7 things your agent wants you to know
Thérèse Coen is Rights Agent at Hardman & Swainson Literary Agency. She handles translation rights for the agency’s clients in all foreign language territories, and is building…
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Interview with expert book cover designer Tamian Wood
This is a guest interview with Tamian Wood. “Whether you are a self published author, or a New York Times best selling author, your book…
New children’s book publisher: Richard Carman interview
Fourth Wall is a brand new children’s book publishing company based in the Wirral. They pride themselves on standing out from most other publishers as…
Publishers Association findings from post-Brexit survey
The Publishers Association have released findings of a post-Brexit survey used to identify the key priorities for the industry going forward. This included ensuring a…
How to brief a book designer
This is a guest post by Annette Peppis. Annette is an enthusiastic early member of BookMachine. Annette helps publishers attract more readers by creating a…
Publishing know-how: 10 tips for interview success
Helen Youngs is a Consultant at Inspired Selection, focusing on roles in Trade publishing across digital and print. She is a vivacious bibliophile with a…
The business of books: Why curation beats search
You can’t have failed to notice that there are an awful lot of books around these days. Too many books, some say.[1] ‘Every year there…
Here’s what book publishers can learn from the podcast model
Did you make the same mistake I did and assume podcasts are yesterday’s platform, that interest in them has plateaued (at best) and they’re not…
Top 5 skills you need to survive a career in domestic rights
Jenna Brown is Rights Executive at Bloomsbury Publishing where she handles domestic rights. She’s also currently writing a young adult novel (all queries welcome!) 1) Organisation…
Translated literature: Is the buzz to be believed?
Jonathan Ruppin is Literary Director at digital start-up Orson & Co and the founder of the English PEN Translated Literature Book Club. He was a…
Marketing tips for improving the bottom line (in the wake of the EU referendum)
I don’t know about you, but I found the article in The Independent about job vacancy adverts falling by 700,000 the week after the referendum…
Where we read what: UK regions and their reading habits
While most popular books tend to have their sales spread throughout the country, I always find it interesting to look at how sales differ when…
Smart phones: Changing the rules of the game
Jacob Cockcroft is Co-Founder and CEO of The Pigeonhole, a made-for-mobile digital book club, serialising their books in installments delivered straight to a reader’s virtual bookshelf on the…
Curation: Interview with Michael Bhaskar
Michael Bhaskar is a writer, researcher, digital publisher and Co-Founder of Canelo. Here we interviewed him on his new book, Curation: The Power of Selection in a World…
Startup snapshot: Leanpub
Len Epp is a Co-Founder of Leanpub. He wrote a doctorate in English Literature before working as an investment banker in London, so enjoys wearing…
