Ask Bec: How can I improve my productivity and make work more fun?
In a one-off agony aunt feature, our blog editor, Abbie Headon, has a problem. Can productivity guru Bec Evans of Prolifiko help her out? Abbie…
Workflow Tools
Listen up! Audiobooks finally get a standard
Audiobooks are cool. They are so cool that they don’t need no rules. Having worked with ebooks for a long while, where we have had…
Why Oriel Square use the Agile manifesto and principles to lead projects and work effectively
Many organisations who are not themselves fundamentally or solely digital are interested in how ‘Agile’ might apply to them and their working practices. Many others…
A typesetting goldmine: Peter Kahrel’s online repository of free scripts
At first glance, it may not look like much—but Peter Kahrel’s extensive online repository of free scripts is an essential resource for anyone who works…
BookMachine Unplugged: Talking Production – exploring the world outside Adobe
Wednesday 12 February saw the first BookMachine Unplugged event of 2020, with a packed house filling the Arboretum in Covent Garden. Just as with the…
Automation is great, but it won’t work for my books…
The most common feedback from publishers when chatting about automation is the belief that their publications are beyond what automation can do. As a book…
The Publishing Machine: How automation makes space for creativity
It is a curious thing, publishing books. I’ve never been sure if it is more art or science; either way, there is no doubt that…
What publishers need to know about git (distributed version control system)
Git is a free to use distributed version control software for tracking changes in software development. However, the benefits of using a fully-fledged version control…
Top 5 tips to publish your interactive content with confidence
Beyond creating a cover and converting an MS Word file, ebooks are evolving – exponentially. Yet, bridging the gap between traditional print methods with digital…
Happy New CC 2019. Adobe updates its creative cloud software
Ken Jones runs Circular Software. He was Technical Production Manager and Publishing Software Trainer for Penguin and Dorling Kindersley for many years and now offers software,…
From here to Affinity?
Watch out InDesign, there is a new kid in town… The phrase ‘industry standard’ could hardly be any more applicable than when referring to how…
Nuggets of Word wisdom
Guy van der Kolk first got hooked on publishing while attending an international school in Ivory Coast, where he used Pagemaker, Photoshop and an Apple…
CMYK is not a colour
Ken Jones runs Circular Software. He was Technical Production Manager for Penguin and Dorling Kindersley for several years and has since advised publishers such as…
Your 300dpi images may be wrong for two reasons
This is post by Ken Jones – member of the BookMachine Editorial Board. Ken specialises in writing workflow applications and offering training and consultancy for publishers…
The first Unplugged event of 2018: Talking Production
Abbie Headon is BookMachine’s Commissioning Editor and runs Abbie Headon Publishing Services. She champions fresh approaches to solving the industry’s challenges and can be found…
