The X factor. Adding the X to PDF/X
We all know PDFs. Here we are over a decade and a half into the 21st century and chances are you have probably already read…
Editorial
From copyediting and proofreading to commissioning, content creation and strategy, learn how to craft engaging and effective content for print and digital platforms.
10 tips for anyone starting out as a proofreader
This is a guest blog post from Rebecca Raimondo. Rebecca is a freelance proofreader specialising in the arts. Before becoming a proofreader, Rebecca worked at Sotheby’s…
Becoming the Editor You Already Are: Hitting Control–Option–Shift on Your Career
This is guest post by Virginia Durksen. Virginia provides training and editing services through her company, Visible Ink. She offers two-day workshops—Writing @ Work and…
How to write a business book readers will come back to again and again
This is a guest post by Ginny Carter. Ginny is a business book ghostwriter, book writing coach, and author. She’s on a mission to transform…
The truth about business books
I recently collaborated with an MBA student writing her dissertation. It was a fascinating experience, and a great opportunity for me to commission some top-class…
NaNoWriMo for publishing folk
This is a guest post by Bree Weber. Bree is a book designer and publishing consultant who loves Oxford commas. You can reach out to…
5 Tips for starting out as an agent
Hattie Grunewald is an agent at Blake Friedmann agency. She assists Carole Blake, handles short fiction and permissions on behalf of Blake Friedmann clients, and…
The new hustle
This week in The Extraordinary Business Book Club I interviewed Patrick Vlaskovits, co-author of Hustle (with Jonas Koffler and Neil Patel) and The Lean Entrepreneur…
Observing the audience: how reader analytics are influencing the industry
Reader analytics are garnering huge attention at the moment and there are at least four major talks at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair discussing how…
Win a place on ‘Copywriting for publishers’ worth £435
If you work in publishing, you are already familiar with the power of words. Whether you have to write advance information sheets, catalogue entries, back-cover…
Dead Ink publisher to receive Art Council grant
Dead Ink, an independent press based in Liverpool has just received confirmation of a significant grant of £65,359 from Arts Council England. The grant will…
The role of the print book in an increasingly online world
Back in 2010, working at a scholarly publisher, I had a bet with our Production Director that half our revenue would be digital by the…
10 reasons why being an editor sucks
I have some time on my hands because a couple of projects have gone sideways: they’re almost finished but for one reason or another the…
Savvy business snapshot: Nordisk Books
Duncan James Lewis founded Nordisk Books in February 2016. The first book (Havoc by Tom Kristensen) to be released on October 6th, with two more…
Seth Godin’s three charges against publishers
“As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers, so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.” – Cyril Connolly Publisher-bashing is…
