Time to bury the ISBN?
This is a guest post from Ricardo Fayet. Ricardo is an avid reader and startup enthusiast who has been studying the publishing industry with interest…
Editorial
From copyediting and proofreading to commissioning, content creation and strategy, learn how to craft engaging and effective content for print and digital platforms.
AI Authors: Who owns the rights to the future?
This is a guest post from Jasmin Kirkbride. Jasmin is a regular blogger for BookMachine and Editorial Assistant at Periscope Books (part of Garnet Publishing).…
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…
Valentine’s Day is Over: Celebrating the Literary Spinster
This is a guest post from Gayle Lazda. Gayle is a bookseller and visual merchandiser at the London Review Bookshop in Bloomsbury. You can follow…
5 Tips from the Secret World of Editing
This is a guest post by Abbie Headon. Abbie joined Summersdale Publishers in 2010. In her role as Managing and Commissioning Editor she writes, edits…
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…
So you think you are due a pay rise?
This is a guest post from Suzanne Collier, who is described as THE person to see if you want to get ahead in book publishing.…
How to set up a publishing house: Red Button Publishing
Caroline Goldsmith and Karen Ings founded Red Button Publishing in 2012. Like many professionals working with books, the idea of running their own publishing house…
Five ways for editors to work smarter in 2015
This is a guest post from John Pettigrew, CEO of FutureProofs. At the beginning of the year, we’re used to making resolutions – and failing…
Top 5 tips for Freelancing in 2015
This is Sara Donaldson’ s second guest blog post. Sara is a freelance editor with an eye for a mystery. When not editing a range…
FACT: Self-publishing is not all about fiction
This is a guest post from the team at CompletelyNovel, sponsors of BookMachine Brighton (photos here). There has been a lot of media attention on…
Amazon launches ‘reader powered publishing’ with Kindle Scout
Amazon has launched what it describes as ‘reader powered publishing’ in the form of Kindle Scout, a crowdsourcing initiative to find unpublished authors and, uh,…
5 questions for freelance editor and consultant Beth Cox [INTERVIEW]
BookMachine Oxford host Charly Salvesen-Ford talks to Beth Cox, freelance editor and consultant specialising in children’s books, and the star of our event on 6th…
Three things I learned that made working in publishing bearable
This is a guest post from Carl Pappenheim, owner of Spineless Classics about Working in Publishing Publishing is comfortably the most glamorous and educational industry…
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…
