Sales Assistant, UK [JOB POSTING]
Publisher: The Quarto Group Job Location: London, UK Quarto Publishing Group is a leading global publisher of award winning illustrated non-fiction adult and children’s books.…
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Inclusive, collaborative and energising: Jeremy Trevathan talks about 2018
Jeremy Trevathan, Publisher, is responsible for the shape, direction and profitability of the adult publishing lists at Pan Macmillan in the UK. His authors have…
Thoughts on Apple Books
Bradley Metrock produced the iBooks Author Conference from 2015 through 2017, before Score Publishing acquired Digital Book World, and has authored many articles on Apple’s…
Inside the Mind of a Book Pirate: Nielsen Study Shows Who Pirates Books
Devon Weston has been with Digimarc Guardian since June 2012, managing customer relations and operations for the company’s enterprise SaaS solutions within the online content-protection…
2017 in review: from Nielsen BookScan
Jaclyn Swope is a Publisher Account Manager on the Book Research team at Nielsen BookScan, where she assists a variety of publishers with understanding and utilising…
Corporate Communications Manager [JOB POSTING]
This role at The Quarto Group is a full time, 9-12 months fixed term contract to cover part of the Group Director of Corporate Marketing…
Jonny Geller, best known literary agent in London, talks about 2018
Jonny Geller is Joint CEO of Curtis Brown and Managing Director of the books division. He tweets at @JonnyGeller. Here, Norah Myers chats with him…
Fifty Shades of Commercial Success
Kate Ellis is a freelance editor and runs Ellis Editorial, specialising in commercial crime, thriller and women’s fiction. She is also an editorial mentor for…
Only connect: The publisher’s role in helping ideas spread
Nigel Wilcockson, head of Random House Business Books, recognizes three categories of business books: ‘There is the management strategy book, which is what people think…
3 simple techniques to help busy people ace their 2018 writing resolutions
Some people equate high levels of productivity with high levels of graft. When it comes to writing, they think burning the midnight oil, doubling down…
6 tips for better book design
I’m a book designer. When I introduce myself as such people often ask if I’m an illustrator. Some book designers are skilled illustrators, but, the focus in…
Progress Reports: What’s happening during your edit? [FOR AUTHORS]
It’s 10:00 p.m. Do you know where your manuscript is? It’s like being trapped in a replay loop of the old TV public service announcement…
Don’t Delegate the Future: FutureBook event report
Friday’s FutureBook Conference, organised by The Bookseller, presented three conferences in one: alongside the main FutureBook programme, there were parallel streams on The Audiobook Revolution…
ONIX for publishers: What are the benefits?
Publishers recognise that they are facing a huge discoverability problem. While good quality metadata will never replace hand selling it can be a key to…
Getting your book on page 1 of Amazon’s search results [FOR AUTHORS]
As you can imagine, getting on page 1 of Amazon’s search results can be very important. Amazon is the world’s largest search engine and your…
