Reading via Snapchat? Social media updates you need to know
Social media is always evolving, and that’s why I like it. If you don’t keep up with the latest updates, you’ll get mired in old…
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6 beginner Twitter tips for publishing companies
This is the first in a series of our Twitter tips for publishers, with info on how to use the tool for book campaigns, events,…
Love Losing Control: 1000 True Fans and Marketing 2.0
There is a theory stating that 1000 True Fans are all a person needs to make a living from their own products. Whether you’re selling…
How to create shareable Facebook posts
This is a Guest Post on using Facebook to promote books by social media genie, Frances Caballo. Frances was a reporter before turning her hand to…
On crowdfunding your way to a publishing deal
This is a Guest Post by freelance writer and journalist, Sabuhi Gard. Here Sabuhi tells us about her experience crowdfunding for her debut children’s picture book, The Valentine’s Day…
4 tips for hitting #1 on Amazon’s Best Seller list
This is a Guest Post by Angela Clarke on building author brands, social media and Amazon’s algorithm. Angela is the Amazon Fashion Chart bestselling author of Confessions of a Fashionista.…
Twitter Tips from a Literary Agent: Juliet Mushens interview
Juliet Mushens is an agent in the UK literary department of UTA. She was highly commended by The Bookseller in their Agent of the Year…
Tips on working as a social media manager: Maya Ninel Robert interview
Maya Ninel Robert is the Social Producer for Mashable in the UK. Previously to this she worked for the publisher, Pan Macmillan. Here Norah Myers…
Publishing Yourself
Lisa Edwards runs her own independent publishing consultancy, Redwood Tree Publishing. She has twenty years’ experience in the publishing industry, primarily in children’s books, where…
Talking About Books to a Global Audience
This is a guest post by Rob Chilver. Rob is a Social Media assistant for Waterstones, working on a number of mediums from blogging to…
The future of Twitter in 2015: Panic stations?
Jasmine Kirkbride is BookMachine’s new blogger and this is her second blog post. Jasmin is the Editorial Intern at Tenebris Books. She is a freelance…
Social Media at Getty Images
This is a guest post from Toby Hopkins, Senior Account Manager at Getty Images (sponsor of next month’s BookMachine London). “Does Getty Images have a…
What impact has social media had on marketing & product development?
I’ve been really fascinated to start to see the impact social media has been having on the marketing and product development teams of Publishing houses.…
The accessible author? Writing in the 21st Century
One of the things that has changed, in this new socially-enabled world we live in, is the accessibility of authors. This is not just about…
The Write Lines: How to market your book [PODCAST]
Sue Cook talks to Dr Alison Baverstock (author, publishing expert and university tutor), Catherine Ryan Howard (successful self-published author) and Jane Wenham-Jones (fiction and non-fiction…
