Kieron Smith: Selling more books online [PRESENTATION]
How good is your metadata? Helping readers find the content they want, in a well-organised way, is fundamental to selling more books online. There are…
Book Publishing Business
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The crowdfunding publisher: David Roche interview
David Roche has been on the boards of HarperCollins, BookTrust, Waterstones and HMV, and was CEO of Borders and Books etc. He now runs his…
What makes a bestseller?
Jonny Geller is a literary agent and joint CEO of Curtis Brown. Here he follows up with some thoughts following a recent Tedx talk he…
Inside freelancing: Louise Le Bas, Editorial
Louise Le Bas is a Senior Associate at Just Content, with experience across the broad range of formats, media and sectors spanning academic (books and journals), professional…
The business of books: Defying classification
This week’s guest in The Extraordinary Business Book Club house was Patrick McGinnis, author of The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Dream Without Quitting Your Day…
4 steps for building an author brand
This is a guest post from Ricardo Fayet. Ricardo is an avid reader and startup enthusiast who has been studying the publishing industry with interest…
The next 5 years of publishing: Alison Jones interview
On the 8th June we’re launching the third title in the Snapshots series, BookMachine on publishing: the next 5 years, with a free event in four cities.…
The next 5 years of publishing: Seonaid MacLeod interview
On the 8th June we’re launching the third title in the Snapshots series, BookMachine on publishing: the next 5 years, with a free event in four cities.…
Your pay – your say: Tania Hummel interview
Tania Hummel is an executive coach and board-level HR professional. She has worked in HR for almost 20 years and was most recently Global HR…
The next 5 years of publishing: Jasmin Kirkbride interview
On the 8th June we’re launching the third title in the Snapshots series, BookMachine on publishing: the next 5 years, with a free event in four cities.…
Looking foreword: The next 5 years of publishing
Here’s George Walkley’s foreword to the latest BookMachine book (published Spring 2016) and a taster of what’s to come: Much of the debate about the…
Learning from Snapshots III: 8 project management tips for beginners
As part of our MA in Publishing course at Kingston University, we collaborate with various companies to produce a book in a rather short timeframe.…
Startup snapshot: Bookmetrix
Martijn Roelandse was a publishing editor at Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, a Dutch Springer subsidiary, and later for Springer. Since 2015 he has been working as Manager of…
7 ways to create a premium edition of your book with iBooks Author
iBooks Author is Apple’s digital publishing software, used today to create digital books of all kinds. A great strategy on how to use iBooks Author…
How crowdfunding is changing publishing: Mathew Clayton interview
Mathew Clayton is as an editor, events organiser and writer. Currently, he works as the Head of Publishing at the innovative crowdfunding publisher Unbound and runs a…
