Something happenin’ at The London Book Fair
If you’ve been following BookMachine for a while, you’ll know there’s an annual BookMachine event at The London Book Fair each year. Last year over…
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What Can I Do With This Content? [INTERVIEW]
In the digital age, what steps can publishers take to protect their online content and future-proof their businesses? The proliferation of ‘free’ digital content has…
A publisher’s guide to APIs
This is a guest post from Emma Barnes. Emma is co-founder of General Products, and indie publisher Snowbooks. General Products is the company behind FutureBook-award-winning…
Costa Book of the Year Award goes to Helen Macdonald
The 2014 Costa Book of the Year award has gone to Helen Macdonald for her work of non-fiction, H is for Hawk. Macdonald’s book took…
Sam Husain to retire as CEO of Foyles
Sam Husain joined Foyles as Chief Executive back in 2007, and today it’s been announced that he will be retiring in April. Husain achieved great…
Digital publishing platform Readership launches
Today sees Readership – a new digital publishing platform – open for submissions. Writers seeking publication can upload extracts of their work to the site,…
Foyles to open in Grand Central Birmingham
Foyles, the award-winning independent bookshop chain, is to open a new branch at Grand Central Birmingham, the city’s new £150 million premium retail destination, in…
A non-technical, beginners’ guide to ONIX for Books
This is a guest post from Emma Barnes and Rob Jones. Emma and Rob are co-founders of General Products Ltd, and indie publisher Snowbooks. General…
Ways to make your book publicity even better
This is a guest post from Louise Rhind-Tutt, who is an award-winning freelance publicist specialising in traditional and digital PR campaigns for the book and…
BBC poll names best novels of 21st century so far
BBC Culture – the BBC’s international arts section (inaccessible from the UK because it’s not paid for by the license fee) – has revealed the…
2015 Kim Scott Walwyn Prize opens for nominations
This year’s Kim Scott Walwyn Prize, celebrating the achievements of women in UK publishing, is now open for nominations and entries. Those looking to nominate…
Winner Announced (Design an image competition)
We have a winner! We’re excited to announce the winner of the BookMachine cover image competition. Thanks to everyone who…
So you think you are due a pay rise?
This is a guest post from Suzanne Collier, who is described as THE person to see if you want to get ahead in book publishing.…
5 Questions (and a free coffee) with Blackwell’s Holborn
Steve Orchard is the shop manager of the new Blackwell’s in Holborn which opened its doors on 19th December. Having seen the interesting range of books,…
BookMachine to be media partner on single day course for authors
BookMachine will act as a media partner on a single-day course for authors to take place at Kingston University on Saturday 28 March. Is Everyone…
