End of the book is nowhere near – New Year sees increase in sales
This is a guest post from Tom Chalmers, Managing Director at IPR License. Amazon is taking over the world, booksellers are going under, ebooks are…
Facts and stats
3 Top Tips for staying safe with eReaders
Jasmin Kirkbride is BookMachine’s new blogger. Jasmin is the Editorial Intern at Tenebris Books. She is a freelance editor and published author. You can find…
Survey reveals industry-wide pay disparity in publishing
Later today (16/12) the House of Commons will vote on a bill brought forward by Labour MP Sarah Champion that would make the need for…
Nielsen reveals further decline in print and books as gifts, rise in digital
We already know that print sales declined in 2013 (as they have year on year for a while now), dropping in value from £1.514 billion…
The Author Earnings report: point/counterpoint
By now you’ve probably encountered self-published author Hugh Howey’s Author Earnings report – which debuted online yesterday – in some form or another, whether through…
Literacy research: Is writing cool? [VIEWPOINT]
Tom Chalmers is Managing Director at IPR License. Is writing cool? Actually is the word cool cool? What exactly is cool anyway? Well not writing,…
Independent bookshops continue to disappear from high street
The Booksellers Association last week released its annual membership figures, and they made for grim reading for lovers of independent bookshops: for the sixth year…
Are e-readers teaching us to read again? [INFOGRAPHIC]
A team of designers and researchers over at OnlineTeachingDegree.com have designed an infographic highlighting how they believe e-readers are inspiring us (or folks in the…
Rise of the Machines: Amazon e-book sales pass print
It’s a moment everyone always knew was coming, and it’s finally here: Amazon said yesterday that sales of Kindle downloads have officially sailed past print…
Bring Your Own Technology
We keep hearing that America is a few years ahead of us in terms of technology. If this is the case then UK Publishers, Schools…
Digital rises, print declines, sky blue: Publisher’s Association releases 2011 figures
Time to blow off that screening of The Avengers you were planning on catching this evening, because something far more exciting has come up: statistics,…
