Build or borrow: Making the most of digital distribution platforms
Last week, Apple announced partnerships with 50 publications across 18 publishers, who had all signed up to provide content for the new Apple News app.…
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Publishing 2020: an Advent Calendar of change
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…
From book blogger to independent publisher
This is a guest blog by Thom Cuell. Thom is the Managing Director of Dodo Ink, an independent publisher specialising in difficult and daring fiction.…
Short Story, Tall Order: On adapting short fiction for digital audiences
This is a guest post from Jasmin Kirkbride. Jasmin is a regular blogger for BookMachine and Editorial Assistant at Periscope Books (part of Garnet Publishing).…
Publishing focuses on Chinese market for BIBF
The Chinese book market continues to generate much interest amongst IPR members and with the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) only weeks away these conversation…
On launching an independent press: Jamie McGarry interview
Valley Press is an independent publisher of poetry, non-fiction and fiction, founded in 2008, and run as a full-time business since January 2011. Here Stephanie…
Balancing Act: Keeping publishing’s polarities in check
Publishing is an industry that operates between polarities, constantly engaging a series of balancing acts that define the kinds of books we sell and the…
On being a Literary and Digital Consultant: Philippa Donovan interview
Philippa Donovan is an experienced Literary and Digital Consultant, who has been running Smart Quill Editorial for over 4 years. Here Norah Myers interviews Philipppa…
Reading For Pleasure Builds Empathy And Improves Well Being, New Research Finds
A recent report, carried out by The Reading Agency shows a positive correlation between reading for pleasure and increased empathy and improved relationships with others.…
On launching Books On The Underground: Hollie Belton interview
You just finished that amazing book you’ve been reading, and you want to share it with the world? Well that’s what Hollie Belton wanted to…
Picturing the future of the book
This is a guest post from Alison Jones. Alison is a business and executive coach, content consultant and publisher. After a 23-year career in trade…
On being an Editorial Consultant: Cressida Downing interview
Cressida Downing has worked in bookselling and publishing for over twenty years. She started at Waterstones in Hampstead and then moved into publishing working at…
How Video Collaboration Can Help Your Organization?
Collaboration is one of the most important parts of remaining viable in business, regardless of what your industry is. Creativity and people power is what…
On being a literary agent and freelance editor: Julie Crisp interview
Julie Crisp is a literary agent, freelance editor and script doctor after having most recently been an editorial director for fiction at Pan Macmillan UK…
Authors marketing themselves online: the components of a strategy
Mike Shatzkin has been in publishing since 1962. Since 1979, Mike has been an independent consultant (The Idea Logical Company) with clients that have included…
