The Girl on the Train shatters sales records
Paula Hawkins’ novel The Girl on the Train has broken UK sales records this week, claiming its 20th consecutive week atop the hardback fiction bestseller…
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Making publishing more personal…
This is a guest post from Alison Jones. Alison is a business and executive coach, content consultant and publisher. After a 23-year career in trade…
Amazon announces Prime Day for 15 July
As part of its continuing efforts to sign up shoppers to its premium Prime subscription service, Amazon has announced Prime Day, a ‘one day shopping…
To have or not to have a literary agent: an author’s perspective
This is a guest blog post from Lucy Beresford. Lucy is a writer, broadcaster and psychotherapist. She’s the Radio Shrink on BBC London 94.9 on…
Is this the Crisis of Non-Fiction?
This is a guest post from Alison Jones. Alison is a business and executive coach, content consultant and publisher. After a 23-year career in trade…
Writers & Artists launches 2016 yearbook with #istartedhere
Today (2 July) sees the launch of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2016, the latest instalment of the annual directory for writers, designers, illustrators and…
Mills & Boon teams with WHSmith and Kobo for competition
Doyenne of all romance publishers Mills & Boon has teamed with WHSmith and Kobo for Romance Writing Life, a competition that aims to find new…
Spanish start-up Interview: Roterbooks
Roterbooks is a cloud-based editing platform based in Spain. Roterbooks have kindly sponsored the past two BookMachine Barcelona events. Here we find out a little…
10 codes for QUICK FICTIONS [GIVEAWAY]
BookMachine have teamed up with Quick Fictions to give 10 readers a free code to access stories from the app. QUICK FICTIONS is a new…
Want to win a book industry award?
Winning awards won’t make you rich, and won’t help you sell books. But It will spruce up your CV, massage your ego immensely, impress your…
Nominees unveiled for 2015 Warwick Prize for Writing
The longlist has been revealed for the 2015 Warwick Prize for Writing, presented every two years by the University of Warwick to writing in English…
Working in Publishing and Marketing: Samantha Missingham interview
Samantha Missingham is Head of Audience Development at Harper Collins Publishers. Here Stephanie Cox interviews Sam about her career so far, the impact of social…
German watershed for digital erotica
In a move that defies every NSFW comic stereotype, the German Publishers & Booksellers Association has been told by the country’s Youth Protection Authority that…
Jim Crace wins International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
This year’s International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award has been presented to Harvest by English author Jim Crace. Sponsored solely by the city of Dublin, the prize…
Walter Scott Prize goes to John Spurling
The Borders Book Festival has this year awarded its annual Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction to John Spurling for his novel The Ten Thousand…
