Behind the scenes at BookMachine: interview with co-founder Gavin Summers
There are a lot of new members in the BookMachine team – can you talk us through some of the changes, and how BookMachine is…
Events
Creating a marketing strategy with impact: the award-winning Open Water campaign
At the 2022 British Book Awards, Alexia Thomaidis and Zoe Coxon of Penguin General took the crown for Marketing Strategy of the Year, for their…
Wednesday Wisdom: Connected by Autism, accessible events and stand-out marketing
Tune into the replay of our inspiring chat with Áine Ryan, Marketing Manager at John Murray Press.During the discussion, find out more about Áine’…
The top publishing marketing trends from the pandemic that are here to stay
Veronica Ferrari is an editorial and publishing consultant, a social media analyst and a writer. She has a background in Communications, Journalism and Publishing and…
How to promote a children’s book: a primer
Promoting children’s books can be challenging. Whilst they are one of the best-selling genres of books, there are so many out there that it can…
Creating a community for creatives of colour: Interview with Jaheed Hussain, founder of Fuse
After reading a recent article in DesignWeek, entitled ‘Can the design industry’s diversity problem be fixed?’, we approached Jaheed Hussain, who contributed to that piece,…
Online book festivals come of age
If we could have a pound for every time someone has commented on how prophetic we were in launching our virtual book festival venue back…
How to make workshops work in an online environment
Workshops changed as work shifted online due to COVID19. Instead of people sitting together in a room, virtual workshops have dispersed participants, each sitting alone…
Online marketing case study: Singing Dragon’s Virtual Yoga Summit
Vera Sugar is a marketing executive at Singing Dragon (an imprint of Jessica Kingsley Publishers), publishers of authoritative books on complementary health, yoga and yoga…
Event report: BookMachine Unplugged 2019 – Talking Marcomms
Creativity is key to a great marketing campaign, and when funds are limited it’s vital to come up with innovative ways to maximise your money.…
Literacy matters: why we’re crowdfunding to bring more books to more people
Did you ever read a book that inspired a lifelong love of reading, propelled you into a new career or opened your eyes to a…
Telling stories, selling books: what happens when marketing and publicity collide?
Abbie Headon is Commissioning Editor at Prelude Books, and also writes and edits books as Abbie Headon Publishing Services. She is a 2018 Bookseller Rising Star and sits…
Interview with Claire Morrison, Deputy Marketing Director, DK
Claire Morrison oversees the marketing strategy for licensing, children’s and travel books as well as being instrumental in implementing DK’s metadata and video strategies. During…
Launch tips: How’s an author to stand out in a big crowd?
Alison Jones (@bookstothesky) is a publishing partner for businesses and organizations writing world-changing books. She also provides executive coaching, consultancy and training services to publishers. www.alisonjones.com
Reaching new audiences: taking serialisation seriously
This is a guest post by Laurence Kilpatrick. Laurence keeps track of developments in the world of non-fiction, offering bespoke book recommendations to The Pigeonhole business…
