Why is good rights management important?
Buying and selling rights are at the heart of publishing. But, as Publishers’ Licensing Services’ Head of Legal and Policy Marjon Esfandiary writes,difficulties for some…
Sales, rights and licensing
Interview with a literary agent: Sebastian Ritscher of Mohrbooks
The annual cycle of international book fairs has been disrupted by the COVID-19 outbreak, but the business of publishing is continuing, as we all look…
7 little things your rights colleagues wish you knew
We Rights people often feel a little like a cult – a little misunderstood, or perhaps ‘Publishing’s best-kept secret’! It’s an exciting, fast-changing, and often…
Love Audio Week: Celebrating audio publishers
Eliza Kavanagh is Communications Manager at the Publishers Association and has managed the Love Audio campaign since its inception in 2017. Love Audio Week is…
Sales Executive [JOB POSTING]
We are an award-winning Christian Publisher which produces a range of books from children’s stories to academic titles, and we are looking to complete our…
Getting royalties right
Zack Lapponese has been Sales Manager for MetaComet Systems since 2016. He enjoys being in this business because it’s all about building relationships.
Rights Teams to Soar in the Cloud
Rights teams everywhere are preparing to ditch their spreadsheets and embrace modern, cloud-based technology thanks to an innovative new App called RightsZone, which officially launches…
Transitioning to a new leadership role in publishing: Getting started
Paula Neary is CEO of Ribbonfish. She has over 25 years of experience in senior roles across academic, education, trade and STM publishing. Prior to…
Sales Assistant, UK [JOB POSTING]
Publisher: The Quarto Group Job Location: London, UK Quarto Publishing Group is a leading global publisher of award winning illustrated non-fiction adult and children’s books.…
Jonny Geller, best known literary agent in London, talks about 2018
Jonny Geller is Joint CEO of Curtis Brown and Managing Director of the books division. He tweets at @JonnyGeller. Here, Norah Myers chats with him…
ONIX for publishers: What are the benefits?
Publishers recognise that they are facing a huge discoverability problem. While good quality metadata will never replace hand selling it can be a key to…
Getting your book on page 1 of Amazon’s search results [FOR AUTHORS]
As you can imagine, getting on page 1 of Amazon’s search results can be very important. Amazon is the world’s largest search engine and your…
A year in review: Interview with Lara Borlenghi
Lara Borlenghi has been Finance Director at Pan Macmillan for five years. Prior to this, Lara worked for 15 years in a variety of finance roles…
How do you know that your rights are alright: interview with Clare Painter
In the run up to next week’s event: How do you know that your rights are alright?, we interviewed Clare Painter, one of our expert…
How to price an ebook [FOR SELF-PUBLISHERS]
Setting the ideal price of your ebook is the final step of self-publishing.