Startup snapshot: Freebooksy and Bargain Booksy
Ferol Vernon is the COO of Written Word Media and has built technology for everyone from doctors and combat medics to musicians and now authors. Ferol’s focus…
Publicity
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…
Top PR and marketing tips for an international audience
Kathrin Grün is the PR Manager for the Anglo team at the Frankfurt Book Fair and is in charge of all media relations with the…
Book Marketing Survey identifies the top 5 book promotional services
The latest Book Marketing Survey carried out by KindleBookReview provides a number of interesting insights into the best ways self-published authors should be promoting their…
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.…
Reviews are dead. Long live reviews!
There is no area of book publicity that has changed more over the last few years than the ‘book review’. Traditional reviews – the ones…
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…
Pinterest for publishers
Change is certainly the only thing that is constant among all social media networks. You can’t afford to grow comfortable with the way things are…
Snapchat for publishers
Although Snapchat has been around since 2011, it has recently become one of the top ways young people communicate. However, Snapchat is not exclusively used…
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…
The Pigeonhole: Serialised, sociable and gamified reading
The Pigeonhole provides readers with serialised, sociable and gamified content. They can join public reading groups or create their own private ones, and save, highlight…
The power of visual design: How to make your blog stand out
You’ve got a blog. You’ve got Twitter. You post regularly. But how do you stand out? Almost everyone in publishing is sharing online content but,…
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…
How to write an author bio they’ll remember
This is a guest post by Rachelle Gardner, an agent with Books and Such Literary Agency. Rachelle is also an experienced book editor, publishing coach and speaker. Here…
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,…