ixxus. Here Tom outlines the challenges publishers face with…
World Book Day Award Winning School Receives £20,000 Library Makeover
Eltham Hill School in Greenwich, London, will receive £10,000 of books for its school library. In addition to the books, it will receive £10,000 worth…
Children’s Laureate Gets Gold Blue Peter Badge On World Book Day
Children’s Laureate and award-wining illustrator and writer, Chris Riddell has been presented with a Gold Blue Peter badge. Chris, one of Britain’s best-loved children’s illustrators,…
Publishing on the move: unions and the EU referendum
This is a guest post by Douglas Williamson on EU referendum, unions and publishing. Douglas is design manager at Macmillan ELT. He started his career at Butterworth…
Free webinar – How social media is influencing the way brands portray women
On Wed 16 March (1pm GMT ) Rebecca Swift, Director of Creative Planning at Getty Images, will take an in-depth look at the changing depiction…
Picture this: The shape of covers to come
Here at Getty Images we’re lucky enough to see a great range of inspirational book covers every month. We see designers using images from all…
5 tips for growing traffic and engagement for your content
Getting a new blog or social media platform noticed can be difficult. It is important that you are effective and systematic when you engage with…
Travillion Images: A new resource for publishers
With the tsunami of social media, and other digital platforms, the current generation of book publishing is now more competitive than ever. And for books…
Countdown to The London Book Fair
This is a guest post by Isheeta Mustafi, Editorial Director at RotoVision in Brighton. RotoVision is part of The Quarto Group’s co-edition arm, so rights…
Pinterest for publishers
Change is certainly the only thing that is constant among all social media networks. You can’t afford to grow comfortable with the way things are…
Snapchat for publishers
Although Snapchat has been around since 2011, it has recently become one of the top ways young people communicate. However, Snapchat is not exclusively used…
Submissions deadline for 2016 Man Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize, which celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2013, aims to promote the finest in fiction by rewarding the best novel of the…
Publishing for kids: top online marketing tips
Charlotte Hoare is Digital Marketing Manager at Hachette Children’s Group and speark at ‘Publishing for Kids: how to reach book buyers online’ on 9th March in…
The Pigeonhole: Serialised, sociable and gamified reading
The Pigeonhole provides readers with serialised, sociable and gamified content. They can join public reading groups or create their own private ones, and save, highlight…
