Shortlist revealed for 2013 Impac Award
The shortlist has been revealed for the 2013 International Impac Dublin Literary Award, the annual prize based (as the name suggests) in Dublin but awarded…
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Win a pair of tickets for BookMachine Unplugged on 23rd May [COMPETITION]
BookMachine Unplugged is back in London on 23rd May. 4 speakers sharing their publishing experiences and an awesome crowd of publishing professionals – it’s an…
Body of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda exhumed
In fascinating news that may have been lost among word of death of a more recent vintage, the body of Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo…
Gender has no place in media coverage of book awards
The shortlist for one of the most coveted awards in science fiction was announced last week – the Arthur C. Clarke award for 2013 has…
6 Questions for Amanda Close of Random House, on launch of book discovery Facebook app BookScout [INTERVIEW]
Worried about Amazon buying up GoodReads? Have no fear: Random House, Inc have launched BookScout a new social book discovery app on Facebook. The app…
Reasons to celebrate Iain Banks while we have the chance
Yesterday’s shattering news that Iain Banks has terminal cancer and, at this point, is expected to live for less than a year is difficult to…
5 books to read before running the London Marathon
Co-instigator of BookMachine, Gavin, is running the London Marathon on 21st April in support of Book Aid. It’s very tempting, when training for a marathon,…
Seanan McGuire breaks records with Hugo nominations
The nominees for this year’s Hugo Awards were announced this past weekend, and brought with them a record-breaking number of nods for author Seanan McGuire.…
BookMachine Oxford March [REVIEW II]
Bea Longworth is director and co-founder at Whooc Publishing Ltd, a fledgling startup making first-person fiction apps for young adults under its Freed Fiction imprint. …
BookMachine Oxford March [REVIEW]
Jonathan Davis (Chandos Publishing), who you might have seen on Twitter as @canadiancat has written this comprehensive review of BookMachine Oxford with Richard Sullivan –…
Jim Carrey’s metaphysical children’s book is a thing now
‘It’s called How Roland Rolls, and if you wanna know about it, it’s at Roland, at howrolandrolls.com, and I’m gonna self-publish, ’cause that’s just the…
Production Programme Manager in Central London [JOB OF THE WEEK]
An international trade publisher in central London is looking for a Production Programme Manager to manage a team and develop the role of the production…
Kickstart Brian Blessed shouting for the children
Clearly familiar with the internet’s love of all things Brian Blessed, London music teacher Matt Parry has taken to Kickstarter in a bid to source…
5 Questions for Enric Sagrera of iBuksgrup, sponsors of BookMachine Barcelona [INTERVIEW]
Enric Sagrera is the CEO at iBuksgrup, the first Spanish ebook aggregator. iBuksgrup are sponsoring our first Spanish event, BookMachine Barcelona and here, Enric talks…
5 Questions for Maria Cardona, host of BookMachine Barcelona [INTERVIEW]
Maria Cardona runs her own digital consultancy for publishers and will be hosting our first Spanish BookMachine event. Prior to setting up Mmcardona, she worked…
