Reading via Snapchat? Social media updates you need to know
Social media is always evolving, and that’s why I like it. If you don’t keep up with the latest updates, you’ll get mired in old…
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William Hill Releases Closing Odds For Costa Book Of The Year
The Costa Book Award is the only major UK book prize open solely to authors resident in the UK and Ireland. The top prize is…
Look who has been promoted at Sphere!
Both Lucy Malagoni and Manpreet Grewal have been promoted, in a move that recognises their brilliant work at Sphere. Lucy Malagoni is promoted to Editorial…
My 2016 ebook marketplace hopes and wishes
Rather than speculate on what might happen in the ebook sector this year I thought it would be wiser to simply list the developments I’d…
Reaching new audiences with Twitter: The #YAtakeover
In an age of apps and games, of Facebook and Twitter, it seems you’d be more likely to see a teen texting a mate than…
How not to blog: 7 tips
Norah Myers works on the editorial side of marketing. She sources narrative non-fiction for an independent publisher and interviews lovely publishing folk for BookMachine. Here,…
3D: On fast cars and ebooks
In the first of an occasional series, 3D: Three Questions on Design, Toby Hopkins of Getty Images asks Martin Stockham, the man behind new electronic…
2016: The death of literature?
When The Bookseller magazine asked me to prognosticate on what 2016 would hold for the publishing industry, I was only too happy to vent my…
Publishing partnerships: Joining forces to conquer the industry
Publishing partnerships are becoming increasingly popular due to the need for diversification in an industry that requires a broader range of skills and knowledge in…
BookMachine Blogging Award: your vote needed
The BookMachine blogger awards: Your vote needed These informal awards are a way to acknowledge the most popular BookMachine bloggers from 2015. Here’s how you…
What are Words Worth? Falling author earnings and what we can do
Studies across the world have shown that authors’ earnings are falling fast. Authors remain the only essential part of the creation of a book and…
PA encourages UK Publishers to go to school
Did you always know you wanted to work in publishing? No? Many young people don’t know about the industry and all the opportunities it provides.…
The strike that made the modern media
Here is some information about the traumatic upheaval of the British media in 1986. The News International Dispute Archive project project gives a voice to…
The Battle To Save Our Public Libraries
This is a guest post by Desmond Clarke. Desmond retired as President & CEO of Thomson Publishing Services Group and he is a former director…
2016: A license to innovate
This is a guest post from Tom Chalmers, Managing Director at IPR License, on rights and licensing in 2016. The advent of any New Year…
