Building strong author-editor relationships through collaborative editing
Ah, to be a new editor, full of the conviction that your role, your duty, is to restore order to linguistic chaos. With a meticulous…
Author/editor relationships
A double life in publishing: Interview with Yasmin Kane, publisher and literary agent
A literary agent for 14 years, Yasmin Kane set up her own publishing house, Three Hares Publishing, in 2014. A firm believer that you need…
A Life in the Funny Pages
This is a guest post by Robin Etherington. The Etherington Brothers will be part of the Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour Jamboree on Wednesday 6th…
Small independent presses: interview with John Mitchinson
In the latest blog post Norah Myers interviews John Mitchinson. John is a writer and publisher and the co-founder of Unbound, the award-winning crowdfunding platform for…
Small independent presses: interview with Thea Lenarduzzi
In two weeks’ time, a group of BookMachine-goers will be joining the TLS in London for an event which focuses on small, independent presses and…
Small press case study: Influx Press – an interview with Sanya Semakula and Kit Caless
Thanks to Francesca Zunino Harper for setting up this interview. After being awarded the Republic of Consciousness Prize last week for Attrib. And Other Stories by Eley…
Is this the age of small presses? An interview with Neil Griffiths, founder of the Republic of Consciousness Prize
Thanks to Francesca Zunino Harper for setting up this interview. The Republic of Consciousness Prize is a passionate tribute to small presses’ hard work, original…
Burning questions on literary prizes [INTERVIEW]
Do we need so many literary prizes? And how do they work? Well, on Wednesday 14th March we’re talking all things literary prizes with The…
So you want to be a freelance editor? Tips from the coalface
It is a truth universally acknowledged that book editors spend their days languidly leafing through the pages of books and occasionally waving a red pen…
Taking criticism well
Listed by the Observer as one of “Our top 50 players in the world of books”, Clare Conville previously worked as an editor at Random…
The Editor: Reader Experience Champion
Some books are immersive webs of storytelling. They create new worlds into which readers dive to escape this one, and the richer and longer the…
On being a Rising Star and Literary Agent: Ariella Feiner interview
Ariella Feiner started working at PFD in 2006 before moving to United Agents and is now nurturing her own client list which includes many bestselling,…
A beginner’s guide to negotiating publishing contracts
Contracts? They are the pages of scary legal stuff that someone else deals with, right?
Working with self-publishing authors – Part 2: expectations and implementation
In Part 1: An industry of opportunity, Sophie Playle explored who self-publishes, why and how self-publishing has developed over the years, and what this means for…
Why authors need to get messy
If you’re an author, or you’re working with an author, then you may beat yourself/them up for being unable to summon up a laser-like focus…