3 Web Conferencing Perks for Freelancers
Planning to start a freelance career? Want to know what tools you need to arm yourself before going off to the trenches? Here are a…
Book Publishing Business
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Walking the tightrope: life as a freelancer
In the run up to, United, We Publish, BookMachine will be featuring a number of opinions on UNITE-focused topics such as training, pay, employment law…
Research shows only 49.3% of young people enjoy writing
New research by the National Literacy Trust shows that children and young people enjoy writing significantly less than reading. The report, Children’s and Young People’s…
Recruiting right: what to consider when hiring new staff
In the run up to, United, We Publish, BookMachine will be featuring a number of opinions on UNITE-focused topics such as training, pay, employment law and flexible working. This is…
Making the big move to Open Access publishing
This is a Guest Post by Alison Norwood, Publishing Manager at the Institute of Development Studies. What’s an academic journal to do when its editorial team…
4 tips for hitting #1 on Amazon’s Best Seller list
This is a Guest Post by Angela Clarke on building author brands, social media and Amazon’s algorithm. Angela is the Amazon Fashion Chart bestselling author of Confessions of a Fashionista.…
The next 5 years of publishing – a photo/twitter blog
To celebrate 5 years of publishing events, BookMachine held a big birthday bash on Thursday night. Appropriately, the event was all about the next 5 years of…
The next 5 years of publishing: on connecting audiences to stories [OPINION]
In the run up to tonight’s event, Publishing: the next 5 years, BookMachine has been featuring a number of opinions about what might be next for the…
Twitter Tips from a Literary Agent: Juliet Mushens interview
Juliet Mushens is an agent in the UK literary department of UTA. She was highly commended by The Bookseller in their Agent of the Year…
The next 5 years of publishing: self-publishing, royalties and digital [OPINION]
In the run up to Publishing: the next 5 years, BookMachine will be featuring a number of opinions about what might be next for the…
On writing, marketing and self-publishing: Julia Roberts interview
Julia Roberts is a TV presenter and author. Julia has been working for QVC since its launch in 1993 and had her first book, the…
The next 5 years of publishing: Alison Jones interview
In the run up to Publishing: the next 5 years, BookMachine will be featuring a number of opinions about what might be next for the…
The next 5 years of publishing: jetpacks and hoverboards [OPINION]
In the run up to Publishing: the next 5 years, BookMachine will be featuring a number of opinions about what might be next for the…
Big money from the small screen
This is a guest post from Tom Chalmers, Managing Director at IPR License. For many publishers and authors, the Willy Wonka style gold ticket can…
On launching a digital book platform: Emmanuel Kolade interview
Emmanuel Kolade is co-founder of Shulph – a new way to sync your physical and digital bookshelves. Here Stephanie Cox interviews him about Shulph and…
