5 Questions for Jeremy Trevathan, Publisher, Pan MacMillan
Jeremy Trevathan, Publisher, is responsible for the shape, direction and profitability of the adult publishing lists at Pan Macmillan in the UK. This includes Macmillan,…
Author/editor relationships
On being an Editorial Assistant [part 3]
This is guest blog from Norah Myers. Norah works for an independent publisher in Toronto. Her job blends editorial with marketing; she helps support an…
All authors need the right representation
This is a guest post from Tom Chalmers, Managing Director at IPR License. Authors are more committed to their agent than to their publisher. That…
On Reading for an Agency
Norah Myers is known on BookMachine for her blog posts about being an Editorial Assistant. This week she is back with some advice on Reading…
Romancing the Reader – Relationship advice from the Mills & Boon archive
This is a guest post from Judith Watts. Judith lectures on the Publishing Masters at Kingston University where she is Co-Director of Kingston University Press. She…
Making Love: What the Mills & Boon archive reveals about publishing relationships
This is a guest post from Abigail Barclay, Managing Consultant at Inspired Selection. Abigail is recruiting for a range of roles in professional publishing as…
Is a royalty-only system the way forward for author payment?
Jasmin Kirkbride is BookMachine’s new blogger. Jasmin is the Editorial Intern at Tenebris Books. She is a freelance editor and published author. You can find…
5 questions for Joe Regal from Zola Books [INTERVIEW]
Host of November’s BookMachine NYC, Bree Weber, talks to speaker on the night Joe Regal, co-founder of Zola Books. Grab your tickets for BookMachine NYC…
Penguin sues authors for advances. Books are a business.
‘I don’t get up in the morning and say: Am I inspired? …No, I’m not. I won’t work. ‘cos, God, how often would I ever…
5 questions for Sarah Benton of Hot Key Books [INTERVIEW]
In the last 12 months Bonnier’s newest enterprise, Hot Key Books, has gone from boardroom idea to fully fledged business, currently supporting 17 people and…
Help! I Need an Editor! [Nicola Morgan interview]
The relationship between an author and editor is a crucial one. If you get it right, it can help the whole publishing process. Here Becky Hearne…
