Getting a book noticed: 4 tips from the UK’s bestselling indie author
Rachel Abbott self-published her first novel, Only the Innocent, in 2011 through Kindle Direct. It reached the number 1 spot in the Kindle store just over three months…
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It’s all gone a bit dead: 6 steps for reviving a stalled crowdfunding campaign
Jimmy Leach is, amongst other things, head of crowdfunding at Unbound. Here are his 6 steps for reevaluating and reviving a crowdfunding campaign. It happens to…
Bloomsbury sales up 11%
Bloomsbury today announces unaudited results for the year ended 29 February 2016. Financial highlights Revenue grew by 11% to £123.7 million (2015: £111.1 million) Profit…
Inside freelancing: Anna Carter, Editorial
Anna Carter is an Associate of Just Content. An accomplished editor with over 16 years’ experience in educational publishing. Here Melody Dawes interviews her. 1)…
Translation Fund for Scottish writers – open for applications
The fund, administered by Publishing Scotland, is designed to encourage international publishers to translate works by Scottish writers. The new round for 2016/17 is now…
Strong year for UK publishing industry as it grows to £4.4bn
New figures released on Friday by the Publishers Association shows that the UK publishing industry is in good health with total sales of book and journal…
10 things I’ve learned from my MA Publishing degree
I have almost come to the end of my Masters degree in Publishing, and in seven months I have gained a great insight not only…
The business of books: 3 publishing trends
This week’s guest on The Extraordinary Business Book Club podcast was Rachel Bridge, journalist, speaker and author of Ambition: Why It’s Good to Want More…
Imposter syndrome: 5 steps to kill the monster
If there’s one thing that raises its ugly head from time to time, and threatens to undermine all freelancers, it’s imposter syndrome. I don’t know…
The business of books: social selling
At the London Book Fair’s Quantum conference last month I listened to Aissetou Ngom talk about Penguin Platform, the young adult brand which she manages.…
Every business book is a start-up?
It’s a terrible irony of nonfiction publishing that the people with the most interesting things to say are often too busy actually doing their thing…
How to negotiate a pay rise (if you’re a woman)
This is a guest post by blogger Maura Quint, and originally published by McSweeney’s. For an industry dominated by women, this is not quite as relevant to…
All the facts and stats from the UK Children’s Summit
For the first time this year, Nielsen Book held a UK Children’s Summit at London Book Fair, covering the incredible growth we’ve seen in Children’s…
Writing unthinkingly: 7 steps to finding a writing habit that works for you
It’s all too easy to put off writing. I’m just way too busy, now’s not the right time, there’s other stuff going on. We know…
The business of publishing: on writing a book live
You’d think that publishers would be in the perfect position to turn their hand to writing a book, wouldn’t you? Especially one who actually began…
