Startup snapshot: Leanpub
Len Epp is a Co-Founder of Leanpub. He wrote a doctorate in English Literature before working as an investment banker in London, so enjoys wearing…
Community building
Why publishers must love and understand their customer
Tom Chalmers is the Managing Director of Legend Times, a group of five publishing companies he has founded. He has been shortlisted and longlisted for…
Social Media: Why lots of followers doesn’t necessarily mean success (and what you should look at instead)
I’ve worked with a range of brands and businesses on their social media presence. Twitter accounts I maintain usually gain around 1000 followers a month.…
Here’s where innovative publishers need to focus
There are a number of key attributes successful publishers will be known for in the future. These core capabilities will be very different from the…
4 tips for growing your social media following
Social media is becoming one of the greatest assets you can use to grow your business. As a social media fiend, I’m particularly fond of…
Community Building: pleasure, pain and lessons learned
One evening a group of publishing people got together to think through ways to keep in touch throughout their careers. The aim was to keep…
How to build a community: Interview with Will Rycroft
Will Rycroft is Community Manager at VINTAGE, and speaker at our next event, ‘How to build a community‘, on the 18th May. VINTAGE books have…
On crowdsourcing and crowdfunding: 10 things we learned from #LBF16
Jan Kasprzycki-Rosikon (Managing Director, MillionYou), John Mitchinson (Co-founder, Unbound) and Enrique Parrilla (Chief Executive, Pentian) spoke on crowdfunding and crowdsourcing at this year’s The London…
All about BookTube: Sanne Vliegenthart interview
Sanne Vliegenthart has been making videos on her YouTube channel, booksandquills, for the last 8 years, documenting everything from studying English in the Netherlands, to moving…
Publishing for kids: how to reach book buyers online [event round-up and photos]
Guest Speakers from different areas of the publishing industry came together to discuss how to make a success of publishing for kids in an online world.…
5 tips for growing traffic and engagement for your content
Getting a new blog or social media platform noticed can be difficult. It is important that you are effective and systematic when you engage with…
Publishing for kids: top online marketing tips
Charlotte Hoare is Digital Marketing Manager at Hachette Children’s Group and speark at ‘Publishing for Kids: how to reach book buyers online’ on 9th March in…
Top 10 tips for crowdfunding
Norah Myers currently works on the editorial side of marketing. She assists with copywriting, proofreading, fact-checking and research. She also sources new clients for an…
The next 5 years of publishing: jetpacks and hoverboards [OPINION]
In the run up to Publishing: the next 5 years, BookMachine will be featuring a number of opinions about what might be next for the…
Want to join the world’s coolest book club?
Jacob Cockcroft is founder of The Pigeonhole. He is a lifelong book addict with a passion for blending the old and the new. With family…
