8 essential steps to successful self-publishing
A former journalist and author, Jon Watt is now Country Manager of Type & Tell, an innovative new self-publishing services provider offering free book layout…
Book Publishing Business
Get a comprehensive understanding of the business of book publishing. From business management, sales, rights and licensing, through to freelancing.
The Book Publishing Business Topic on the BookMachine blog is supported by BookMachine Creative Agency.
The demand for outsourcing in publishing continues to rise
As technology continuously improves so too does the effectiveness of virtual and remote working for all. A recent Just Content whitepaper in collaboration with BookMachine,…
Dealing with change at work: John Pettigrew interview
On 19th July, over 100 publishers will meet at St Bride Foundation off Fleet Street to discuss how to deal with change at work. One…
Contracts? Show me the bit about advances and royalties and the rest isn’t worth reading!
Mara Livingstone-McPhail was a bookseller, reviewed books on BBC radio and organized book events in inner-city schools before being lured to London by the team…
Drum roll please … the keynote speaker is …
Richard Charkin is the keynote speaker at United, We Publish 3: Consent or coercion – shape your fate in an age of change on 19th July.
Interview with Alice Curry, winner of the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize
Alice Curry is the Founder and Publisher of Lantana Publishing, a London-based independent publishing company nominated for the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of…
10 tips for successful freelancing
It’s been two months since I jumped out of the safe zone of full-time employment and into the wild, unknown and exciting world of freelancing.…
A beginner’s guide to negotiating publishing contracts
Contracts? They are the pages of scary legal stuff that someone else deals with, right?
The 5 best sites for reading ebooks online
Here we share Geethik Technologies’ insights into ebook reading online (this blog post first appeared on the Geethik Technologies’ blog).
Tips for editorial freelancers on keeping things going
You’ve established your editorial business. Next is to consider ways to keep the momentum going through the first few years, and take your business to the…
BookMachine Works: 12 weeks after launch
It’s been 12 weeks since we launched BookMachine Works – a fresh new events and marketing agency, specialising in the publishing industry.
BookMachine May Wrap: Publishing stories from around the web
Big news from Amazon once again this month, as it hit an all-time high in the stock market and revenue from Q1 is up, prompting…
How publishing professionals can stretch their marketing budget
I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the Summit on Content Marketing via my content marketing coaches Andrew and Pete. Twelve days ……
Want to know more about book publishing? Ask an Agony Aunt/Uncle
In August 2016 BookMachine invited a group of publishing-savvy professionals to join its editorial board. This, in short, means that it’s not just the 3…
