On experimenting with digital: Nathan Connolly interview
Nathan Connolly is the Publishing Director of Dead Ink Books. Dead Ink was founded in 2010, set up with funding from Arts Council England as…
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The new must-have tool for publishers? Media monitoring
Gone are the days when publishers can rest on their laurels. With disruptive players creating a new environment of competitiveness within the sector, there has…
14 things we learnt about the future of academic book discovery
On Tuesday night London Book Fair held their Tech Tuesday event during Academic Book Week. With the overarching question: ‘Academic book discovery; will the role…
10 reasons to attend the SYP conference
Publishing is an incredibly rewarding, friendly and exciting industry to be a part of, but we’re constantly being told how difficult it is to break…
Publishers implanting technology both inside and outside their businesses
This is a guest post from Tom Chalmers, Managing Director at IPR License, on technology, rights and licensing. October was, as expected, a busy month…
6 changes affecting academic publishing
To celebrate Academic Book Week, we’re running a series of posts on Academic Publishing. Here are 6 of the big changes which are affecting the sector.
On outsourcing and adapting to changes in Academic publishing
To celebrate Academic Book Week, we’re running a series of posts on Academic Publishing. This is a guest post by Zeba Talkhani who works for production…
Doing it for the love of it: the life of the unpaid Book Blogger
This is a guest post by Book Blogger, Kate Ward. Kate’s a keen supporter of literacy projects and firmly believes that reading of any sort should be…
Content is no longer king. Here are 5 things that are.
This is a guest post by Nick Robinson. Nick has worked in ELT publishing since 2004 and in 2012 he founded the world’s first ELT author…
Caffeine Nights Publishing: Interview with Darren Laws
Darren Laws is the founder, owner and managing director of Caffeine Nights Publishing, independent publisher of crime and horror fiction in paperback, ebook and app…
Swotting up on Academic Book Week
This is a guest post by Alastair Horne, Social Media and Communities Manager for Cambridge University Press, on what to expect from Academic Book Week. Why does…
Love Losing Control: 1000 True Fans and Marketing 2.0
There is a theory stating that 1000 True Fans are all a person needs to make a living from their own products. Whether you’re selling…
Top 10 tips for crowdfunding
Norah Myers currently works on the editorial side of marketing. She assists with copywriting, proofreading, fact-checking and research. She also sources new clients for an…
Author negotiations: the dos and don’ts
Lindsay Sutherland is an Acquisitions Editor at Emond Publishing and has been in the industry for 13 years – primarily in the Educational Publishing sector.…
Do you really need a degree to be in publishing?
Claire Maxwell works at Icon Books as their Publicity Manager. She has previously worked in journalism and bookselling, and she blogs at www.ithinkijustbloggedmyself.com. Here, at the age…
