Viking begins selling books; Amazon already preparing flaming longboat funeral for it
The Bookseller notes that office and school supplies powerhouse Viking – presumably striking out in a jealous rage over someone else doing all the looting…
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Not just another Literary Event
LETTERS YOU NEVER SENT is an alternative literary event that has featured an exciting mixture of new and established voices in literature and comedy, including…
What’s black and white and red all over?: Penguin launches series of short e-books
One of Penguin’s great strengths as a brand has long been the sense of trust, loyalty and personal investment it provokes in readers, despite its…
8 questions for Joel Naoum [INTERVIEW]
Joel Naoum, newly appointed publisher of Pan Macmillan Australia’s digital-only imprint Momentum, author of The Smell of Books blog and best thing to come…
BookMachine Weekly BookWrap: publishing stories from around the web
As Adobe kills mobile Flash, giving Steve Jobs the last laugh, publishers are scrambling for an HTML based solution to complex layout titles. Also in…
7 questions for Salon [Interview]
In 2008, Salon launched with the unlikely strap line ‘a lot more fun than it sounds’. Helen Bagnall, Juliet Russell and Diccon Towns are…
BookMachine Weekly BookWrap: publishing stories from around the web
BookWrap is late this week, we blame this. Watch out for pictures from the event coming soon from this man. It’ll be worth tuning in…
#pubnow: Publishing Now update – 28 days to go
Elin Butler is one of the City University project leaders for Publishing Now. With a month to go until the big event, Elin discusses some…
7 Questions for Andrew Rhomberg of Jelly Books [Interview]
Andrew Rhomberg is the founder of tasty book discovery startup Jelly Books. BookMachine caught up with him for a few questions about the business…
8 questions for Mike Shatzkin [Interview]
Mike Shatzkin is the founder and CEO of The Idea Logical Company, author of the Shatzkin Files, all round digital publishing guru, and a huge…
BookMachine Weekly BookWrap: publishing stories from around the web
This week We’re in the midst of a restructuring of the publishing universe (don’t panic). Books are like the news — it’s better when they…
8 questions for Ella Kahn of the Society of Young Publishers [Interview]
When assistant literary agent Ella Kahn isn’t devouring the latest submission, she’s out and about at publishing events and busy chairing the SYP – we…
BookMachine Publishing Now event is happening soon, is basically Terminator 2
A ruthless corporation which seemingly controls everything. The rise of the machines. The rebellion. Yes, it’s an exciting time for publishing, especially if your…
8 questions for Charles Catton of Amber Books [Interview]
Charles Catton is the Publishing Manager at Amber Books. He has worked in book publishing for over 15 years, and on digital projects for over…
BookMachine Weekly BookWrap: publishing stories from around the web
Where Will Digitization Take Us? We Don’t Know for Sure, But We’re Heading There Fast. It’s certainly been a huge week for Kobo as the…
